A Brave Boy & A Good Soldier

by Magruder, Jana

• ISBN13: 9780876112298
• ISBN10: 0876112297
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-20
• Publisher: Texas State Historical Assn

Summary

Our Texas Day By Day feature highlights events associated with the history of Texas and provides a brief and often entertaining description of each occurrence, both as sidebars on our Web page and as daily e-mails delivered to subscribers. All stories are drawn from the Handbook of Texas Online, and each Texas Day By Day segment includes links to some of the Handbook's 25,000 articles. The popular Texas History Quizzes challenge readers to search the Handbook to find answers to questions focused on various themes in Texas history. Additionally, the My Texas feature creates a forum for individuals to share personal reminiscences about Texas history, using stories drawn from their own experiences or those passed down through oral tradition. TSHA editors match these stories with the scholarly narratives in the Handbook to create a people's history of Texas unprecedented in its depth and richness. The Distinguished Speakers Bureau provides a searchable collection of speakers and presentations available on a wide range of Texas history topics. Categorized and searchable by TEKS and audience level, it is a wonderful resource for locating a quality presenter. TSHA's expanded lesson plan collection offers a variety of lesson ideas in an organized forum. Users can search by topic, grade level, or TEKS and can add their favorite proven plans through an easy-to-use online application. These online resources not only reach a much wider audience and provide increased avenues of communication with readers, but also allow the TSHA to provide supplemental tools designed to showcase the Handbook and advance it in innovative directions.