Fort Bend Connection
Teachers: We know things look a little different in the classroom this year and we want to help! Together with the Fort Bend History Association and the Fort Bend Museum, our team has launched the Fort Bend Connection project to bring Texas and Fort Bend County history to your classroom this year. The plan has multiple components tailored to your curriculum, including free educational videos and worksheets aligned with TEKS objectives and rentable boxes that include a number of different hands-on historical activities.
Questions? Contact Allison Harrell at aharrell@fortbendmuseum.org
Texas Landscape & Early Explorers
| Episode 1: Early Texas Explorers
Episode Two: The Mexican War for Independence, Part 1 Episode 3: The Mexican War for Independence, Part Two Episode 4:The Karankawa and Other Native Tribes Episode 5: James Long |
Additional Educational Resources:
History To Go Podcast: Episode 1: Myths, Lies, and Rumors in Early Texas |
Texas Colonization
| Episode 6: Stephen F. Austin
Episode 7: Empresarios Episode 8: The Old 300 in Fort Bend Episode 9: Women Pioneers |
Additional Educational Resources:
History To Go Podcast: Episode 2: Texas Colonization with J.R. Thomas
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The Texas Revolution
| Episode 10: Runaway Scrape
Episode 11: The Battle of San Jacinto Episode 12: “Deaf” Smith Episode 13: Santa Anna |
Additional Educational Resources:
History To Go Podcast: Episode 3: Events Leading Up to the Texas Revolution |
Texas History
| Episode 14: Jane Long
Episode 15: Signs and Symbols Part One Episode 16: Flags of Texas Episode 17: Signs and Symbols Part Two |
Additional Educational Resources:
History To Go Podcast Episode 4: Vignettes from Texas History
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Texas as a Republic
| Episode 18: Sam Houston
Episode 19: Mirabeau B. Lamar Episode 20: Anson Jones Episode 21: Houston vs. Lamar |
Additional Educational Resources:
History To Go Podcast Episode 5: Usefuls, Contemptibles, and Loafers: A Story from Texas as a Republic |
Cowboys and Cows
| Episode 22: The Texas Longhorn
Episode 23: Barbed Wire Episode 24: Cattle Drives and the Chuckwagon Episode 25: Ranches |
Additional Educational Resources:
History To Go Podcast Episode 6:Black Cowboys in Fort Bend County |
Cotton
| Episode 26: The Cotton Plant
Episode 27: The Cotton Gin Episode 28: Boll Weevil Episode 29: Cotton and the Enslaved |
Additional Educational Resources:
History To Go Podcast Episode 7: The Legend of “Tree Sheep” and Other Fun Facts About Cotton |
Railroads
| Episode 30: History of the Locomotive
Episode 31: History of Trains in Fort Bend County Episode 32: The New York, Texas and Mexican Railway Episode 33: Pittsville Episode 34: Impact of the Railroad on Fort Bend County |
Additional Educational Resources:
History To Go Podcast Episode 8: Trains in Fort Bend County |
Fort Bend County Figures
| Episode 35: Walter Moses Burton
Episode 36: Mamie George Episode 37: Arizona Fleming Episode 38: The Moore Family |
Additional Educational Resources:
History To Go Podcast
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