Welcome back for the Annexation edition of a peek inside my Texas History INB. If you would like to check out previous entries on setting up your notebook, maps, regions of Texas, Native Americans, European explorers, Spanish Missions, Colonization, the Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas, Annexation, Statehood, the Civil War, the Oil Boom, or Frontier Texas just click on the title.
Texas Symbols was always a crowd pleaser in our class, because we were able to really have fun with it! It usually came during the last couple weeks of school after testing was done (sigh) and we had more time to devote to Texas History.
Another great way to review the symbols is this I Have, Who Has? game.
After a few rounds of Who Am I? I am ready to test my students' knowledge on symbols and use these task cards in a scavenger hunt to get the job done.
Of course, it is also part of our standards for all students to learn our state song Texas, Our Texas. I don't know about you, but I do NOT have the pipes on me to belt this one out and teach it to my class, but luckily this YouTube video does a fine job of that! It is a instrumental version with the words on the screen, so that you and your class can sing along.
Next, we move into the predominant cultures in Texas. This is where I LOVE to invite in families form our school and community to share their heritage and traditions. These six cultures were predominant in our community, but you can choose any six (or more!) you would like. I had one family come in and teach us how to make tortillas, another who brought a tuba and taught us a polka, and yet another who brought kolaches for us all to share! Go wild on this one, because it really can be a lot of fun!
Favorite read alouds and reference books for this unit:
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