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Transformation of Texas Transportation
Students research how the growth of railroads led to an industrial revolution in Texas and read a newspaper article debating which railroad company should come to Travis County. They write their own article and debate the railroad question.
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What's Cookin' at Honey Creek?
Fourth graders are introduced to the process of prehistoric hot rock cooking in earth ovens on the Edwards Plateau of Texas. They explain the steps used in the hot rock cooking process.
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Letters to Home
Seventh graders research historical events and everyday life in Texas in 1836-1837. They write a letter using Mr. Mitchell's perspective.
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Reconstruction in Texas
Pupils investigate life in Texas after the Civil War from a variety of viewpoints.
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The Impact of the Dust Bowl as Shown Through Photography
Seventh graders examine and discuss photographs and paintings of the Dust Bowl era. They write a journal entry describing what it would be like if they stepped into one of the photographs, and create a Powerpoint presentation on the Dust...
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The Impact of the Great Depression on Texas
Seventh graders examine and discuss photographs taken during the Great Depression and the impact of the Great Depression on the U.S. They write research reports and create a mural depicting the lives of rural and urban families in the...
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Western Hemisphere
Fourth graders use a database to compare countries in the western hemisphere. They describe a variety of regions in Texas and the Western Hemisphere such as political, population, and economic regions that result from patterns of human...
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Wetlands/Watershed Model
Students make a model that will demonstrate the flow of surface water across the land in Texas and how materials that originate many miles away can end up in the wetland along the coast.
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Texas Estuary Project
Students practice the proper lab techniques of coring, seining, taking temperatures, and salinity. Students analyze and graph data. Students write a 3 part essay and correctly draw and label a food web of their field site.
Library of Congress
Loc: Local Legacies
Experience America through its grassroots! Diverse populations lend cultural colorfulness to our country. Read about an International Food Fair in California, Annie Oakley Days in Ohio, and Wabanaki Basketry in Maine. Click on your...
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Library of Congress
Loc: Mexican American Migrations and Communities [Pdf]
A collection of primary source documents which depict experiences of Mexican Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries. Find out what challenges they faced, what communities, institutions, and culture they created, and what records and...
PBS
Pbs American Experience: Remember the Alamo
PBS companion site to the documentary film "Remember the Alamo," with much detailed information, interviews, survivor stories, maps, a timeline and reviews of historical facts and events.
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Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Sam Houston [Pdf]
A reader's theater script with biographical information for the Texas' historical figure, Sam Houston, is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity.
PBS
Pbs the West: Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
A biography of this Spanish explorer who was born in 1490. Click on "route" for a map of his travels, and click on "account" for a translation of his published account of his experiences.
Other
Sweatt v. Painter Archive
This site has just about everything one might want to know in an investigation of the important Supreme Court decision in Sweatt vs. Painter.
Other
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: The Cullen Sculpture Garden
Visiting information for the Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, with links to slideshows of current works on display and information and history on the landscape and chronology of the Garden.
Other
Texas Online: The Official Texas Homepage
This site contains resource information for the state of Texas and links to items of interest.
Other
Texas State Data Cent. & Office of the State Demographer
This site is a resource for statistical population information on the state of Texas. See how the state has grown and changed through the years. A great research tool for students studying the state.
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Barbara Charline Jordan 1936 1996
One of the first African-Americans elected from the Deep South and the first black Congresswoman ever from that region, read about how Barbara Jordan emerged as a powerful interpreter of the Watergate impeachment investigation.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Mirabeau B. Lamar
This detailed account tracks the life of Mirabeau B. Lamar, a fascinating poet and politician, who quickly became involved in the fight for Texas independence. Numerous primary source documents, ranging from handwritten letters to...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas Declaration of Independence, Original Manuscript
Here is a copy of the original manuscript of the Texas Declaration of Independence. This 12-page document includes line-by-line transcription.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Treaties of Velasco
A brief description of how the Treaties of Velasco came about. The full text of the Public Treaty as well as the Secret Treaty are included.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas Treasures:the Long Expedition
On this website from the Texas State Library you can read about an early attempt by Americans, led by James Long, to establish a "Republic of Texas." Click on the document to see an enlargement of the list of men captured by the Mexican...