The Texas Almanac Teacher's Guide is a collection of lesson plans, designed to accompany the Texas Almanac in the classroom.
These instructional suggestions and activities were written by current or former classroom teachers and represent a wealth of ideas for making use of the information provided by the Texas Almanac. There are a number of exciting projects related to the Texas Almanac that are worthy of noting, including: additional content available on texasalmanac.com, the availability of the current edition electronically via EBSCO's Texas Reference Center database through your school library, and the online availability of back issues of the Texas Almanac dating to 1857, which can be accessed by clicking "Archive," above. We strongly encourage the purchase of hard copies of the Texas Almanac, as they can be more flexible when technology is unavailable. Furthermore, we realize that hard copy editions are available through a variety of outlets, but encourage you to purchase them through the Texas State Historical Association, as such purchases provide maximum benefit to the organization.
The text for the history lessons, Lessons 3–14, can be found here.
Table of Contents
This Teacher's Guide is made possible through the generosity of the following individuals and Foundations:
Anchorage Foundation
Brown Foundation
Pierre M. Schlumberger
Credits
These veteran social studies teachers have contributed to the online Teacher's Guide. They have all worked on numerous curriculum projects and conducted a variety of staff development presentations.
Content in the Teacher's Guide for the Texas Almanac 2012–2013
Stephen Cure is Director of Education at the Texas State Historical Association.
Travis Turek from the Denton Independent School District.
JoNeita Kelly is Adult Education Program Coordinator at the Texas State Historical Association.
Content in the Teacher's Guide for the Texas Almanac 2010–2011
Stephen Cure is Director of Education at the Texas State Historical Association.
Lisa Farmer from the Denton Independent School District.
Roseann Ferguson is retired from the Garland Independent School District.
Valerie Furnas from the Lewisville Independent School District.
Sandra Neal from the Garland Independent School District.
Sandra Woodruff is retired from the Garland Independent School District.
Content from the Teacher's Guide for the Texas Almanac 2006–2007
Sharon Ferguson is retired from the Plano Independent School District.
Beverly Haynes from the Dallas Independent School District.
Eugenia E. Jameson from John Paul II High School in Plano.
Linda Massey from the Dallas Independent School District.
Rebecca Moran from the Dallas Independent School District.
Ann Wilson is retired from the Dallas Independent School District.
The Teacher's Guide Lesson Plans were designed by:
Shelley Kirby of
MStreet Creative,
www.mstreetcreative.com
and
Elizabeth Cruce Alvarez
Texas Almanac former editor
