Instructional Video5:00
Curated Video

Experience the Wild West at Calgary's Stampede

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Join the Calgary Stampede, an annual festival held in Calgary, Canada! This video highlights the various activities and attractions at the Stampede, emphasizing its Wild West theme and the importance of wearing a cowboy hat. It mentions...
Instructional Video2:22
Curated Video

Birth of the Lone Star State

9th - Higher Ed
Today, Texas is famous around the world as being the most American state of them all – but it once belonged to Mexico. For almost a decade, it was an independent republic.
Instructional Video2:01
Curated Video

Black Cowboys of the West

9th - Higher Ed
The stereotypical image of a White cowboy dominates popular culture – but in the 19th century, a quarter of ranch hands were Black!
Podcast3:15
NASA

‎The Rocket Ranch: Welcome to the Rocket Ranch

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Introducing the official podcast from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center - or, as we call it, the Rocket Ranch. What makes rockets fly? It’s people - regular men and women doing extraordinary things. During this podcast series, we’re going to...
Instructional Video
Texas Public Broadcasting

Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Texas Ranching

9th - 10th
Use this series of film clips to analyze the impact of the cattle industry in Texas, specifically focusing on cattle drives and the role of the cowboy.
Instructional Video
Timelines.tv

Timelines.tv: The American West 06: The Cattle Trail (1879)

9th - 10th
Recounts the story of a cowboy as he recalls the days of the great cattle drives and the transformation of the western plains into a cattle kingdom. [8:03]