Social Studies
Natural Texas and It's People
Reading a Map from National Park Service
Great tutorial on reading maps, including topographical
Check out places on earth in "real time". Great for writing projects, changes over time, animal observation, etc.
Prehistoric Texas from the University of Texas Austin
Great site with information and pictures on 4 of the regions.
This is a pdf ebook of 52 pages. It is not interactive, but it has lots of information with a long timeline. The reading level is more elementary, but most of the activities could be modified for an upper grade.
Caddo Mounds: State Historic Site
Age of Contact
Coronado from Enchanted Learning
Cabeza de Vaca's Expedition Map
Conquistadors from PBS
Spanish Colonial Era
Spanish Missions, Presidios, and Roads in the 17th and 18th Centuries
San Antonio Missions: Spanish Influence in Texas
Spanish Mission, Virtual Tour 360 View
Photo Gallery of Spanish Missions from National Park Service
Texas Revolution
The Texas Declaration of Independence
Texas 175, A Dozen Documents That Made a Difference
Republic of Texas
Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836)
James Pinckney Henderson letter, March 10, 1844 primary source
Mexican American War from The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
An online exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The exhibit includes videos, pictures, art works, primary sources, artifacts, and much more.
German Immigration Collection from The Portal to Texas History
Civil War and Reconstruction
Under the Rebel Flag, Life in Texas during the Civil War
Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads
Texas History, Bird’s Eye View
Progressive Era and Age of Oil
Spindletop from the History Channel
History of Oil Spindletop Texas from Petroleum Education
News Video Report on Spindletop Museum in Beaumont
Texas Population from Texas Almanac Online
The Hurricane of 1900
Texas in the Great Depression and World War II
How Americans Helped Each Other During the Great Depression
The Great Depression Essay from Texas Coop, First Hand Account
Indian Lodge, Davis Mountains State Park built by CCC
Texas in WWII Brochure from Texas History Commisssion
Camp Hearne, WW II POW Camp in Texas
Camp Hearne, Texas: A German Prisoner of War Camp During the Second World War from Texas A&M
Contemporary Texas
Texas Quick Facts from the US Census
Online Tools and Resources
Animaps extends the My Maps feature of Google Maps by letting you create maps with markers that move, images and text that pop up on cue, and lines and shapes that change over time.When you send your Animap to friends it appears like a video - they can play, pause, slow and speed up the action!
Interesting tool for teaching and learning history. As a teacher, you can use this tool to create animated multimedia historical scenarios of people and things moving through a historical space and time. Students can use it in their history projects to create animated events using different multimedia materials.