Lesson 1: Modern Texas and What It Looks Like

Vocabulary of Instruction

• The Handbook of Texas Online TSHA: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online
• Teaching Texas: http://teachingtexas.org/
• Texas Almanac: http://www.texasalmanac.com
• Resources 4 Educators: http://education.texashistory.unt.edu
• NASA’s Kids Club – Window to the Earth: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
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http://www.lsjunction.com/midi/songs.htm

Michael DeBakey:

• Developed procedures to prevent heart attacks. In 1966, he was the first surgeon to fully implant a mechanical heart pump in a patient.
• Chancellor emeritus of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas
• Director of The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center and senior attending surgeon of The Methodist Hospital in Houston
• DeBakey and Denton Cooley were rivals in this industry until a few years before DeBakey’s death.

  Lesson 02: Diversity and Contributions

Vocabulary of Instruction

• Cinco de Mayo: http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Holidays/Cinco/index.html 
• computer – Word or Publisher
• computer/Internet/projector
• Fiesta San Antonio: http://www.fiesta-sa.org/
• Junteenth: http://juneteenth.com/
• letter or legal size paper
• NPR – Lydia Mendoza: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127033025
• Poteet Strawberry Festival: http://strawberryfestival.com/
• Texas Independence Day: http://www.celebratetexas.org/
• University of Texas – Chelo Silva: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/border/arhoolie2/women.html
• University of Texas – The Roots of Tejano and Conjunto Music: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/border/arhoolie2/raices.html
• Waco History Project – Julius Bledsoe: http://wacohistoryproject.org/Moments/bledsoe.html
• Wurstfest: http://www.wurstfest.com/

• Poteet Strawberry Festival – Coastal Region
  —    Poteet, Texas
  —    Celebrates the harvesting of strawberries
  —    People of Poteet
  —    Parades, carnival, entertainers, contests
• Wurstfest – Coastal Region
  —    New Braunfels, Texas
  —    Celebrates the culture of Germans and sausage
  —    Germans
  —    Parades, carnival, entertainers, contests
• Fiesta Texas – Coastal Region
  San Antonio, Texas
  —    Celebrates Battles of Alamo and San Jacinto
  —    Texans
  —    Parades, carnival, entertainers, contests

• Lydia Mendoza – In the 1940s and 1950s, Mendoza was known as the "Lark of the Border.”  Lydia Mendoza was the first star of recorded Tejano and Norteno music. Born in Houston.
• Chelo Silva – In the 1950s, Silva was the bestselling female Hispanic recording artist in the United States and Mexico. She was principally known as a singer of boleros. Born in Brownsville.
• Julius Bledsoe – In the 1920s, Bledsoe was a professional musician who is known for his role in Show Boat and singing the theme song “Ol’ Man River.” Born in Waco.
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         The Roots of Tejano and Conjunto Music: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/border/arhoolie2/raices.html