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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Population in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they examine the population history of counties from 1850-2010, and of cities from...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Crime in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where learners refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this instructional activity, they research crime statistics in Texas and look at possible crime...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Department of Criminal Justice [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they research Texas prisons to learn about the inmates there, their crimes and...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Benjamin Franklin: An Extraordinary Life (Teacher's Guide)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Go directly to the teaching resource that accompanies the PBS series "Benjamin Franklin: An Extraordinary Life, An Electric Mind" to find eight lesson plans that support the study of Benjamin Franklin and his place in history. Lessons...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Water Resources [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they learn the difference between primary and secondary streams, then research and...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Mexican Texas [Pdf} [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students 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...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Texas in Conflict, 1900 1920 [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, students read a section on Texas history between 1900-1920 and find the answers...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Health and Science in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they research health care services in Texas counties and compare these to birth...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Media in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this instructional activity, they learn about newspapers, radio, and television in Texas.
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Texas Hall of Fame [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they research some of the Texans who became famous, to create their own 'Texas...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Dec of Independence of Rep. Of Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this instructional activity, Students examine the Texas Declaration of Independence and compare it to the United States Declaration of Independence for similarities and differences, with particular attention paid to the terminology...
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Benjamin Franklin: Colonial Printer and Journalist

For Teachers 5th
This lesson looks at the early career of Benjamin Franklin and he contributed to the spread of literacy in America, as well as his public service record at that time. Students will examine and analyze primary source documents to...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: State Government [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
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, they investigate the officials and organizational structures that make up the...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Counties and County Seats [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where young scholars refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they look at the history of a Texas county and its courthouse and fill in a...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Culture and the Arts in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. For this lesson, they investigate the arts organizations, museums, artistic awards, and official...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Agriculture in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. For this lesson, they examine the types of crops grown in Texas and how important they are to the...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Making Friends With Franklin

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site is an introduction plus a series of three lesson plans that explore Franklin's portraits plus aspects of his work in science and writing.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Predicting Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Site from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation combines Science and Social Studies. As students examine the various methods of predicting the weather, in Colonial Williamsburg.
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Texas Talk [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learn to appreciate the regional accent of a Texan, and to speak like one too. Includes a link to a Texas pronunciation guide.

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