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Volume III, Issue 4

March 2013 In This Issue

What's New?

What's New?
Educating the public about Texas's unique history is a primary mission of the San Jacinto Museum of History. The Museum has released its in-depth Curriculum Guide for Teaching Texas History to accomplish this goal. Written by educational consultant Yvonne Jackson Pittman, with contributions from San Jacinto Museum Curator Elizabeth Appleby and Library Director Lisa Struthers, the 400 page guide provides 90 complete lessons and over 40 student activities; more than 500 related images in the associated online Image Gallery; and many special sections that go beyond the TEKS requirements with activities and enrichment materials that highlight some of the museum's diverse collections including chapters on Jesse Jones, the building of the San Jacinto Monument and the Texas Navy. The online image gallery is sure to be popular with students of any age or expertise. It contains images of photos, documents, newspaper articles, artifacts and document transcriptions. Although the images were selected to correspond with lesson plans, it will also be an excellent resource for genealogists, the general public,

Featured Institution Historian's Corner Featured Lesson Texas History News

Texas History News

Film on Spanish Texas UNT Texas History Symposium 4th Grade Texas Quiz Show Opportunity Three Education Positions Open at Bullock Goliad Reenactment Runaway Scrape at George Ranch Battle of San Jacinto Symposium Fort Richardson 146th Anniversary San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment Cotton and Rural History Conference

publishers and journalists to identify media that they need for their work and interests. Plans are in place to expand the image gallery for broader use. Read More...

Historic Digital Newspapers Workshop AP Summer Institutes

Featured Institution
The Public Education Initiative The social studies standards implemented in 2011-2012 included increased emphasis on religion, many directly referencing Judaism and its contributions to world religions and Western civilization's culture, law, and values. The phrases above, pulled directly from the TEKS, are but a few examples. While the standards took effect in 2011, textbooks aligned with the standards will not be available until 2015, meaning that Texas educators must develop interesting, challenging-and accurate-TEKS-aligned curriculum and lesson plans from scratch. Teaching "about" religion is always challenging, but even more so when one is not fluent in the tenets of a particular faith, particularly a minority yet foundational religion like Judaism. The real challenge is locating accurate, pedagogically sound, and unbiased resources in our digital, Wikipedia-driven age. Read More...

LRE Institutes on the Founding Documents

Historian's Corner
Black Texans in the Civil Rights Movement By Michael Gillette Executive Director Humanities Texas For almost a century after the Civil War, black Texans faced discrimination in housing, education, employment, and public accommodations. They were barred from serving on juries and subjected to random arrests, police brutality, and even lynching. Elected officials had little incentive to rectify these injustices, since African Americans were excluded from voting in the Democratic Party's primary election, the only election that mattered. Therefore, black Texans turned to the one branch of government open to them--the courts. It required extraordinary courage and perseverance for an African American to sue the State of Texas. The odds of prevailing against the white establishment in court were hardly favorable. A civil rights lawsuit was not only expensive and time-consuming; it could also be hazardous, resulting in physical or economic retaliation. Yet black Texans working through the state's NAACP branches went to court again and again, filing scores of lawsuits against all forms of racial discrimination. Read more...

Featured Lesson
Texas Archive of the Moving Image As you plan instruction on the Civil Rights movement in Texas, make sure to include the lesson, Making the Nation Whole-Civil Rights and Lyndon Baines Johnson, developed by the Texas Archive of the Moving Image. In this lesson, students will learn the details and impact of the civil rights legislation which was passed during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. This TEKS correlated lesson includes four primary source videos which can be downloaded or streamed for use in the classroom, as well as a hook, additional activities, and a list of resources.

Texas Insights is a publication of the Texas State Historical Association in cooperation with the University of North Texas. Stephen Cure - Editor Kim White - Associate Editor JoNeita Kelly - Associate Editor

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