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Today's. Topic. Numbers in Tennessee. Trainer. Ronnie Morton. InTec KWL Brain Break Techie Moments. Quick Tips Question of the Day Morning Message Journal Writing. Vocabulary. Definition for words are in your Notehbook!. Class Begins. 8:00 A.M. Class Ends.
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Today's Topic Numbers in Tennessee
Trainer Ronnie Morton
InTec KWL Brain Break Techie Moments Quick Tips Question of the Day Morning Message Journal Writing Vocabulary Definition for words are in your Notehbook!
Class Begins 8:00 A.M.
Class Ends 3:45 P.M.
Discovering Numbers in TN Numbers from Jeff Bradley's Tennessee Handbook
Numbers: Indians Time Periods Indians Lived in TN
Paleoindian Period - 10,000+ to 8000 BC Early Indians
Archaic • Period • 8000 to • 1000 BC • HUNTERS • AND GATHERERS State Amphibian Hunters Gatherers
Woodland • Period • 1000 BC • to AD 1000 • VILLAGE GARDENERS State Reptile Village Gardners
Mississippian Period - AD 1000 to 1600 Early Indians
Indians Early HISTORIC PERIOD - AD 1600 to Present
Historical Numbers Jeff Bradley's Tennessee Handbook
Tennessee Time-Line 1607 Hernando de Sota explored the land that is now TN. 1730 The British built Fort Loudoun along theT N River. 1770 James Robertson convinced a group to move to TN (Elizabethan).
First settler was James Bean along the Watauga River in East TN. 1768 There were 85 farms along the Watauga and Holston Rivers. 1772 Richard Henderson engineered massive land purchase from the Cherokees near Sycamore Shoals. 1775 Tennessee became the 16th state with 3/4 of the land belonging to Cherokees. 1796 All of TN was opened up when the Indians were persuaded to sell their land. 1818
Ended the Cherokee presence in TN and the Indians were sent to Oaklahoma (Trail of Tears). 1835 1850 Population surge in TN when the railroad moved into Tennessee. The population had reached 2,000,000 by this date. 1900 1920 TN ratification of the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote.
1922 The first radio station came to TN. 1925 The Grand Ole Opry was established in TN. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was established. 1933 1934 Smoky Mountains became a National Park.
Discovering Numbers in TN Numbers from Tennessee Bluebook
Take a Look at TN Numbers: TN Registered Voters TN Employment TN Highway System
3,400.487 Registered Voters TN Population: 5,689,283
Employment in Tennessee Discovering Numbers in Tennessee 90,000 FARMS
More than 504,000 People are employed
by over 8,000 manufacturing firms
Exceeding 7,000,000,000 Seven Billion Dollars
Nearly 2,000,000 Other Tenneseans Work in these Professions: jobs that are non-manufacturing Professional Service
Bringing today's TN Work Force to nearly 2.7 million people
From Bristol to Memphis 500 Miles Tennessee River 140 miles in length
State in Total Area 34th Total Square Miles 41,219 Sq. Mi.
Tennessee Roads 87,259 Miles State Maintained Highways 13,751 Miles
Interstate Highways 1.073 Miles Tennessee Transportation Gets 20 Cents on each Gallon of Gas
Tennessee Numbers From: Jeff Bradley's Tennessee Handbook Featuring: REELFOOT LAKE 14 Miles Long 5 Miles Wide Covers 15,000 Acres Average Depth 5.2 Feet Contains 1,000 Cypress Trees Deepest Depth 18 Feet 57 Species of Fish 250 Species of Birds 60,000 Geese 250,000 Ducks Reelfoot Lake is located in Tiptonville, TN and is the closest TN city to the Mississippi River.