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tions offer different ways for teachers to involve their
students in the lesson. For this particular lesson, the anticipatory
set instructs the teacher to display a photograph
of a CCC recruiting poster and ask students if they would
join the organization. The instructional input suggests having
students discuss Hendon's interview and his experiences in the
CCC. The Assessment Activity is designed to measure what the
student learned. In addition, the "preparatory resources" box contains
links to several additional sources of information pertinent
to the topic. Clicking on "Introduction to Life in the Civilian
Conservation Corps" brings up a brief history of issues surrounding
the Great Depression, addresses the CCC's contribution to
Texas history, gives background information on Claude Hendon,
and discusses the advantages of including this oral history in
the lesson.
The Portal to Texas HistorySM continues to add to the Primary
Source Adventures menu on a regular basis. Lessons on
Buffalo Soldiers, the Home Front in WWII, Reconstruction
in Texas, and the Vietnam Home Front in Texas are currently
in production.
Primary Source Adventures are not the only tools the Portal
offers to enhance the teaching and learning processes. The
"My Texas History Notebook" program supplies educators
with lesson plans that feature the interactive notebook style
of learning. This method of teaching engages students to experience
Texas history through cooperative learning activities.
For example, the lesson plan titled "Law of April 6, 1830" has
students translating selected decrees into everyday language
and later, writing a letter to the governor of Cohuila y Tejas
protesting these laws. Made possible by a grant from Humanities
Texas, educators qualified in the interactive curriculum
will have created 20 notebook lessons for the Portal by the end
of summer 2007.
Teachers can also print out Texas history trading cards displaying
facts about important Texans, like James Farmer, Stephen
F. Austin, or Barbara Jordan. Belden says the cards are
hugely popular because they help students learn about the
historical figures covered in the TEKS for Texas history.
While The Portal to Texas HistorySM contains wonderful
resources for teaching and learning Texas history, the UNTsponsored
web site offers much more. Currently, Portal
organizers are working with 45 collaborative partners,
including museums, libraries, historical commissions,
and private collectors, to digitize their collections. By
incorporating this important historical information into
one resource, users are able to save a vast amount of time and
energy. According to Belden, a person would have to travel
2,400 miles around the state to view the originals of everydocument included in the Lorenzo de Zavala collection
alone. Furthermore, because it makes access to historical
materials easier, the Portal creates greater exposure for
its partners by attracting a global audience. Last year, international
users accounted for 25 percent of total visits
to the web site. Finally, the Portal provides high-resolution
copies of documents to their participating partners
that these institutions can then use for advertising, licensing
agreements, or for other purposes.
There is little doubt that the creation of The Portal to Texas
HistorySM has provided countless advantages to teachers, students,
researchers, and institutions. However, the greatest benefit-to
everyone-is that this digital mother lode ensures the
preservation of our state's historical record far into the future.
To access The Portal to Texas HistorySM log onto http://texashistory.unt.edu.Pam Murtha is a senior at St. Edwards University in Austin,
majoring in English Writing and Rhetoric. Publication of this
new column, Teaching Texas History, is funded, in part, by a
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