Curated OER
Jan. 3, 1959 | Alaska Becomes a State
Make connections with past history and current events with this critical thinking exercise. Kids read background information relating to Alaska's statehood as well as information on oil drilling and Alaska's economy. They put it all...
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Bp: Home Page
Very user-friendly site from BP Oil company that is easy to find the information about the oil industry. The front page even lists the current stock price at the very minute you are looking at the site.
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Marathon Oil Corporation
Find out about Marathon Oil Company, and the many other branches of this company. You can find out what their vision for the future is, who they are, what they do, and whatever else you need to know about them. There is an informative...
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College: American Presence in Middle East
An extensive description of the U.S. presence in the Middle East. Focuses on oil as the cause of America being in this region.
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Bullock Museum: Roughnecks
Listen in to the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas, and from the time Spindletop blew its oily stack, Texas has never been the same.
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Chevron Corporation: The World of Chevron Human Energy
Find out about Chevron's products & services, their stand on environmental issues, their explorations in the U.S. and Canada, and a general overview of the company. Also late breaking news is available at this site.
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Canadian Centre for Energy Information: Energy Machines [Pdf]
In this teaching unit for Grades 4 to 6, stuidents learn all about the drilling rigs and pump jacks that are used in the petroleum industry.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Pattillo Higgins 1863 1955
Read the captivating story of Pattillo Higgins and his role in making Texas the leader in the oil industry.
Digital History
Digital History: Black Gold: The Oil Frontier
A brief overview of how the gusher at Spindletop in 1901 spurred the giant oil industry in America in the early twentieth century.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Edwin Drake
Dogged persistence led this man to drill -- and drill -- and drill, seeking oil deposits. His success launched an Oil Rush and brought the world a new energy source.
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Molleindustria: Oiligarchy
Interactive game lets players consider the downside of our dependence on oil by having them step into the role of a purposefully bad oil industry executive driven to extremes by insatiable demands for more oil and more profits. Everyone...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Esc 20: How Did Spindletop Spark a Tx Industry That Impacted the Nati [Pdf]
The student objective is to explain the political, economic, and social impact of the Spindletop incident and the oil industry on the industrialization of Texas.
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John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company: The Standard Oil Trust
This site explores how John D. Rockefeller built the first great industrial trust, as well as its subsequent investigations and dissolution.
Texas Public Broadcasting
Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Age of Oil, Prohibition, Women's Suffrage 1901 1929
Learn how oil has played a major role in the life and economy of Texas, shaping its population, economy, and environment.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Oil and Gas Industry
This informational text piece has everything students want to know about the history of the Texas oil industry beginning in the sixteenth century to modern times.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Hazardous Business: The Oil Wars
Part of a lengthy discussion of the oil business in Texas, the first two pages of this site give the early history of the oil industry in Texas.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The New Tycoons: John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller was a poster boy for big business in the late 19th century. Read about how he made his vast fortune, ans see how he ran his company.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Economy of Kuwait
A thorough look at the economy of Kuwait. It describes Kuwait's recovery after the first Gulf War and how the country uses its vast oil revenues.
NASA
Climate Kids: The Story of Fossil Fuels, Part 2: Oil
Learn about the history of oil and its consumption through the ages, beginning with Bertha Benz and the creation of the first automobile.
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Irving Oil: Our History
Irving Oil has been a major employer in the City of Saint John for a very long time. Here on the company website you can read a history of the company that began with K.C. Irving after World War I. Click along the timeline to see and...
A&E Television
History.com: Spindletop
Learn about Texas' booming oil industry that grew up around the oil field at Spindletop, and how many of the major oil companies in America, including Gulf Oil, Texaco, and Exxon, trace their origins there.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Texas Almanac: Oil/texas: A Cultural History
Read the synopsis and story of how the Spindletop gusher, a key event in the history of the Texas economy, began the United States oil industry.
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Maersk: Quest for Oil
Test knowledge and understanding of the oil industry worldwide through online gaming and educational resources. Identify key challenges to the industry, offshore drilling, and global opportunities for growth.