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Erwin E. Smith, Cowboy Photographer (Teaching Guide)
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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Southwest Collection: The Texas Ranching Frontier
Discusses the cattle drive era that occurred in the late 1800s. It gives details about the drives from Texas to the north.
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Ellis County Museum: Texas Cattle Trails
This article surveys the cattle kingdom and cattle boom in Ellis County, Texas that started in the 1840s.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Ranching
Read about the history of ranching in the state of Texas, and how this practice shaped the state's history.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Ranching in Texas [Pdf]
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 history of cattle branding and ranching, and research a...
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Bullock Museum: Chapter Nine: Ranching Heritage [Pdf]
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 ranching...
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: The Old West
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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Texas
[Free Registration/Login Required] This Texas flipchart is designed for Pre-K and Kindergarten students. It includes integrated assessment and audio content.
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Bullock Museum: Vaqueros
Hear the campfire stories of the people who embody Texas. Learn about the cowboy way; how to rope and ride.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Bubba the Cowboy Prince a Fractured Texas Tale
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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Seymour Chamber of Commerce: The Great Western Cattle Trail
Learn about the Great Western Cattle Trail, that was used in the 1800s, and stretched from Bandera, Texas to Dodge City Kansas.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Join a Cattle Drive
At this site take a look at maps of cattle drives from the ranches and ranges of Texas to the market places in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.
History of American Wars
History of American Wars: Mexican American Culture Differences
Describes the structure of Mexican society in the 19th century and the cultural clashes that resulted in their dealings with Americans in Texas.
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Famous Texans: Bill Pickett
Discusses the life of William Pickett, "a legendary cowboy from Taylor, Texas of black and Indian descent."
Library of Congress
Loc: Southern Mosaic
This site, from the Library of Congress, provides a recording project by the WPA during the Depression Era of folk music collected throughout the southern states of the U.S. Supplemented by photos and other material to document life...
PBS
Pbs: New Perspectives on the West
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....