Content Resources for Teachers

(site under construction)

Mural, Lobby of Texas State Library; Austin, Texas

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Curriculum Alignment Tools

µ Grade 4

µ Grade 7

Web Links to Great Texas History sites

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	Texas State Historical Association				University of Texas at Austin
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	Lone Star Internet, Inc.				University of North Texas
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	Texas State Library & Archives	Institute of Texan Cultures			Houghton Mifflin Company	The U.S. GenWeb Project

“LESSON IN A LINK” (under construction; feedback welcomed his_rtc@shsu.edu)

µ Sam Houston’s report from San Jacinto

µ Mier Expedition Ready!

Q: From the two points of view presented in this link, which version of events do you

feel is the more accurate depiction? Are either entirely accurate? Step back and put

yourself in the times and circumstances surrounding the Texans who took part in

this episode. What were their motivations, both noble and otherwise? What other

observations or insights can be gained by knowing both sides of this story?

Note 1: To save time, teachers may want to read the two Handbook of Texas Online entries and

deliver the information to the students in their own words (along with any other background

information they choose to present).

Note 2: For Pre-A.P. and Honors-level classes, teachers may want to 1) assign the two Handbook

of Texas Online entries as homework; 2) and, make more use of the section “For further study”

in order to elevate the class discussion. Just by reading the Haynes introduction to Green’s

journal, teachers can achieve the kind of content mastery that will enable them to lead a more

insightful discussion.

µ Annexation of Texas: Group Project on Statehood Procedures Ready!

Students will identify important individuals and issues associated with the annexation of Texas to the United States

µ The Texas Secession Crisis

(Click star for lesson in-development)

µ Texas Labor Movement, 1870-1886

µ Women Air Force Service Pilots in WWII

Illustrated Vignettes of Texas History

The Czechs Come to Texas Revolution in Matamoros

HERE HERE

Larger images will be available for the thumbnail views at a later time

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1. Drought Stricken Area, Alexander Hogue (1934)

2. Mission San Jose, San Antonio

3. Battle of San Jacinto, Henry MaArdle (1895)

4. San Jacinto

5. Comanche Village, George Catlin

6. Texas “Change Note,” 1838; although they had elaborate fronts, the backs were blank.

7-8. Texas “Red Backs,” so called for the colorful back side of the bills (thumbnail 9); worth about 37 cents to the U.S. dollar when they were issued in 1839; by 1842 they were all but worthless. The Republic of Texas, always short on silver and gold, never minted coins. As the value of the paper currency depreciated, Texans came to depend on “foreign” currency (U.S. and elsewhere) and “shinplasters,” money that was privately issued by companies. Texas was further crippled financially, first, because it failed to charter any banks; and, second, because the Panic of 1837 that struck the U.S. economy was followed by a business depression that did not run its course until 1845, the year Texas joined the Union. (see link to Handbook of Texas Online for further information)

10. “General Sam Houston,” Stephen Seymour Thomas, 1893

	Click on photograph below for full-sized panorama
when next page comes up, hold cursor on photo, then click onto box at lower right when it appears
Dallas 1908 State Fair		Dallas 1920
Dallas 1912 Oak Cliff Viaduct		Houston 1909
Houston 1924		Houston 1949
Waco 1910		Galveston 1910 Seawall Boulevard
Texas City 1915		San Antonio 1910
Burkburnett 1919		Laredo, Texas & Nuevo Laredo, Mexico 1920
Galveston 1915 Downtown and Harbor		Fort Worth 1920
Austin 1910		Fort Worth 1910