Homeschool Resources
PebbleGo
“Use PebbleGo Science, Social Studies, Ciencia, and Estudio Sociales to help your young students build confidence in their technology, language, research, and reading skills.“
Transparent Language
“Learn over 110 different languages with Transparent Language Online. You can learn English from 30 different languages. Lessons for kids too!”
TEL4U.org
“The Tennessee Electronic Library’s website for grades Pre-K‐5 provides a safe place for kids to go online for educational and fun websites.”
Ben’s Guide
“Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government is designed to inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government“
Space Place
Use NASA Science Space Place to explore earth and space.
Core Knowledge
“The Core Knowledge Foundation provides open access to content-rich curriculum materials for preschool through grade 8″
News
Knoxville News Sentinel
“The Knoxville News Sentinel is a daily newspaper founded in Knoxville, Tennessee. It covers the news in Knoxville and the surrounding area from the 1880s to today.
Audience: Middle School, High School, College/Research, Public, Genealogy”
Memphis Commercial Appeal
“The Memphis Commercial Appeal is a daily newspaper founded in Memphis,Tennessee. It covers the news in Memphis and the surrounding area from the 1840s to today.
Audience: Middle School, High School, College/Research, Public, Genealogy”
Newspapers.com Southeast Edition
“Newspapers.com Southeast Edition provides access to newspapers from the southeast United States including 2000+ historical and recent newspapers in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Audience: Middle School, High School, College/Research, Public, Genealogy”
The Tennessean (1812 - 2009)
“Digitized pages of The Tennessean (1812-2009) provide unique historical insight into the regional issues and concerns, such as local government, industrialization, prohibition, and racial struggles.
Audience: Middle School, High School, College/Research, Public, Genealogy”
The Tennessean (2010-Present)
“Full color issues of The Tennessean newspaper with a seven day delay from publication. Provides Nashville and Middle Tennessee regional coverage.
Audience: Middle School, High School, College/Research, Public”
Gale OneFile: News
“Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts, and transcripts.
Audience: College/Research, Public”
Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines
“Provides access to more than 1,000 full-text magazines covering subjects such as current events, sports, science, health, and more.
Audience: College/Research, Public”
Tennessee Resources
Tennessee Blue Book: A History of Tennessee- Student Edition
“The Tennessee Blue Book: A History of Tennessee- Student Edition is written for students in upper elementary and middle school who are studying the history of Tennessee.
Audience: Elementary School, Middle School”
Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
“Free, comprehensive reference work featuring over 1,500 entries on the Volunteer State. Cosponsored by the University of Tennessee Press and the Tennessee Historical Society.
Audience: High School”
Tennessee Library for Accessible Books and Media
“A free library program of over 150,000 recorded, large print and braille materials available to residents of Tennessee who are not able to use standard materials due to visual or physical disability.
Audience: High School, College/Research, Educators, Public”
Tennessee Records on Ancestry.com
“Tennessee records, including birth, death, and tax lists are available online thru a partnership with Ancestry.com. While other Ancestry.com resources require a subscription; these records are free for Tennesseans.
Audience: High School, College/Research, Public, Genealogy”
Tennessee State Library & Archives Education Outreach
“Explore primary sources, lesson plans, and other educational tools designed for social studies teachers and students. Content is organized by both historical eras and Tennessee social studies content standards.
Audience: Middle School, Educators”
Tennessee State Symbols
“List of Tennessee State Symbols, State Holidays, State Songs and Flag Status.
Audience: Children, Elementary School”
World Book Databases
World Book
“World Book Online will allow you to navigate easily to all the World Book encyclopedias included in TEL.
Audience: Children, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College/Research, Educators, Public, Genealogy”
World Book Advanced
“Online encyclopedia that features thousands of reference articles, primary sources, and online books. Also includes access to worldwide news publications, government links from numerous countries, and multimedia materials.
Audience: High School, College/Research, Public”
World Book Discover
“Provides reference resources for students reading below grade level with content and tools specifically developed for these students.”
World Book Early Learning
“An immersive, educational experience for young learners eager to learn more about the world around them while learning to read.
Audience: Children, Elementary School”
World Book eBooks
“Includes highly illustrated, engaging titles that support a span of curriculum areas and reading levels.
Audience: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Public”
World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
“Spanish language interface for World Book Encyclopedia featuring thousands of easy-to read articles packed with stunning illustrations, videos, interactive maps, and engaging games and activities.
Audience: Spanish, Elementary School, Public”
World Book Kids
“A general reference website developed especially for young students. The site offers image-based navigation, easy‐to‐read articles, thousands of illustrations, and a wealth of engaging games, science projects, and activities.
Audience: Children, Elementary School”
World Book Student
“Features more than 40,000 encyclopedia and reference articles, biographies, videos, images, and activities that support middle school research needs.
Audience: Elementary School, Middle School”
World Book Timeline
“Allows students to discover and map important events in society and culture. Users can browse more than 400 ready-made, interactive timelines covering various periods in history or create their own timeline on any subject.
Audience: Middle School, High School”
Gale Databases
Gale Common Menu
Gale Common Menu
Gale Books and Authors
“Looking for a good book, but not sure where to start? Books & Authors explores today’s popular fiction and non-fiction titles as well as the classics of yesterday. This is a great resource for readers’ advisory.
Audience: High School, College/Research, Public”
Gale Health and Wellness
Gale Health and Wellness
Gale In Context: Elementary
“Covers a broad range of elementary school topics in one accessible resource. It features a modern, graphical interface that improves navigation understanding to offer students an introduction to database searching.
Audience: Children, Elementary School”
Gale In Context: Middle School
“Designed for middle school students, provides access to reference works, biographies, magazine and journal articles, primary source documents, and multimedia.
Audience: Middle School”
Gale In Context: High School
“Covers a broad range of topics, people, places, and events in an engaging online experience to help high school students with papers, projects, and presentations.
Audience: High School”
Gale OneFile: High School Edition
“Gale OneFile: High School Edition provides access to cross-curricular content aligned to national and state curriculum standards. Students can access news content including full-text newspapers and periodicals.
Audience: Middle School, High School”
Gale In Context: Environmental Studies
“Gale In Context: Environmental Studies provides detailed information on current environmental issues and processes from both a scientific and a social standpoint suitable for high school, undergrad, and graduate students. Reference works, case studies, multimedia materials, newspapers, and magazines provide a wide range of content to support all learners.
Audience: High School, College/Research”
Gale OneFile: World History
“Scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers offering balanced coverage of events in world history.
Audience: High School, College/Research, Public“
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
“Covers today’s social issues, from capital punishment to marijuana. Includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, and infographics that help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
Audience: High School, College/Research”
Gale K12 eBooks
Gale K12 Ebooks is a collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research for elementary, middle and high school. These eBooks are available 24/7 with no checkout.
Audience: Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Gale Presents: Peterson's Test and Career Prep
“Take online practice tests and use test prep ebooks. Search thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet financial needs.
Audience: High School, Public, Business”
