While not a major focus of Tennessee’s Folklife Program, teaching about folklore in the schools offers rich learning opportunities for K-12 teachers and students. Three educational resources, easily adapted to the classroom, can be downloaded in this section: Teaching Folklife by Hayden Roberts, a former director of Arts Education at the Tennessee Arts Commission; The Fisk Jubilee Singers: Singing Our Song, a dual project of the Folklife Program and the Arts Access Program to introduce African American spirituals to the classroom; and Tennessee Lives and Legacies Teacher’s Guide by Folklife Program Assistant Dana Everts-Boehm.
Address: 401 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: 615-741-1701
For accessibility accommodation requests including alternate digital formats, captioning, ASL, and assistive technologies please contact Kim Johnson, Director of Arts Access, 615-532-9797.