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Combustion Plants

Environmental Stewardship

Fossil Plants

Green Power

Hydroelectric Plants

Modern Living

Nuclear Plants

Transmission

LESSON 1: OUT OF THE DARKNESS

The Tennessee Valley Authority and the Great Depression

Learn TVA’s role in the development of the Tennessee Valley during and after The Great Depression. Teach your students how a region once plagued by high unemployment, floods, disease and poor farming conditions began to thrive with the introduction of electricity.

LESSON 2: THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND THE WAR EFFORT

Oak Ridge, Fontana and the TVA

What was the Tennessee Valley’s role in World War II? Discover how Fontana Dam, Oak Ridge and the Tennessee Valley Authority each contributed to influence the outcome of World War II.