What is Education Outreach at TSLA?
A program at the Tennessee State Library and Archives focused specifically on linking educators with primary sources for educational use in classrooms.  Students can also easily access the digitized primary sources on our website.  For a full listing of our services, please download our education outreach brochure or email education.tsla@state.tn.us for copies.

Why now?
New federal initiatives, like Teaching American History (TAH) project, have put great emphasis on the use of primary sources in upgrading history instruction.  TSLA can become a valuable part of classroom work and research. TSLA has assisted several TAH grantees in recent years; please go to Teaching American History for more information.  

A core mission of TSLA has been to provide materials for all Tennesseans, including teachers and students. We are pleased to reintroduce our holdings to a new audience of educators and students.

What are Primary Sources?
Primary sources are the textual and photographic evidence of the past, the raw materials of history. In addition to links to selected digitized holdings, our web site now includes detailed information on what primary sources are and how to use them in the classroom. We also provide lesson plans for teachers based upon different types of primary sources.