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Tools and Resources for Teaching Texas History
PowerPoint presentation created by TSHA linking teachers to primary and secondary source websites, databases and resources. Requires PowerPoint software to view.
Teach the Handbook
Tools for using the Handbook of Texas Online in the classroom. Created by teachers for teachers:
TEKS alignment, grade 4 social studies
TEKS alignment, grade 7 social studies
Lesson plans
Student guide, grade 4
Student guide, grade 7
University of North Texas's Portal to Texas History Services for Educators offers Primary Source Adventures to enrich students' knowledge of Texas history. These lesson plans are linked to Handbook of Texas Online articles.
Texas Day by Day
A fun and different way to look at history. Daily "features" drawn from the Handbook of Texas Online highlight important, interesting, or unusual events in Texas history.
Online Texas History Quizzes
Check your Texas history knowledge quotient, provide students with instant feedback, and get a chance to win prizes with our online Texas history quizzes. Each features ten multiple-choice questions that can be answered using the Handbook of Texas Online, the New Handbook of Texas, or the Portable Handbook of Texas.
Teach Texas
Highlights interesting, new, and creative approaches to teaching Texas history.
Texas History Links
A collection of links to Web sites dealing with Texas history, geography, and culture.
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