PBS
New Perspectives on the West: Sam Houston (1793 1863)
This biography on Sam Houston focuses his life as an advocate for Indians and his controversial political career.
Other
Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
The home of the famous art car weekend, this somewhat wacky museum brings you art made by people just like you. Not trained in any art form, these "folk artists" or as they prefer to be called "visionary artists" have some fun ideas...
Other
Lone Star Internet: Sam Houston "The Raven" (1793 1863)
This detailed biography includes illustrations, quotations from Sam Houston (1793-1863 CE) about many aspects of life in his time, including education. Also includes personal information about his marriages and children.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Major Rivers of Texas
This is a very brief site that offers a map with the major rivers of Texas.
Ducksters
Ducksters: United States Geography for Kids: Texas
Kids learn facts and geography about the state of Texas including symbols, flag, capital, bodies of water, industry, borders, population, fun facts, GDP, famous people, and major cities.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Texas State History for Kids
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Texas including early explorers, Native Americans, Mexican-American War, Republic of Texas, and the Civil War.
Library of Congress
Loc: Southern Mosaic
This site, from the Library of Congress, provides a recording project by the WPA during the Depression Era of folk music collected throughout the southern states of the U.S. Supplemented by photos and other material to document life...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Texas Mock Election 2006
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students can take part in the Student Mock Gubernatorial Election 2006 by casting their Activote for Governor. This flipchart provides a history of voting in Texas.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Texas Regions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will identify 7 major Texas regions. The flipchart has links to the Texas Parks and Wildlife website with characteristics of each region. There are 20 Activote assessment questions at the end...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Texas Regions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are introduced to the 7 major regions of Texas. Links to the Texas Parks and Wildlife website provide information on each region. 20 Activote questions are at the end of the lesson.
Cayuse Canyon
The Us50
This clickable map of the United States gives students access to research information from history and tourism to attractions and famous historic figures.
Other
Amon Carter Museum
Located in Fort Worth, TX. The Amon Carter Museum was established through the generosity of Amon G. Carter, Sr. (1879-1955), to house his collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell; to collect,...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Texas
[Free Registration/Login Required] This Texas flipchart is designed for Pre-K and Kindergarten students. It includes integrated assessment and audio content.
Other
Texas Online: Texas
Facts about the state of Texas, its history, government, state symbols, and its capitals and capitol buildings.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Mexican Texas [Pdf} [Pdf]
An activity guide where learners refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, students research Mexican history between the years 1810-1836 and complete a...
Texas State Preservation Board
Texas State Preservation Board: Texas State Capitol
The State Capitol Building of Texas is profiled and important trivia is supplied on its size and architecture.
Other
Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
The home of the famous art car weekend, this somewhat wacky museum brings you art made by people just like you. Not trained in any art form, these "folk artists" or as they prefer to be called "visionary artists" have some fun ideas...
SMART Technologies
Smart: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
Create words using prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Group the words together as words are created and add them to the word bank. Add your own prefixes, suffixes, and root words to extend the activity.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Estados Unidos De America: Texas
This site has a map of Texas in Spanish, with informational data also presented in Spanish about the state of Texas. Land mass, population, elevation, industry, agriculture, minerals, and resources are among the topics addressed. Also...
Other
Enfoque Deportivo
Semi-monthly sports newspaper printed in Spanish in Houston, Texas. Commentaries are offered on local, national, and international sports. It caters to soccer, baseball, boxing, and basketball.
Other
Ncppr: The Fall of the Alamo 1836
This is a detailed article on the Battle of the Alamo. Read about the events and people associated with it and learn how the Alamo, in the end, fell. This text was originally written by Captain R.M. Potter in 1860.
Curated OER
Alamo Close Up
This is an online exhibit of photographs and other momentos from throughout the colonization of the Mexican territory as well as during the war.
Curated OER
The Six Flags of Texas
A difficult site to categorize but a useful one to educators, parents, and students. In addtion to serving as a doorway to a variety of business enterprises in the Lone Star State, it offers a numerous, useful educational sites:...
Curated OER
Texas History Photo View From Hueco Tanks
This site provides a wide range of unique and interesting articles and online books which focus on various aspects of Texas' history. Content ranges from the first people of Texas to the presidency of Anson Jones to a look at one of the...