Texas Exploring History Through Primary Sources

ISBN: 0-7439-8123-5

Price: $129.00

Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods. Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Each kit also meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents. Photographs: Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion; Signing the Civil Rights Act in 1964; Ranchers working in 1908; Portrait of Juan Seguin; Sam Houston portrait; Portrait of Miriam Ferguson; Bison hunt; Texas flag. Other items: Texas Ordinance of Secession; Western Union telegram about 1931 oil situation; Texas Ranger Oath; Declaration of Independence of Texas; Ratification of Texas Annexation; William Travis' letter from inside the Alamo; Letter from General Santa Anna about the Alamo; Texas currency 1838-1841. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.