Unit and lesson plans, student activities, video lectures, and primary sources, freely available for Texas History Educators. Currently under active development and provided by The Portal to Texas History. monthly 1 https://education.texashistory.unt.edu Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:36:29 +0000 Barbara Jordan was a known advocate for women’s rights during her lifetime. For this extension lesson, students will analyze the text of Jordan’s famous "Jack and Jill" speech in which she addresses the lack of equality between men and women during the 1970s. Students will also create a map showing places that she impacted during her career. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:36:29 +0000 https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/civil-rights/barbara-jordan-extension/ https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/civil-rights/barbara-jordan-extension/ Barbara C. Jordan is known as one of the most influential women in Texas and U.S. history. She was a political trailblazer who paved the way for many people, including women and people of color. Barbara Jordan possessed skills as a speaker, advocate, and teacher. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:36:29 +0000 https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/civil-rights/barbara-jordan/ https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/civil-rights/barbara-jordan/ In this one-day lesson students will make connections between key topics covered in the unit by creating a mind map using sets of terms. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:36:29 +0000 https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/spanish-colonial/review-mind-map/ https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/spanish-colonial/review-mind-map/ The Great Depression devastated Texas, causing banks and businesses to fail, unemployment to soar, and demand for cotton and oil to collapse. Roosevelt’s New Deal provided jobs and built important infrastructure, but the Depression did not fully end until World War II transformed the economy. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:35:03 +0000 https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/great-depression/ https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/great-depression/ In this one- to two-day optional extension lessons, students will examine the early history of printing in San Felipe de Austin and determine the role it played in the establishment and development of the Anglo colonies as well as in the Texas Revolution. This lesson featuring printmaking at the San Felipe de Austin historic site was developed in partnership with the Texas Historical Commission. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:24:35 +0000 https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/texas-revolution/printmaking-and-san-felipe-de-austin/ https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/texas-revolution/printmaking-and-san-felipe-de-austin/ A short introductory video to the Age of Oil Unit. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:05:19 +0000 https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/age-of-oil/preview-age-of-oil/ https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/age-of-oil/preview-age-of-oil/ In this optional one-day review lesson, students will review key terms, ideas, people, places, events, and major themes of the Great Depression by playing Bingo using terms from the unit and clues about each term. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:24:03 +0000 https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/great-depression/review-bingo/ https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/great-depression/review-bingo/ In this optional one-day review lesson, students will create a visual representation of terms and concepts from the unit in the form of a mind map. Students will be able to identify how information from the unit is connected by making connections between terms on a mind map. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:19:23 +0000 https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/great-depression/review-mind-map/ https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/great-depression/review-mind-map/ In this one day optional review lesson, students will identify the significance of key terms, cause and effect relationships between significant events, and answer practice test questions based on 8th grade social studies STAAR item types including multi-response, inline choice, a paper-adapted version of drag and drop, multi-part, and short constructed response to prepare for the unit 12 test. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:41:40 +0000 https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/great-depression/review-study-guide-and-flashcards/ https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/great-depression/review-study-guide-and-flashcards/ In this one-day lesson, students will examine two primary source materials addressing the initial events that caused the outbreak of World War II and the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Students will make observations, inferences, and predictions about the events of the next unit based on the primary sources. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:35:21 +0000 https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/great-depression/looking-ahead/ https://education.texashistory.unt.edu/units/7/great-depression/looking-ahead/