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Fort Donelson National Battlefield
For Teachers
 

             EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS


Fort Donelson National Battlefield offers curriculum-based programs including lesson plans, traveling trunks, audiovisual programs, and Junior Ranger Programs.

If you have any questions about the education programs offered by the park, and how we can best serve you, please call (931)232-5706. We strongly recommend calling the park via telephone to arrange reservations to ensure availability. Today's students are tomorrow's stewards of the National Parks.

 
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Special Environmental Education workshop announced for all educators!

Special "Water Education for Teachers" Workshop on June 12, 2012! (This is rescheduled from November, 2011.)

9:00AM-3:00 PM, at the Stewart County Visitor Center along Highway 79 in Dover, Tennessee. Workshop will include hands on and engaging activities to reinforce the unique water resources of the state. Open to all educators, park rangers, nature center and museum staff, and teachers in training! Six hours of in-service credit earned.

Click here for more details and registration information.

 

 
New Junior Rangers

Sango Elementary School

New Junior Rangers!

National Parks are intended to preserve natural and cultural resources, and the stories associated with them, for future generations. Here are six excellent examples of the next generation, proudly displaying their success at becoming Junior Rangers at Fort Donelson National Battlefield. They are from Sango Elementary School in Clarksville, Tennessee.

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Did You Know?

Did You Know?
Stewart County was a center of an important iron smelting and manufacturing area. In the previous decade (CW era) the county had produced twice as much iron as any other county in Tennessee.

Last Updated: November 22, 2011 at 08:27 MST