Are You Ready to Discover Texas?!?
When we chose the name Discover Texas for our curriculum, we had a very specific...
Need Help Teaching Texas History?
How do you teach a subject you don’t know well, yourself? Or one you...
The Lady in Blue
In May of 1628 Maria de Jesus de Agreda’s superiors wrote a letter to...
El Cinco de Mayo
“The Fifth of May” commemorates Mexico’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla on...
Insights from Texas History by Tom Glass
While I was at the 2015 THSC Homeschool Conference in The Woodlands, I had...
Road to Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto
Houston began with approximately 1200 Texians in his volunteer army, but after the slaughter...
A Most Uncivil War
In the 1830s, Great Britain ended their practice of human slavery without bloodshed, but...
An April Riddle
Riddle: How can a war end before it begins? Answer: On the calendar! From an official...
Bluebonnets!
Every Spring, God carpets the state of Texas in blue. But it wasn’t until...
Road to Revolution: The “Twin Sisters”
There are several interesting footnotes to the Texas Revolution. One concerns the “Twin Sisters.”...