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Showing 927 results for texas history ...
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

What would you do if you found a Texas tortoise in the middle of the road? Or if your friend broke the law? In this lesson, students discuss their own values and ethics as well as the importance of respecting the values of others. Next, students learn about laws protecting the state-threatened Texas tortoise. Afterwards, they discuss how their values influence their behavior in various situations.
Frontier Life in the Texas Hill Country
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Frontier Life in the Texas Hill Country
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Most Americans know the clarion call "Remember the Alamo!" and have a hazy recollection that the "fort" originally had been built as a Spanish mission. What is less well known outside the Southwest is that the Mission San Antonio de Valero–the Alamo–was only one of a chain of missions along the San Antonio River. Established between 1718 and 1731, these missions were built not only to spread the faith of the conquistadors, but also to serve multiple foreign policy objectives for the Spanish.
Texas White House Virtual Tour (Self-Guided)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
How can artifacts help us understand a person or a time period? With this question in mind, let’s travel back in time to the 1960’s and visit the Texas White House! During this self-guided virtual tour students will look for artifacts that can help them learn about President Johnson and the 1960s.
Why Visit His Home?
History on Trial
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
History Hunters
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This activity trunk is designed to introduce learners to the ways that historians, archeologists, and anthropologists use primary resources to learn about the past. Students will role-play by wearing costumes identifying each as an anthropologist, archeologist, or historian.
History and Technology
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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Historical Characters
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In this activity, students will learn about nine key participants in the Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma and the Siege of Fort Brown. They will discover how the personalities of these key leaders helped them during these clashes and influenced their outcome. Students them compare their own personality traits to discover how they are like or different from these leaders.
Do History and Science at the Tsongas Industrial History Center
George Washington Carver - The Artist: Resource to His People
Park History Talk
- Type: Field Trips ... Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Sweep Through History
History of Kingsley Plantation
"Historic" Journal Activity
Russian History Kit
Timucuan History Hunt
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This on-site scavenger hunt worksheet will aid elementary students in exploring Kingsley Plantation.
Cabin Camp History Talk
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade