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Eating on the Job

For Students 8th - 12th
In this word puzzle worksheet, learners match each occupation with a food choice. Food choices are plays on words. An example is a jockey's condiment is horseradish. There are 26 occupations and food choices to match up.
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Border Icons

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine the artistic definition of "icon" and articulate its importance in the popular art of the border. They paint, draw, their favorite icon or design a new icon that represents an important aspect of border life.
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Curated OER

Boombox Classroom: American Folk Music

For Students K - 1st
In this music activity, learners draw a picture of one of Chula's favorite things from a quotation. They answer three multiple choice questions about folk music.
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Epcc Libraries: Borderlands: Black Cowboys Rode the Trails, Too 21 (2002)

For Students 9th - 10th
Faculty-edited college student articles on the US-Mexico border giving insight to what life was like for black cowboys in the late 1800s. The article explains how many were ex-slaves that became cowboys after Emancipation, what their job...
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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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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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The Weekly South Dakotan: South Dakota History for 4th Grade

For Students 3rd - 8th
From the very beginning and through the twentieth century, this comprehensive collection of lessons will enrich students studying the history in between and the effects on South Dakota.
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Uva: Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: Life and Adventures of Nat Love

For Students 9th - 10th
First chapter of Nat Love's autobiography, "Life and Adventures of Nat Love."

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