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Unit Plan
Bullock Texas State History Museum

Bullock Museum: Chapter Eleven: Oil Changed Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A teacher guide designed to support a visit to the Bullock Museum, but can be used on its own using available resources. Includes information, discussion questions, activities, and worksheets. This module looks at the history of the oil...
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Article
Bullock Texas State History Museum

Bullock Museum: Roughnecks

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Handout
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Pattillo Higgins 1863 1955

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read the captivating story of Pattillo Higgins and his role in making Texas the leader in the oil industry.
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Article
Digital History

Digital History: Black Gold: The Oil Frontier

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief overview of how the gusher at Spindletop in 1901 spurred the giant oil industry in America in the early twentieth century.
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PPT
Other

Slide Player: Industry in Texas: Railroad, Lumber, Coal, and Oil

For Students 4th - 8th
A narrated slideshow that is a summary of two chapters in a history text. It outlines the factors that led to the industrialization and urbanization of Texas, away from an agrarian economy. These included the growth of the railroad,...
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Website
Other

The Oil Industry: Spindletop

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Links to several excellent sites on the Discovery of Oil at Spindletop. See many photos, primary documents, biographies, and a multimedia timeline.
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Handout
Other

Mr. Palm: Texas Oil and Gas Industry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A teacher's class notes on the development and impact of the oil and gas industry on the industrialization and urbanization in Texas in the early twentieth century.