TEXAS: The Stories Behind the SIX FLAGS OF TEXAS

Explore Texas history and cultural heritage—beginning with Spain’s 300-year rule—and meet your TEKS standards for social studies (listed below) with THE STORIES BEHIND THE SIX FLAGS OF TEXAS. This unique activity book will keep your students engaged with its cut-and-glue format and also includes two review activities.

Vocabulary Words and Phrases:

annexation, David G. Burnet, Cabeza de Vaca, Estevanico, Juneteenth, Sam Houston, Karankawa, La Salle, Matagorda Bay, New Spain, Republic of Texas

Targeted Skills:

• Identifying historic Texas flags
• Identifying early Texas explorers
• Identifying influences on Texas culture
• Building content-area literacy in social studies
• Reading fluency and comprehension

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TEXAS TEKS for SOCIAL STUDIES: This resource can be used to meet the following standards for Grades 3-5: 113.14.a.1, 113.14.a.2, 113.14.a5, 113.14.b.1, 113.14.b.11, 113.14.b.13, 113.15.a.1, 113.15.a.2, 113.15.a.5, 113.15.b.1, 113.15.b.2, 113.15.b.16, 113.15.b.17, 113.15.b.22a, 113.16.b.3, 113.16.b.25

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Sample Pages: Please see the preview for sample pages from the book.

Image Credits: The illustrations in this book are my own original drawings (©Dr.J).

Technical Info: The book is in PDF format.

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BUNDLE AND SAVE 30%:

This book is included in the TOTALLY TEXAS MEGA-BUNDLE FOR GRADES 3-5, which also contains FIVE additional activity books—The Amazing Life of Sam Houston, Ten Texas Heroes, Ten Texas Women, The Stories Behind the Texas Flag, and Texas on the Map—plus NINE cross-curricular activities, and the FREE bonus book, Texas Symbols from Alamo to Topaz.

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ADDITIONAL TEXAS RESOURCES FOR GRADES 3-5

• THE AMAZING LIFE OF SAM HOUSTON
• TEN TEXAS HEROES Who Shaped Texas History
• TEN TEXAS WOMEN Who Changed Texas History
• TEXAS ON THE MAP
• TEXAS: THE LONE STAR STATE (Fifty States series)
• THE FIRST TEXANS (Historic Native American Tribes)
• THE FIRST TEXANS ACTIVITY PACK
• THE STORIES BEHIND THE TEXAS FLAG
• TOTALLY TEXAS ACTIVITY PACK FOR GRADES 3-5

CLICK HERE to view the complete line of TEACHING TEXAS resources for GRADES K-5.

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