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Mighty Horses on El Camino Real: Third Grade Social Studies Unit, Bilingual

Description: Teacher's guide about the significance of the horse's arrival in North America and the colonization of New Spain, including a map activity, a scavenger hunt, a scrambled timeline, and a reader's theatre activity. The curriculum includes artwork by Tom Lea, José Cisneros, and John Houser and is based on 3rd-grade TEKS in social studies, art, and ELR.
Date: 2022
Creator: Tom Lea Institute
Partner: Tom Lea Institute

Journal of Big Bend Studies Index: Volumes 20-27

Description: Index for an annual journal exploring topics related to the history and culture of the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, with an emphasis on the Big Bend Region of Texas. It includes listings by author, by title, and topic, with indexes to photographs, maps, illustrations, and tables as well as submission guidelines.
Date: 2018
Creator: Sul Ross State University. Center for Big Bend Studies.
Partner: Center for Big Bend Studies

The New Deal: What's the Big Deal about New Deal Art?

Description: Teacher's guide about the New Deal period after the Great Depression, with a focus on the Works Progress Administration's employment of artists to decorate federal buildings to stimulate the economy and support the U.S. There is an introductory classroom lesson and five projects, including a timeline, mural annotation, primary source analysis, a magazine spread activity, and a writing prompt to write to a magazine or newspaper editor. There is also a vocabulary reading based on Tom Lea's Oral H… more
Date: May 2017
Creator: Tom Lea Institute
Partner: Tom Lea Institute

Spur-of-the-Cock

Description: Collected miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Mayo Indians, Mexican folk plays, folk songs, information about Texas cacti and other folklore. The index begins on page 110.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press

County Mapbook of Texas, 2014

Description: A book of maps of all the county roads in Texas with an index of all the roads and highways by county.
Date: November 2014
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation. Transportation Planning and Programming Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mexico and Mexicans in the Making of the United States

Description: Collection of essays about the history of influence of Mexican and Hispanic economic, political, and cultural interactions have affected the development of the United States throughout its history. Index starts on page 315.
This item is restricted from view until January 1, 2113.
Date: 2013
Creator: Tutino, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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