Vaquero
Y Cowboy
Teacher Resource Page
Vaquero
Y Cowboy links
VAQUEROS
The First Cowboys: Texas Parks and Wildlife page
with further information about vaquero and cowboy history.
The Handbook of Texas Online- Vaquero: In depth article about vaqueros and their place in Texas History. Also searchable database of numerous articles covering hundreds of Texas History topics brought to you by the The Handbook of Texas Online, a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association.
Classroom
Activities
Ranching
in the Lower Rio Grande Valley: Excellent site,
complete with activities incorporating TEKS and vocabulary words,
published by the Armadillo World Wide Web Server to provide teachers, students,
and the historically interested general public a source of information
about the Lower Rio Grande Heritage Corridor along the border between Texas
and Mexico. This area provides a fertile place to study the interaction
between cultures and the emergence of a distinctive way of life that has
been shaped by a variety of forces.
TeleVentures
Activities for the home or classroom:These
activities correspond with this individual TeleVentures episode, are intended
to be fun and informative for students, and are included in the "Just for
Kids" section for this episode.
