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Texas Republic Collage Project
$3.00Students review the Republic of Texas by making a collage in the shape of Texas, completing an academic task, and answering 4 review questions (opinion based). A starter list of 67 topics is provided, including but not limited to: Sam Houston, Mirabeau...$3.00 -
Texas History Primary Source Image Activity Part 2
$3.00Students review key people and events related to the Texas Republic, Texas Annexation, Juneteenth, the Texas Frontier, cattle drives, Spindletop, WWI, World War 2 in Texas, the Cold War in Texas, and more by matching 22 historical images to a caption or...$3.00 -
The Republic of Texas One Pager
$3.00Texas History students review what they learned about the Texas Republic (including but not limited to Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, the Texas Rangers, European immigrants, financial difficulties, etc) by creating a one pager. A written academic...$3.00 -
The Texas Revolution One Pager
$3.00Texas History students review what they learned about the Texas Revolution by creating a one pager addressing 10 different aspects of the causes, events, people, and effects of the revolution. A written academic requirement is included for the border...$3.00 -
Texas as a Republic DBQ
$4.00Students analyze 13 documents (4 images and 9 text), answer 13 historical context questions, complete a sorting chart, and write a DBQ essay to review the Texas Republic. There are 5 essay prompts for students to choose from (one allows for the class or...$4.00 -
Texas History Timeline Project: The Frontier to World War 2
$3.25Students review (or learn about) the different people, events, trends, laws, treaties, and more from the events on the Texas Frontier through Texas' involvement in WW2 by making a 20 item timeline. The timeline incorporates political cartoons, news...$3.25 -
Texas Frontier Task Cards
$3.50Texas History students will complete 36 task cards to review the people and events on the Texas Frontier after such as Buffalo Soldiers, the Red River Campaign, Adobe Walls, Quanah Parker, the slaughter of the buffalo, fighting Native Americans in West...$3.50 -
Regions of Texas Pamphlet Activity
$2.00Texas History students review the geographic regions of Texas by creating a pamphlet style tourism brochure with 5 requirements (one of which has 5 smaller components). Students will balance geographic accuracy with creativity in this project. This could...$2.00 -
Early Explorers of Texas Task Cards
$3.00Texas History students will review the early exploration of Texas by completing 28 task cards and completing a map activity. The questions are a mix of short answer, true/false, and multiple choice (7 questions are about images). This can either be a...$3.00 -
Texas History Images Analysis
$4.00Texas History students will review significant people and events from a semester or year by analyzing 34 maps and images (photos and political cartoons). There are specific questions for 18 images/maps and 5 prompts for students to respond to for 16...$4.00 -
Texas Climate Cloze Passage with Map Activity
$3.00Students learn about, or review, Texas climate and geography by reading a passage and filling in 46 blanks with correct vocabulary, answering a three-part question, and completing a 10 task map activity based on the information from the passage and prior...$3.00 -
The Battle of the Alamo According to Santa Anna Text and Image Analysis
$3.00Students will read a brief letter written by Santa Anna in 1874 regarding the events at the Alamo. The letter is a response to a request for additional information on the Battle from 1836. They will answer 9 questions, complete two tasks, and analyze two...$3.00