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Dallas Cowboys Official Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Page offers news, team info, broadcast info, and pictures of the famous Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Bubba the Cowboy Prince a Fractured Texas Tale

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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California Dept. Of Parks and Recreation: Will Rogers: America`s Favorite Cowboy

For Students 9th - 10th
From Will Rogers State Historic Park, a short profile of American actor and humorist Will Rogers, with articles and original photographs related to his ranch, his stables, and his love of horses.
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Erwin E. Smith, Cowboy Photographer (Teaching Guide)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This guide provides a sampling of the vast number of photographs taken by Erwin E. Smith (1884?1947). It is designed for use with fourth through seventh grade students and places particular emphasis on social studies and Texas history....
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Eaton Home: The Legend of Pete

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life of cowboy and United States marshall Frank Eaton, also known as "Pistol Pete."
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Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State Library: Frank Eaton

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers a brief biography of cowboy and marksmen Frank Eaton, who served as Oklahoma State University's mascot, "Pistol Pete."
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Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: The Old West

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides first-hand accounts and background information on the Old West. Content touches on crossing the plains, cowboys, train robberies, Dalton Gang's Last Raid, Custer's Last Stand, the Death of Billy the Kid, and much...
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Bullock Texas State History Museum

Bullock Museum: Vaqueros

For Students 9th - 10th
Hear the campfire stories of the people who embody Texas. Learn about the cowboy way; how to rope and ride.
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The History of the Cattle Trail Chuck Wagon

For Students 3rd - 5th
Ever wonder what it was like to be a cowboy on the range? What did they eat? Who cooked it? This site provides a nicely done background on cowboy cooking, chuck wagon etiquette, and links to recipes.
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Cowboy With Bolo Tie

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Cartoon of a dressed-up cowboy.
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Curated OER

Dallas Cowboys

For Students Pre-K - 1st
dallas cowboys
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Cowboy

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Cowboy."
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Curated OER

Writing Fix: Fairy Tales in New Settings: Buba, the Cowboy Prince

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The front cover of the book Bubba, The Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketteman.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Fairy Tales in New Settings

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
After reading Bubba, The Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketteman, the writer will first choose a fairy tale that he/she is very familiar with. Next, he/she will choose a completely different setting (time and place) for their story. The writer...
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Harold D. Underdown

The Purple Crayon: The Writing & Publishing Process

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow Amy Timberlake's steps as she tells about how she wrote the picture book "The Dirty Cowboy." She discusses ideas, drafts, revisions, and publication, and gives helpful hints to aspiring writers along the way.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who Is Little Red Riding Hood Anyway?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan compares and contrasts the traditional Litle Red Riding Hood, by the Brothers Grimm, to Little Red Cowboy Hat, by Susan Lowell. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Buffalo Bill History: Buffalo Bill's Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the legendary William F. Cody, more commonly known as Buffalo Bill, whose Wild West shows legitimized the cowboy life.
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ArgentinaXplora.com

Argentinaexplora.com: El Gaucho

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content; the Argentinian cowboy, the gaucho, is discussed in this short explanantion with photos.
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Seymour Chamber of Commerce: The Great Western Cattle Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Great Western Cattle Trail, that was used in the 1800s, and stretched from Bandera, Texas to Dodge City Kansas.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Louis L Amour

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides biographical information, extensive list of L'Amour's works and film adaptations, and a bibliography "for further reading."
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Famous Texans: Bill Pickett

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the life of William Pickett, "a legendary cowboy from Taylor, Texas of black and Indian descent."
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Curated OER

Cowboys Branding Calves at a Roundup on the Salt Fork, Kansas, in the 1890s

For Students 9th - 10th
photograph of cowboys branding calves at a roundup on the Salt Fork in Kansas in the 1890s
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Digital History

Digital History: Spanish America

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Spanish influence in the northern part of its empire in America. See what American cowboys borrowed from the vaqueros, and how Spanish architecture came to spread across the Southwest.
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Curated OER

The Purple Crayon: The Writing & Publishing Process

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow Amy Timberlake's steps as she tells about how she wrote the picture book "The Dirty Cowboy." She discusses ideas, drafts, revisions, and publication, and gives helpful hints to aspiring writers along the way.

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