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Tennessee creates special history.


The Tennessee Tennessee, state, United States
Tennessee (tĕn`əsē', tĕn'əsē`), state in the south-central United States.
 Department of Education established a uniform curriculum for African-American history to be taught in any high school that wants to add it as an elective elective

non-urgent; at an elected time, e.g. of surgery.

elective adjective Referring to that which is planned or undertaken by choice and without urgency, as in elective surgery, see there noun Graduate education noun
. In the past, schools wanting to offer an African-American history class, or any class not typically offered, had to design lesson plans and get state permission to offer it as a special course. The class is not designed to replace required high school history courses, like world history, but it will teach the subject in depth that typically does not happen, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 the Tennessean Ten·nes·see   Abbr. TN or Tenn.

A state of the southeast United States. It was admitted as the 16th state in 1796. First visited by the Spanish in 1540, the region was explored by Daniel Boone in 1769 and became part of the United
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Title Annotation:african-american history at schools
Author:Pascopella, Angela
Publication:District Administration
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1U6TN
Date:Mar 1, 2006
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