Curated OER
Texas Economics, Politics, and Society
Students examine the political, economic, and social influences that affected Fort Worth and Waco in the late 19th century. They chart the similarities and differences of Fort Worth and Waco on a Venn diagram, and analyze the various...
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Exit Interview: Janet Reno
Interview between Jim Lehrer and Janet Reno on her beliefs and thoughts on the Waco Branch Davidian incident of 1993.
Other
American Studies Today: Religious Cults in Twentieth Century America
This article--written after the Branch Davidian incident in Waco, Texas--details the revived interest in American religious cults. The author defines "cult," looks at the anti-cult movement, and provides suggested readings.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Revisiting Waco
News article revisits the Waco incident in light of the Justice Department admitting "to using pyrotechnic devices at the compound."
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross
Read this short biography about Texas' nineteenth governor, and the president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now called Texas A&M University.