Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills - Social Studies, Middle School, Grade 7
Be informed of what you are expected to learn this year. Be ready for TAKS.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/resources/ssced/teks/teks7.htm
Texas Day By Day
Stories about Texas - one day at a time.
There will be a new story each day to enlighten you about the history of
Texas. Just click on the "Texas Day By Day" link you will find with today's
date on the top right of the page.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/daybyday/index.html
This Day in History
Learn about important events that have happened on this date, who was born
on this date, and holidays & celebrations for today's date. Can you guess
the mystery person for today?
http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/
The Handbook of Texas Online
This is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and
culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General
Libraries at UT Austin.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/
Texas Almanac
2002-2003 Edition
Your link to all of Texas
http://www.texasalmanac.com/
Texas Historic Sites Atlas
The Atlas features more than 200,000 historic site records, including data
on Texas Historical Markers and National Register of Historic Places
properties in Texas, as well as museums, and sawmills.
http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/
Texas Symbols
Find out about the six flags that have flown over Texas and lots of official
state symbols. Did you know that Texas has a state dinosaur?
http://www.texasalmanac.com/texasflags_2000.htm
Halls of Academia
The Hall of Government and Economics, The Hall of History, The Hall of
Multiculturalism, The Hall of Geography, and more!
http://www.tenet.edu/halls/main.html
Primary Source Documents
Links to some TEXAS HISTORY PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS on the internet
http://home.austin.rr.com/rgriffin/texhisdocs.html
Famous Texans
You can read brief biographies of some of the Texans, and see caricatures of
some by Texas cartoonist Richard Bartholomew
http://www.famoustexans.com/
African American Texans
Read about people that had an impact on the history of Texas.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/browse/wt_peop_afri_biog.html
Holt Texas
Enter the key word to find the practice you need.
http://go.hrw.com
Homework Center - Writing Skills
Help for you on essays, research papers, biographys, book reports,
essays and bibliographies; also, transition words and phrases.
You'll even find links to other sites of interest!
http://www.infoplease.com/homework/writingskills1.html
Moses Austin in Spanish Texas
Seeking relief from the hard times following the banking Panic of 1819 in
the United States, Moses Austin sought an empressario contract in Spanish
Texas where he and others might start anew.
This site gives information on Moses Austin's contribution to Texas, his
son's continuation of the plan, the Old Three Hundred, and more.
(has "next button" for further information, and "Children's Text" on many.)
http://www.bchm.org/Austin/panel6.html
Texas Tides
Texas Tides provides free access to Texas primary resource documents
and museum objects from five different cultural heritage institutions.
http://tides.sfasu.edu/home.html
TravelTex.com, the Official Site of Texas Tourism
"Texas. It's more than you think. It's like a whole other
country." Everything is reputed to be bigger and better in
Texas. Now you can see just how true this description is of
the 'Lone Star State.' From the Piney Woods, to the Gulf
Coast, the Prairies and Lakes, the South Texas Plains, the
Hill Country, the Panhandle and Big Bend, all of Texas is
unique. Come see for yourself.
http://www.traveltex.com/
The Portal to Texas History offers students and lifelong learners a digital
gateway to the rich collections held in Texas libraries, museums, archives,
historical societies, and private collections.
http://texashistory.unt.edu/
Social Studies for Kids - a great website with LOTS of information and links!
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/