Norris Dam:
To Build or Not to Build?
Resources
Below are some additional resources. These are not necessary for this activity, but they might be especially helpful if you are unfamiliar with the time period or topic.
If you follow Common Core Standards the link below shows the standards this activity potentially supports.
TVA and Norris Dam Resources
Websites
Tennessee Valley Authority, “About TVA"
Tennessee Valley Authortiy, "Norris Reservoir"
National Archives at Atlanta, "Valley of the Dams: The Impact and Legacy of the Tennessee Valley Authority"
National Archives at Atlanta, "Tennessee Valley Authority, Record Group 142"
National Archives Online Public Access, "Lewis Hine Photographs for TVA"
National Archives Primary Sources, DocsTeach
Norris Lake, "Norris Lake History"
United States Congress, Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933
The Library of Congress, Using Primary Sources
Books
Martha Munzer, Valley of Vision: The TVA Years
Carroll Van West, Tennessee’s New Deal Landscape: A Guidebook
Roderick Nash, American Environmentalism: Reading in Conservation History Third Edition