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Lesson Plan, Texas History, 7th Grade, Sylvia V. Garza

Spring Workshop May 2020

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): The student understands how individuals, events, and issues shaped the history of Texas from Reconstruction through the beginning of the 20th century. The student is expected to: (B)identify significant individuals, events, and issues, including the development of the cattle industry from its Spanish beginnings and the cowboy way of life. (C)identify significant individuals, events, and issues, including the effects of the growth of railroads. (D)explain the political, economic, and social impact of the agricultural industry.

Lesson objective(s): 1. Describe how railroads affected life in rural and urban Texas. 2. Explain how new farming technology …

1899, March 2 - 30 Stat. 990, Act To Acquire Rights Of Way By Railroad Companies Through Indian Reservations, Lands, Allotments

US Government Legislation and Statutes

The Act provided that a right of way for a railway, telegraph and telephone line through any Indian reservation or any lands held by an Indian tribe or nation in Indian Territory, or through any lands reserved for an Indian agency or for other purposes in connection with the Indian service, or through any lands which have been allotted in severalty to any individual Indian under any law or treaty, but which have not been conveyed to the allottee with full power of alienation, would be granted to any railroad company organized under laws of United States or State or …

Railroad Development Lesson Plan

Lesson plans

This unit explores the development of railroads and their impact on the economic development of Arkansas through the use of primary and secondary sources. Students will read newspaper articles and pamphlet excerpts to understand how the railroads affected industry and settlement across the state. A list of various activities related to original primary and secondary resources allows teacher the flexibility to choose parts of this lesson plan to use and adapt to various types of students.

This lesson plan was produced for 7^th grade, 8^th grade, and 9th^th grade students, but may be altered by teachers to …

Rough Patches On The Railroad, Dylan Koenig

Curriculum Unit on the Gilded Age in the United States

As we continue to dig deeper into the Gilded Age, we begin to see the importance the railroad made for the expansion of the United States. The Transcontinental Railroad was one of the America’s biggest accomplishments in all of its history. It gave companies the ability to move resources across the country in ways that were once either very difficult or impossible to do. The railroad system boosted the economy and was developing the country at a pace that would make it one of the most powerful countries in the world. As time went on, more and more expansion of …

Gaines, Sarah Elizabeth, 1852-1943 (Sc 999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 999. Recollections of Elizabeth Gaines about her life in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky. She discusses residents, schools, and businesses. Gaines includes a detailed account of Civil War incidents in Bowling Green that she recalls from her childhood.

Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and bibliography (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 367. Correspondence, book and article manuscripts, and research material of Alfred Leland Crabb, a native of Warren County, Kentucky and later professor at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. The topics of the manuscripts include historical fiction related to Nashville and Bowling Green, biographies of prominent Nashvillians, and articles on all levels of education. Much of the unpublished material is fiction but draws from Crabb's Plum Springs school days and his student experiences at Western Kentucky University.

Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 343. Correspondence, legal papers, financial records and sundry other documents related to Eugene Scott Brown and his father-in-law, Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, attorneys of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Also includes stray Allen County court records, research notes related to the Civil War, and records about early telephone service in Allen County.

Stephenson, Bertha C., 1885-1977 (Sc 2159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2159. Letters (some incomplete) to Bertha C. Stephenson, of Milton, Trimble County, Kentucky, from friends, relatives and sweethearts in Kentucky, California and Florida. They write of gifts and photographs exchanged, mutual friends, travel, romances, and Stephenson's upcoming wedding. Includes a handwritten notice from the Board of Health requiring Stephenson and her pupils to be vaccinated in order to conduct school (click on "Additional Files" below for scan).

The Ursinus Weekly, February 24, 1964, Sharon E. Robbins, Sally Reed, John Bradley, Carl F. Peek, Robert Shaw, Sharon Rothenberger, Roy Christman, Craig Garner

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

First Ursinus art show is extraordinary success • Thursday night concert of Four Freshmen proves that big names are possible here • Mr. Hudnut to lead Bible Study group • Kenneth Wells to speak Wed.; President of Freedoms Foundation • Miracles subject of vespers talk • Pi Nu to host national chapters • St. Andrews gives annual awards; Study in Scotland with stipend • Dr. Zucker to appear with Rutgers choir in Carnegie Hall concert • Curtain Club sets production date • Ursinus in three-way second place MAC tie • Bible Study fellowship to present film Tuesday • Pre-med and …

The Ursinus Weekly, February 17, 1964, Sharon E. Robbins, James Hake, David J. Phillips, Carl F. Peek, Barbara Gettys, Robert Shaw, Craig Garner

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Preparations in final stage for Four Freshmen concert • Asian students: APO will begin to collect books for foundation • "Evolution and world federalism" to be topic of Dr. Charles Price • Art exhibit set for weekend • Summer job opportunities • Three sororities begin Spring rush • Traditional Lorelei turnabout held; Dance king crowned, Whitians presented • Freshman pre-med views Christian concept of unity • Women to receive colors Thursday • English Club to hear Harvard poet • Editorial: A bit of discretion, please; Ursinus big time; Apology • Sub-species new theory of race evolution • Review of books …

Ua30/1/1 Contour Map, Western Kentucky State College, Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry

WKU Archives Records

Map of WKU campus, 55" x 31"

Legend: Contour Map Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Scale 1" = 100'
June 1960
Prepared by Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry Consulting Engineers, Owensboro, KY.

Boundaries - Louisville & Nashville Railroad on north, 14th Street on east, Normal Boulevard on south and approximate location of University Boulevard on west.

Includes good representation of the African American community Jonesville north of Old Russellville Road, indicating the location of homes and other buildings.

Campus features obsolete items such as the railroad spur to the Heating Plant, Rock House, Diddle Dormitory, Home Economics Building, Ogden …