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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...
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University of Texas at Austin

Ut Library: Perry Castaneda Maps of Oklahoma

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of state, city and historical maps of Oklahoma. Also includes maps of national monuments and parks in the state.
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Lone Star Junction

Lone Star Junction: Francis R. Lubbock (1815 1905)

For Students 4th - 8th
A short biography of Francis Lubbock, who served a term as Governor of Texas, and later as State Treasurer.
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Curated OER

Perry Castaneda Map Collection: Admission of States and Territorial Acquisitions

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a map to show you when states were added to the Union. It also shows territories and when they were acquired.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Brazilian Free Tailed Bat

For Students 4th - 8th
Millions of Brazilian free-tailed bats spend their summers in the southwestern United States. Gigantic colonies summer in Bracken Cave, Texas; Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico; and even within the city of Austin, Texas, under the Congress...
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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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University of Texas at Austin

Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection: Americas Historical Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection from the University of Texas Library Online of historical maps contains a wide variety of maps from various parts of the continent and from different parts of history. Each map is accompanied by a brief description and is...
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San Jacinto Museum of History

San Jacinto Museum: The Battle of San Jacinto: April, 21, 1836

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this account of the Battle of Jacinto from the San Jacinto Museum to find out not only what happened in the battle, but what the importance of the battle was in the history of the United States.
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Other

The Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Centennial Museum is an academic support and outreach unit of the University of Texas at El Paso focusing on the natural history and the indigenous, colonial, pre-urban, and folk cultures of the border regions of the southwestern...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Affirmative Action

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline of the history of affirmative action in the United States.
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Curated OER

The Six Flags of Texas

For Students 3rd - 8th
Looking for Texas history? Texas parks? Texas city information? Texas government? Texas universities? Find a ready resource here with links to all kinds of basic information on the Lone Star State.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Southern Mosaic

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Two Towns of Jasper (Classroom Resources on Racism)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Classroom resources that examine the history and intent of hate groups in the United States and the notorious race-motivated murder committed in Jasper, Texas, by three white supremacists. Resources take students through a number of...

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