Every Tennessee program is supported by instructional, digital, and teacher resources designed to help educators confidently implement the curriculum. Explore the components available across our Tennessee social studies programs.
Supporting teachers, engaging students, and helping districts meet Tennessee standards.
Core Classroom Resources
Student Editions, Teacher Guides, and Student Activities that provide the foundation for Tennessee social studies instruction.
Digital & Teacher Supports
Digital resources, presentations, assessments, standards correlations, and instructional tools that support planning and implementation.
Purpose: Deliver standards-aligned instruction that builds content knowledge and literacy.
Included Features:
Standards-aligned content
Essential Questions & Learning Goals
Key Vocabulary
Primary & Secondary Sources
Review Activities
Literacy Support
Benefits: Students develop content knowledge, literacy, inquiry, and critical-thinking skills through engaging social studies instruction.
Teacher Guides (TG)
The foundation of student learning
Teacher Guides are designed to support daily instruction with ready-to-use lesson planning, teaching strategies, and classroom resources.
Teacher Guides provide wraparound support, lesson planning tools, and instructional resources for every unit.
Each guide includes pacing support, teaching strategies, standards alignment, and embedded instructional notes.
Purpose: Provide teachers with comprehensive instructional support for planning, teaching, and assessment.
Included Features:
Wraparound Teacher Edition
Pacing Guides
Standards Alignment
Lesson Support
Project-Based Activities
Cross-Curricular Connections
Differentiation Strategies
Benefits: Teachers save planning time while gaining ready-to-use instructional guidance, classroom supports, and implementation resources
Student Activities (SA)
Student Activities provide meaningful practice that reinforces classroom instruction and encourages deeper understanding.
Dedicated practice resources that extend learning beyond the student edition.
Inside 3rd Grade Student Activity Book
Structured activities help students apply skills, vocabulary, and content knowledge.
Inside 8th Grade Student Activity Book
Review exercises and graphic organizers encourage critical thinking and engagement.
Purpose: Reinforce classroom instruction through meaningful practice and application.
Included Features:
Practice Activities
Graphic Organizers
Source Analysis
Writing Opportunities
Vocabulary Development
Review Exercises
Benefits: Students strengthen content knowledge, practice essential skills, and build confidence through meaningful, standards-aligned activities.
Digital & Teacher Supports
Every participating Tennessee program includes digital resources that help teachers plan instruction, support students, assess learning, and confidently implement the curriculum.
GSE Bookshelf+
GSE Bookshelf+ gives teachers and students access to instructional resources, classroom tools, assessments, and digital program components—all from one convenient online platform.
Through GSE Bookshelf+, educators and students have access to a comprehensive collection of digital instructional resources designed to support classroom learning.
Included Features:
Online Student Editions
Teacher Resources
Assessments
Presentations
Instructional Materials
Resource Library Access
Benefits: Provides flexible access to curriculum materials while supporting classroom, blended, and digital learning environments.
Student Support Guides
Student Support Guides (SSG) are designed to provide additional scaffolding for approaching learners, multilingual learners, and students who benefit from targeted instructional support.
Included Features:
Simplified Text Supports
Vocabulary Development
Chapter Summaries
Comprehension Practice
Study Guide Resources
Benefits: Helps all students access grade-level content while building confidence, comprehension, and academic vocabulary.
Teacher Tools
Provide ready-to-use digital instructional resources that simplify lesson planning and classroom implementation.
Included Features:
Graphic Organizers
Maps & Visual Resources
Rubrics
Additional Classroom Activities
Benefits: Saves teachers planning time by providing ready-to-use instructional resources that support engaging, standards-aligned lessons.
PowerPoint Presentation
Ready-to-use chapter presentations support daily instruction and help teachers deliver engaging lessons with minimal preparation.
Included Features:
Essential Questions
Learning Goals
Visual Supports
Discussion Prompts
Reflection Activities
Image Sources
Benefits: Provides teachers with a consistent instructional framework while increasing student engagement through visuals and discussion.
Correlation Guides
Correlation Guides clearly identify where Tennessee standards are taught, reinforced, and assessed throughout Gibbs Smith Education instructional materials.
Included Features:
Standards Alignment Documentation
Resource Correlations
Assessment Connections
Instructional Planning Support
Benefits: Helps teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators quickly identify where Tennessee standards are taught, reinforced, and assessed, simplifying curriculum planning and implementation.
Assessments
Assessment resources help teachers monitor student understanding, evaluate mastery of standards, and guide instructional decisions throughout the school year.
Included Features:
Chapter Assessments
Unit Assessments
Document-Based Questions (DBQs)
Short-Answer and Extended-Response Opportunities
Self-Assessments
Accommodated Assessments
Benefits: Supports data-informed instruction by providing multiple opportunities to measure student growth, monitor progress, and evaluate standards mastery.
Live Webinars & Implementation Support
Need help getting started? Join our free live webinars throughout the year to learn more about GSE Bookshelf+, instructional resources, classroom implementation, and featured curriculum topics—including Tennessee-specific sessions.
✔ Free to attend ✔ Live demonstrations and Q&A ✔ Tennessee and national topics ✔ Recorded resources when available
Our Tennessee programs are designed to engage all learners through inquiry, literacy integration, collaboration, and differentiated instructional supports.
Now that you've seen what's included with our Tennessee programs, browse our complete curriculum by grade level. Compare titles, ISBNs, Lexile® measures, samples, and available instructional resources.
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