Being from Texas, Texas history was one of my favorite subjects. Texas has such a rich and romantic history and is something that every child in Texas should be familiar with. Below are some of my favorite links for teaching Texas history to my children.
Texas State Historical Association Teacher Resources
Discover Texas Adventures in Texas History Curriculum
Texas Parks & Wildlife Outdoor Kids
Texas Parks & Wildlife Publications for Kids
Texas Parks & Wildlife – Wildlife Posters and Fact Sheets
A variety of Texas Resources form Pro Teacher
Texas Beyond History Kids Pages
Texas Beyond History Teacher Resources
Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities about Texas
There are also several movies you may with to consider. Remember please watch the movie before letting your children watch them to make sure they are right for your children.
The Alamo (John Wayne version) – This is pretty safe for upper elementary aged children through high school. This is an older movie, made in 1960. Not absolutely accurate, but kind of fun ð
The Alamo (with Dennis Quaid) – This was made in 2004 and is rated PG-13, mostly for the language and violence. This one is certainly for older children.
True Women – This was a made-for-TV movie from 1997 and covers a huge part of early Texas History. It is a fictional movie, but contains dramatizations of the Runaway Scrape and lots of Texas history. This is for high school and older children and does have TV foul language and some TV sexual situations. I would suggest you watch it before hand and be prepared to fast forward through the couple of objectionable scenes if you wish to. Just a bit of trivia…has a young Angelina Jolie ð There is also the book that the movie is based on, which I read years ago and can’t recall enough about it to tell you if it is appropriate for high schoolers.
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