Educator Resources
Immigration
Why We Came: The Immigration Experience Educator Guide
This guide explores the subject of immigration through lessons, resources and strategies to help students grasp these difficult concepts, and ultimately better prepare them for the STAAR tests.
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Why We Came: The Immigration Experience World Map Activity
We are all Immigrants - Where are you from? Locate, label, calculate and notate where you and your ancestors are from and how they got to the USA and Texas.
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Texans One and All
Published in 1998 as a guide to the ITC Exhibit Floor, Texans One and All outlines some of the major settlement groups in Texas. This publication shares stories of these groups, where they chose to live, and when and why they came to Texas. It is only an introduction, however. What is mentioned here is expanded in the exhibits and productions of the ITC.. To truly know Texas, one must look at Texans one and all.
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Introduction
The Flags of Texas Settlers
African-American Texans
Anglo-American Texans
Belgian Texans
Chinese Texans
Czech Texans
Danish Texans
Dutch Texans
English Texans
Filipino Texans
French Texans
German Texans
Greek Texans
Hungarian Texans
Irish Texans
Italian Texans
Japanese Texans
Lebanese and Syrian Texans
Native American Texans
Norwegian Texans
Polish Texans
Scottish Texans
Swedish Texans
Swiss Texans
Tejanos
Wendish Texans
Photo Credits
Teacher's Guide TEXANS: A Story of Texan Cultures for Young People
TEXANS: A Story of Texan Cultures for Young People brings together in one book varied topics about 15 ethnic and cultural groups in Texas. These topics have been chosen to serve the special interests and educational needs of young people. The book encourages them to examine and appreciate the contributions of their own culture and those of other Texans.
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Introduction
Immigration
African-American Texans
Anglo-American Texans
Cajun Texans
Chinese Texans
Czech Texans
German Texans
Greek Texans
Indian Texans
Japanese Texans
Jewish Texans
Mexican Texans
Norwegian Texans
Polish Texans
Spanish Texans
Vietnamese Texans
Salute to Other Texan Cultures
Using Texans in Social Studies
Using Texans Across the Curriculum
Gone to Texas: The Immigration of Cultures
This guide provides an overview of 30 different cultural groups, and complements teachers' instructional plans on the immigration of various cultural groups to Texas.
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WARNING: This file is rather large and may take a few minutes to download.
For your convenience we have broken the book into sections. Click the links below to download the content of your choice.
Introduction
The Immigration of Cultures
Instructional Activities
Overview: The Immigration of Cultures
African-American Texans
Alabama-Coushatta Texans
Anglo-American Texans
Asian-Indian Texans
Black-Seminole Texans
Chinese Texans
Comanche Texans
Czech Texans
Danish Texans
Dutch Texans
English Texans
Filipino Texans
French Texans
German Texans
Greek Texans
Irish Texans
Italian Texans
Japanese Texans
Kickapoo Texans
Korean Texans
Lebanese and Syrian Texans
Mexican Texans
Norwegian Texans
Polish Texans
Puerto Rican Texans
Roma Texans
Russian Texans
Spanish Texans
Tigua Texans
Vietnamese Texans