ONGOING EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES
for 8th grade
Please see Mr. Henderson before going to any of these places to get specific assignment information. You will generally be expected to create a presentation (poster, PowerPoint, etc.) or write a paper detailing the knowledge and experience you gained from the trip. Search the internet before going for exact directions and admission information.
Chattanooga/North Georgia area--
*Craven’s House on Lookout Mountain
*Point Park on Lookout Mountain
*Chickamauga Battlefield
*Brainerd Mission Cemetery
*Red Clay State Historic Park (near Cleveland)
*John Ross house (Rossville)
Knoxville area--
*Fort Loudon
*Sequoyah Birthplace Museum
Nashville area--
*The Hermitage—President Andrew Jackson’s home
*Fort Nashborough
*Tennessee State Capitol building (burial place of President Polk)
*Tennessee State Museum
*Cannonsburg (Murfreesboro)
*Carnton Plantation (Franklin)
*Historic Mansker’s Station Frontier Life Center (Goodlettsville)
*James K. Polk Home (Columbia)
*Oaklands Historic House Museum (Murfreesboro)
Other areas in Tennessee--
*Shiloh Battlefield
*Stones River Battlefield
*Fort Pillow
*Museum of Appalachia
*Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Site
*Sycamore Shoals State Park
If I have left off a historic site that is related to our course of study, please let me know. You may choose to complete as many of these as you wish for extra credit or to use in place of certain assignments.
Also, if you are going out of town (for example, Washington DC) during a break, please see me for options for the places you will be traveling.