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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Science & Health

For Students 4th - 8th
A collection of articles on science and health topics related to Texas. Includes research using scientific balloons, county health statistics, mineral-water spas, the work of the Southwest Science Institute, science research at...
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TexasHistory.com

Texas history.com: The Settlement of Texas: The Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the history of Native Americans in Texas, from 12,00 years ago up to the present, and some of the different tribes who have lived there.
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Colonization in Texas: Cultivation of Cotton and Wheat

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the cotton economy in the Lower and Upper South of Texas in the 1800s, and the role transportation played in its growth, or lack thereof in some regions. Wheat was more widely grown in the Upper South where the yeomen farmed.
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TexasHistory.com

Texas history.com: African Americans in Uniform on the Texas Frontier

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines the history of the buffalo soldiers in Texas after the Civil War, the obstacles they faced due to racism, and how other African Americans perceived them.