Lesson Plan
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Recreation 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 investigate the features of different state parks, learn why state parks are...
Lesson Plan
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. In this lesson, they examine the types of crops grown in Texas and how important they are to the...
Lesson Plan
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Education 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 public education in Texas, how well schools are doing, how they...
Lesson Plan
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Livestock 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 activity, they research different types of livestock raised in Texas and the products that...
Lesson Plan
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Crime 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 crime statistics in Texas and look at possible crime prevention...
Lesson Plan
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Calendars 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 explore a variety of calendars to investigate when...
Lesson Plan
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Ranching 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 investigate the history of cattle branding and ranching, and research a...
Article
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Green De Witt

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Green DeWitt, an empresario in Mexican Texas who founded the DeWitt Colony.
Article
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Anglo American Colonization

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth synopsis of Anglo-American colonization in Mexican Texas which took place between 1821 and 1835.
Article
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Martin De Leon

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life and work of Martin de Leonwas, a rancher and wealthy Mexican empresario descended from Spanish aristocracy who later established De Leon's Colony, the only predominantly Mexican colony in Texas.
Article
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Oil and Gas Industry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This informational text piece has everything students want to know about the history of the Texas oil industry beginning in the sixteenth century to modern times.
Lesson Plan
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...
Handout
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Early European Exploration and Development

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronological timeline of early European exploration and development in Texas spanning from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
Article
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Francisco Hidalgo

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the work and life of Francisco Hidalgo, the most patient and persistent advocate of missions among the Indians of East Texas.
Article
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Juan Jose Maria Erasmo De Jesus Seguin

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of Erasmo Seguin, the sole representative from Texas to the constitutional convention after Mexico achieved independence from Spain. He helped to draft the Constitution of 1824 and was a major influence in...
Lesson Plan
Other

Gcisd: Grapevine Middle School: Chad Hannon: 7th Grade Texas History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A complete middle school Texas State History course accessible in one location. It contains links to a variety of student resources and student assignments.
Article
Texas A&M University

Sons of De Witt Colony Texas: The De Leon Colony

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduce yourself to the De Leon's Colony, the only predominantly Mexican colony in Texas in the United States established by Martin De Leon in 1824. De Leon was one of the several impresarios in Texas who was granted colonization...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today 2004 Corn Crop Is a Bin Buster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With this resource, students will examine and evaluate data on the corn harvest in the United States over the past several years. Using the USA TODAY Snapshot "2004 corn crop is a bin-buster," data from the USDA Statistics Service...
Interactive
Other

Texas Transparency: Taxes and Revenue: Where the Money Comes From

For Students 9th - 10th
With these data visualization resources, sources of state government revenue are easily accessible. See a large array of data, providing the tools needed to drill down to specific information and see trends in action.
Handout
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Texas v. Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
During the 1984 Republican National Convention, respondent Johnson participated in a political demonstration to protest the policies of the Reagan administration and some Dallas-based corporations. After a march through the city streets,...
Unit Plan
Bullock Texas State History Museum

Bullock Museum: Chapter Eight: Civil War to Centennial [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 Texas from the time of...
Article
Bullock Texas State History Museum

Bullock Museum: Missionaries

For Students 9th - 10th
Immerse in the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. Learn how small the separation between church and state in 17th century Spain affected Texas.
Handout
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Introducing President George W. Bush!

For Students 3rd - 5th
Interesting and easy-to-read biography on George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Written at the time of his first election as president.
Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: George Walker Bush

For Students 9th - 10th
Which president owned a professional baseball team? Explore with AmericanPresident.org to discover more facts about George W. Bush. He is currently serving as the 43rd President of the United States.