Age of Oil

Students review the exploration of Texas, Mexico's fight for independence, colonization, the Texas Revolution (2 versions), the Republic of Texas, and the Civil War and Reconstruction by organizing and classifying 21-24 items on a timeline. They also...

Texas History students will learn about, or review, topics/people/events related to the Age of Oil and the Progressive Era with these resources. They will complete 52 task cards (a mix of true/false, multiple choice, and short answer and 6 are about...

Texas History students will review what they learned throughout the year by completing 21 sets of true, false, fix. They will read 14-64 statements (depending on the unit/topic) and determine which are true and which are false. They will then complete 3...

Texas History students will learn about, or review, topics/people/events related to the Age of Oil and the Progressive Era with these 52 task cards. The questions are a mix of true/false, multiple choice, and short answer (6 are about images). If time...

Texas History students will read and analyze primary sources covering nearly every unit throughout the year. These 25+ primary source readings cover the exploration of Texas, the Cry of Dolores, Texas colonization, the Texas Revolution, the Texas...

These 19 tests and 6 quizzes cover 22 topics in Texas History. The editable assessments cover regions (2 options), early inhabitants, exploration, missions, Mexican Independence, the Texas Revolution (3 options), Texas as a Republic, annexation and...

Students 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...

Students 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...

Texas History students review, or learn about, the people/events/trends/etc of the Progressive Era (including but not limited to prohibition, segregation, education, and the Galveston Hurricane of 1900) by creating a collection of newspaper front pages...

Texas History students will read a brief background on the hurricane that devastated Galveston, Texas in 1900 and a first hand account of the experience. They will answer 10 questions and analyze 9 images based on 3 sets of provided prompts. This would...

Texas History students will read an account of the discovery of oil at Spindletop, how the excitement of it spread to Galveston, and answer 12 questions. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub!  Sample...

This set of pennants features important people from Texas History and they make great visual reminders for your students as you explore the rich history of Texas. I personally use these pennants at the beginning of each unit and then string them up along...