Texas Primary Sources

ISBN-10: 0635107716
ISBN-13: 9780635107718
Category: Texas
Pages: 20
Language: English
Published: 2013-04
Author: Gallopade International

Description

The Texas Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Texas. The Texas Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including: Analysis Critical Thinking Point of View Compare and Contrast Order of Events And Much More! Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials! The Texas Primary Sources are: 1. Texas Declaration of Independence formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico during the Texas Revolution 1836 2. Painting depicting the Fall of the Alamo 1844 3. Portrait of General Antonio L"pez de Santa Anna 1847 4. Photograph of Susanna Dickinson, survivor of the Battle of the Alamo mid 1800s 5. Print of Sam Houston, first President of the Republic of Texas 1852 6. Map of the Texas coast showing points of occupation of expedition under Union Major General N. P. Banks November 1863 7. Patent drawing for Joseph Gliddens improvement to barbed wire 1874 8. Photograph of Texas Rangers Company D, Realitos, Texas 1887 9. Photograph of first major oil gusher at Spindletop Hill, Texas January 10, 1901 10. Photograph of branding cattle, XIT Ranch, Texas 1904 11. Replica of the petition from Minnie Fisher Cunningham of the Texas Woman Suffrage Association for the passage of the "Susan B. Anthony Amendment" - May 2, 1916 12. Photograph of soldiers at bayonet practice Camp Bowie, Fort Wayne, Texas 1918 13. Copy of Bessie Colemans aviation license 1921 14. Photograph of cattle brands, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum 1936 15. Photograph of Te

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