Educational Opportunities

School Programs:

Sittin’ In For Civil Rights:  A First Person Interpretive Drama
During this program, your students will be taken back to 1960.  They will learn what it was like to prepare for a sit-in. They will contemplate the courage it took to make a stand for what was right.  Through a first person drama, your students will understand the perspective of the students and citizens that changed the face of Tennessee through non-violent means.   Program lasts 30 minutes
 
Exhibit Guided Tour:
We Shall Not Be Moved:  The 50th Anniversary of Tennessee’s Civil Rights Sit-Ins

Highlights include:

• Actual lunch counter stools used in the sit-in movement
• Film footage from a non-violent workshop
• Documentary about the Tennessee sit-ins
• Modern day interviews by actual participants
• Artifacts and images that recount this pivotal time in our state’s history

Tour lasts 30 minutes

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For more information, contact the Museum Public Programs Department at (615) 741-0830.

Lesson Plans:
50th Anniversary of Tennessee Sit-Ins Exhibit (Pre-Visit)
Civil Rights Pre Exhibit Diagnostic Test
Civil Rights Diagnostic Test Answer Sheet
50th Anniversary of Tennessee Sit-Ins Post Exhibit