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Teacher Resource Portal

Incorporating the rich legacy of country music and culture into your classroom is easy and fun with standards-based lesson materials, primary sources, and engaging video content.

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Browse hundreds of lesson plans, videos, and teaching resources to find the best fit for your classroom. Add your favorites to your dashboard to reference later by clicking/tapping the “Add to My Classroom” icon.

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Explore a Variety of Learning Formats

Access hundreds of interactive, thought-provoking lessons, activities, on-demand videos, and more created to accommodate a variety of learning methods and platforms.

Words & Music Curriculum

Help your students explore the art of lyric writing with our award-winning curriculum Words & Music. This interdisciplinary unit includes PowerPoints, videos, and classroom-ready activities to accommodate a variety of learning styles. Educators are highly encouraged to participate in a free Words & Music Professional Development prior to teaching the unit for the first time.

Artifact Byte Videos

Experience a byte of country music history in two minutes or less! Artifact Bytes videos highlight primary sources from the Museum's archives that explore social studies connections to country music artists like Dolly Parton and DeFord Bailey as well as artifacts like Elvis’s gold-plated Cadillac.

STEAM Lesson Materials

Prepare students to experience the Museum through the STEAM lens! Interdisciplinary pre- and post-program materials introduce students to the historical context of listening devices—from the gramophone to the iPod—and challenges them to consider how and why these technologies have changed over time.

Sarah, Language Arts

I’m so grateful that the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum gives educators exclusive access to learning materials that help us engage our students!

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