Age of Oil

This bundle of hexagonal thinking activities for Texas History includes 744 hexagon cards of important terms/people/events/dates from Texas History.   Units Included: Natural Texas and Its People Age of Contact Spanish Missions and Mexican...

Hexagonal Thinking - Texas History: 90 hexagon cards of important terms/people/events/dates from the units on Cotton, Cattle, Railroads, The Frontier Wars, Galveston Hurricane, and the Age of Oil in Texas.   Note to Teacher: Hexagonal thinking is...

This lesson is a reading on Spindletop and the Texas Oil Boom Era. Students will read paragraphs on the History and the impact of the Texas oil boom and then answer the questions in the chart. Check out TxMap Teacher for more resources

DISTANCE LEARNING READY--Google Drive interactive notebook for learning about The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 in Texas History.  In this highly engaging google drive product, you will receive a 22 slide interactive notebook that explorers...

This highly engaging video is an immersive and entertaining way for students to learn about the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. The recreation of the events and narration KEEPS STUDENTS INTEREST for the entire 43 minutes.  This...

Take your students on a journey to discover how Texas went from a rural society to an Urban one with this highly engaging simulation. This is an extremely powerful lesson for students. They will complete a map through a series of rounds that will lead...

Get ready for Doodle Fun! A Doodle is a type of learning that combines words, colors and pictures to allow a student to learn at a higher level. This product contains a Doodle containing the significant vocabulary of Texas History along with a choice...

Stations activity over the Galveston Hurricane of 1900.Stations include:Read It-Passage overview of the hurricaneWatch It-News video showing the anniversary of the hurricaneResearch It-Finding information from the Texas State Historical Association...

Students will learn about Texas Boomtowns: the dangers, family life, city government responses, and the legacy of the boomtown. Created by Melissa Neely - Visit My Store

This is a set of 11 (22 words) pages of vocabulary words, definitions, and images all related to the Age of Oil. This is a great assessment activity and/or pre-assessment activity, see how much your students already know! My students love to race each...

Engage your students with this interactive reading about the oil discovery at Spindletop. Students will be engaged with a clear and concise reading that includes definitions for difficult to understand words. They will be in awe by the diagram that...

Illustrated Timeline Project that covers Exploration through Texas Revolution.  Rubric Included.