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  • Fort Bend Connection

Fort Bend Connection

A multimedia educational offering of the Fort Bend History Association
Supported by funding from Humanities Texas and Fort Bend Junior Service League
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Questions? Contact Allison Harrell at aharrell@fortbendmuseum.org
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 George Ranch Historical Park, 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.
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Texas Landscape & Early Explorers

Texas Colonization

  • Episode 1: Early Texas Explorers
  • Episode 2: The Mexican War for Independence, Part 1
  • ​Episode 3: The Mexican War for Independence, Part 2
  • ​​Episode 4: The Karankawa & Other Tribes
  • Episode 5: James Long

Additional Educational Resources:

  • Early Texas Explorers: Matching/Timeline Worksheet
  • ​Mexican War for Independence: Word Search
  • Native Peoples: Map Activity
  • Episode 6: Stephen F. Austin
  • Episode 7: Empresarios​
  • Episode 8: The Old 300 in Fort Bend
  • Episode 9: Women Pioneers
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Additional Educational Resources:
  • Early Map of Texas: Map Activity
  • Early Women Pioneers: Reading Comprehension
  • The Old 300: Fill in the Blank
  • Pack Your Wagon: Worksheet
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History To Go Podcast:​
  • Episode 1: Myths, Lies & Rumors in Early Texas​​
​History To Go Podcast: 
  • Episode 2: Texas Colonization with J.R. Thomas

The Texas Revolution

Texas History

  • Episode 10: Runaway Scrape
  • Episode 11: The Battle of San Jacinto
  • Episode 12: "Deaf" Smith
  • Episode 13: Santa Anna

Additional Education Resources: 
  • Battles of the Texas Revolution: Map Activity
  • Events Leading Up to the Texas Revolution: Timeline
  • Cause and Effect of the Texas Revolution: Storyboard
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Episode 14: Jane Long
Episode 15: Signs and Symbols Part One
​Episode 16: Flags
Episode 17: Signs and Symbols Part Two
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Additional Education Resources:
  • Texas State Symbols: Matching Game
  • The Story of Jane Long: Events
  • The Story of Jane Long: Storyboard
  • The Six Flags of Texas: Coloring Sheet
  • Texas, Our Texas: Word Scramble
​History To Go Podcast: 
  • Episode 3: Events Leading Up to the Texas Revolution

Texas as a Republic


Episode 18: Sam Houston
Episode 19: Mirabeau B. Lamar
Episode 20: Anson Jones
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Episode 21: Houston vs. Lamar


Additional Educational Resources: 
  • Mirabeau B. Lamar: Biography Worksheet
  • Sam Houston: Biography Worksheet
  • Sam Houston vs Mirabeau B. Lamar: Venn Diagram
  • The Mier Expedition: Fill in the Blank
  • Texas Annexation: Matching Worksheet
History To Go Podcast:
  • Episode 5: Usefuls, Contemptibles and Loafers: A Story from Texas as a Republic

Cotton

Episode 26: The Cotton Plant
​Episode 27: Eli Whitney & The Cotton Gin
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Episode 28: The Boll Weevil
Episode 29: Cotton and the Enslaved


Additional Educational Resources:
  • The Life Cycle of a Cotton Plant: Fill in the Blank
  • How to Dust Bowl Got its Name: Reading Comprehension
  • Eli Whitney's Invention Activity


History To Go Podcast:
  • Episode 7: The Legend of “Tree Sheep” and Other Fun Facts About Cotton

History of Fort Bend County

Episode 35: Walter Moses Burton
​Episode 36: Mamie George
Episode 37: Arizona Fleming
​Episode 38: The Moore Family

Additional Educational Resources: 
  • Morton Cemetery Tour
  • Historic Richmond Walking Tour
  • HerStory Digital Packet
  • HerStory Matching Game
  • ​HerStory Crossword
History To Go Podcast:
  • Episode 4: Vignettes from Texas History

Cowboys and Cows


Episode 22: The Texas Longhorn
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Episode 23: Barbed Wire
Episode 24: Cattle Drives and the Chuck Wagon
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Episode 25: Ranches
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Additional Educational Resources:
  • Cattle Drive: Board Game
  • Cowboy Slang: Matching Game
  • Historic Ranches in Texas: Map Activity
  • Longhorn Coloring Page
  • Early Ranching in Texas: Fill in the Blank
History To Go Podcast:
  • Episode 6: Black Cowboys in Fort Bend County

Railroads

​Episode 30: History of the Locomotive
​Episode 31: History of Trains in Fort Bend County
Episode 32: New York, Texas, and Mexican Railway
Episode 33: Pittsville
Episode 34: The Impact of the Railroad on Fort Bend County
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Additional Educational Resources:
  • Hobo & Railway Symbols: Create Your Own
  • Railroad Slang: Matching Activity
  • Railroad Baron: Game
  • Railroads of Fort Bend County: True or False


History To Go Podcast: 
  • Episode 8: Trains in Fort Bend County

Other Educational Resources for Teachers and Students:

  • Texas Historical Commission Learning Resources​​
  • Texas History for Teachers-The Portal to Texas History
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