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Emiliano Zapata: Father of the Zapatista Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the life of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, part of an online project entitled, "The Zapatista Rebels in Mexico and the Electronic Revolution."
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Emiliano Zapata

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a biography of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. The biography is taken from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and published as part of an online project entitled "Zapatista Rebels in Mexico and the Electronic...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: The Price of Freedom: Americans at War

For Students 9th - 10th
View comprehensive sets of artifacts that tell the story of America's wartime past and present. Artifacts from every major American military conflict, beginning with the American Revolution, can be closely examined. Full curatorial notes...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Battle of San Jacinto

For Students 9th - 10th
Website details the decisive battle which concludes the Texas revolution, and the implications of the Texas victory. You can view two documents listing the dead and wounded of both the Texans and Mexicans.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Lorenzo De Zavala

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this short biography of Lorenzo de Zavala, complete with links to primary documents involving the 19th-century Mexican politician.
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Curated OER

Miguel Hidalgo

For Students 9th - 10th
A short history of the struggle for Mexican independence from Spain, with special emphasis given to the efforts of Miguel Hidalgo Costilla, who became known as the "father of the Mexican Revolution".
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Curated OER

Miguel Hidalgo, Often Called the Father of Mexico.

For Students 9th - 10th
A short history of the struggle for Mexican independence from Spain, with special emphasis given to the efforts of Miguel Hidalgo Costilla, who became known as the "father of the Mexican Revolution".
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Curated OER

Pancho Villa

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice collection from The Mexico Revolution of photographs and biographies of some of the major particpants in the Mexican Revolution.
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Curated OER

Mexico 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice collection from The Mexico Revolution of photographs and biographies of some of the major particpants in the Mexican Revolution.
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Curated OER

Mexico 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice collection from The Mexico Revolution of photographs and biographies of some of the major particpants in the Mexican Revolution.
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Mex Connect

Mex Connect: Mexico's Fiesta and Holiday Calendar

For Students 9th - 10th
Great resource for all types of holidays throughout Mexico. A key conveniently marks them as you choose each month. Additional links give even more info.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Woodrow Wilson and Foreign Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough review of Woodrow Wilson's foreign policies in these four lessons offered by EDSITEment. Learn the origins of "Wilsonianism," Wilson's views on relations with countries in Latin America, Wilson's decision to enter World War I,...
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Mount Holyoke College

International Relations: Wilson's Address to Congress: The Tampico Affair

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of Wilson's 1914 address to Congress regarding the Tampico Affair in Mexico.
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Arizona State University

Asu: Chicana and Chicano Space

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Provided by Arizona State University, this website is a comprehensive thematic, inquiry-based art education resource. Includes two interdisciplinary units of lessons.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Hard Road to Texas 1836 1845: Texas Breaks Away Texas and Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
After being taken over by Mexico in 1821, Texas became very attractive to people wanting to settle. New policies, however, upset the Texans, which lead to rebellions and the Texas Revolution of 1836. Read about it all, and check out...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Jose Manuel Rafael Simeon De Mier Y Teran

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about General Teran, a Mexican general who fought for Mexican independence in the Mexican and Texan revolutions.
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PBS

New Perspectives on the West: Juan Seguin

For Students 9th - 10th
Juan Seguin, a Mexican American Tejano who helped lead the Texas revolution and independence survived the Alamo but was then exiled from the new state, a victim of prejudice.
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Texas Navy Association: Commodore Charles Edward Hawkins [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the work of Commodore Charles Edward Hawkins, a commander of the First Texas Navy during the Texan Revolution.
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Austin Community College District: Convention, Washington on Brazos

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of the Convention of 1836, a meeting of elected delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas shortly after the Texas Revolution began.
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Texas A&M University

Sons of De Witt Colony Texas: Nueva Espana Nuevas Philipinas Provincia De Tejas

For Students 9th - 10th
Read some first-person excerpts taken from Texas letters accounting events from the Mexican War for Independence from Spain.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: Texas Privateers

For Students 9th - 10th
Following the "seizure of the Mexican cannon at Gonzales," the Texas Revolution began. What did Texas do to ensure that the coast would be safe during the war? Read about the Texas Privateers and their part in the Texas Revolution.
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Gonzales Memorial Museum: Come and Take It Cannon

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains the story behind the cannon that the Mexicans tried to capture at the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. The first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired from the cannon that day.
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Texas State Historical Association: The Law of April 6, 1830 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A reprinting of The Law of April 6, 1830 which was to counter concerns that Mexican Texas, part of the border state of Coahuila y Texas, was in danger of being annexed by the United States.
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: The Law of April 6, 1830

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this short overview of The Law of April 6, 1830 which was to counter concerns that Mexican Texas, part of the border state of Coahuila y Texas, was in danger of being annexed by the United States.

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