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Homeschool - Texas - A Mini Unit Study

In this fun mini unit study of Texas you will find lots of fun ideas, activities, coloring pages and printables.

The first thing you will want to do is check out Studying the 50 United States. It has lots of ideas to use with any state you are studying. Now on to Texas!

Basic Worksheets & Printables

• Texas Map – Black & White
• Texas Becomes a State
• Texas Symbols Page
• State Seal Coloring Page
• Texas Flag – Black & White

Famous (or infamous) Texans

• Sam Houston Worksheet – First President of Texas
• Wild Bill Hickok
• Bill Hickok Coloring Page
• Roy Bean Coloring Page (warning – does show liquor in the back –
  he held court in a bar!)
• Roy Bean Worksheet
• Thomas “Bear River” Smith Worksheet – Marshall of Abilene
• Stephen F. Austin Worksheet – Father of Texas
• Clyde Barrow Worksheet - Outlaw
• Bonnie Parker Worksheet - Outlaw
• George Bush Worksheet - President
• George W. Bush Worksheet - President
• Lyndon B. Johnson Worksheet - President
• Qua nah Parker Worksheet – Last Chief of the Comanche
• Jack Johnson – 1st Black (& Texan) World Heavy Weight Champion
• William Pickett Worksheet – Invented Bulldogging or Steer
  Wrestling
• Babe Didrikson Worksheet
• Gene Autrey Worksheet – Singing Cowboy
• Audie Murphy Worksheet – World War II Most Decorated Hero
• Sandra Day O’Connor Worksheet – Supreme Court

Important Events or Places in (or near) Texas

• Big Bend National Park Coloring Page
• Alamo Worksheet
• Jim Bowie
• Davy Crockett
• William Barrett Travis
• Santa Anna
• Texas Declares Independence Worksheet
• Map of Mexico
• Mexico Country Worksheet

Other Worksheets & Coloring Pages

• Mockingbird Coloring Page
• Fun Texas Coloring Page
• State Mammal – Longhorn – Animal Research Worksheet
• State Bird – Mockingbird – Animal Research Worksheet
• Mockingbird & Bluebonnet Coloring Page
• Horned Lizard Coloring Page
• State Reptile - Horned Lizard Research Page
• State Insect - Monarch Butterfly – Animal Research Page
• State Plant – Prickly Pear Cactus – Coloring Page 1
• Prickly Pear Cactus – Coloring Page 2
• State Small Mammal – Armadillo – Animal Research Page
• Armadillo Coloring Page
• Texas Story Paper
• Cowboy Training a Horse Coloring Page
• Cowboy on a Horse – Looks like Gene Autrey! – Coloring Page
• Bucking Horse Coloring Page
• Chuck Wagon Coloring Page

Fun for the Younger Kids

• Texas Uppercase Alphabet Flashcards
• Cowboy Lowercase Alphabet Cards
• Cowboy Math Flashcards
• Texas Word Wall Charts - Days of the Week
• Texas Word Wall Charts - Months
• Texas Word Wall Charts - Colors

Ideas for using the worksheets or free printables.

1. Print out the blank state. Label the rivers, mountains and
   major rivers.
2. Build a model of the Alamo.
3. Print out the worksheet and write a front page newspaper
   report.
4. Add the symbols page to your notebook.
5. Fix Tex-Mex meal. Cook chili.
6. Make the Texas flag out of construction paper.
7. Research what cowboys do today. Compare the how they do the jobs today and years ago before cars and modern equipment.
8. Make a poster and label the parts of a horse or a poster of tackle.
9. Research oil wells and drilling. Share what you find.
10. If you don’t have a animal notebook start one. Read Starting a Animal Notebook – then begin yours with the animals that are the state symbols of Texas.

Do you have fun ideas and activities on Texas we can add to this? Post them in our forum!

~Belinda Mooney

Belinda J. Mooney is a veteran homeschool mom of 7. She loves incorporating all types of learning from cooking to crafts into her children's learning. Her kids, ages 25 down to 7, can often be seen wearing togas (or other strange clothing) to dinner, doing school outside or leaping fences to get a picture of a strange bug. Her husband has threatened to eat the science projects.