The following online resources were selected by Michelle Davidson Ungurait , Director of Social Studies at the Texas Education Agency for Texas History Month.

Social Studies web site has a list of Texas History Primary Documents:
The list of Texas documents, prepared by Stephen S. Cure from the Texas State Historical Association, includes a chronological order of documents with corresponding Grade 7 TEKS.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ssc/primary_resources/primary_sources.html#tx_doc

Educational Service Center 13, Social Studies
Check out the resources that Tina Melcher has included on the ESC 13 Social Studies website. Some links are repeated elsewhere, but there are lesson plans and other resources that are ready to be used for Texas History Month observances.
http://www.esc13.net/socialstudies/Texas%20History.html

Celebrate Texas
The goal of Celebrate Texas is to promote Texas Independence Day and the history of Texas and its people. Ceremonies are held each year at the State Cemetery on March 2, and a parade is held in Austin on the Saturday nearest March 2. Celebrate Texas sponsors art and essay contests for elementary, middle school and high school students. The deadline is usually early February. Interested groups may register on-line to participate in the parade in Austin. http://www.celebratetexas.org/

Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
The Center for American History has numerous collections on Texas and American history that include: Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collection, George W. Littlefield Southern History Collection, University of Texas Archives, Congressional History Collection, Western Americana Collection, Special Collections for American History, Media History Archives, Archives of American Mathematics, Professional Touring and Entertainment History Archives, along with the Sam Rayburn Library and Museum Collection, Winedale Collection and the John Nance Garner Museum Collection.
http://www.cah.utexas.edu/

Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library is a non-circulating collection that is part of the Alamo complex in San Antonio. The Library is maintained by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. This site provides a timeline of Alamo history plus links to other museums and resources.
http://www.drtl.org/

Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio
The Institute of Texan Cultures, part of The University of Texas at San Antonio, provides programs, exhibits and publications to encourage understanding of ethnic and cultural diversity of the state. http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/public/index.htm

Lone Star Junction
Lone Star Junction is a Texas history resource for anyone interested in Texas and its history. This website includes songs of Texas; photographs of historic places, plants and animals; book reviews, on-line full text editions of some Texas classes; significant documents in Texas history and other resources.
http://www.lsjunction.com/

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin
This map collection goes well beyond Texas to all parts of the world, both present and past. The website lists maps of current interest, general interest plus historical maps. A little over 5000 of the 250,000 maps in the collection have been scanned and are available on-line.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas
The Portal to Texas History provides Primary Source Adventures, which are units that bring together multiple primary source historical documents. This site offers students and educators digital access to collections of primary source documents in Texas archives, historical societies, libraries, museums and private collections. http://texashistory.unt.edu/

Texas Beyond History (TBH)
Texas Beyond History is a public education service provided by the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin in partnership with thirteen other organizations. This virtual museum includes an immense amount of information about Texas and it cultural heritage of 13,500 years. This site should be used on a regular basic for fourth grade and seventh grade Texas history classes.
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/

Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas at Austin
The Texas Memorial Museum focuses on natural and social science in Texas. The website provides numerous teacher resources and activities for students.
http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/index.html

Texas Military Forces Museum
The Texas Military Forces Museum, located at Camp Mabry in Austin, presents the story of the Texas Military from the Texas Revolution to the present. A virtual tour of some of the exhibits is provided on the website. http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/

Texas Parks and Wildlife
The Texas Parks and Wildlife website has information on a number of topics: Fishing and Boating, Hunting and Wildlife, Land and Water, and State Parks and Destinations. There is a wealth of information about Texas on this website. It provides information about state parks within a sixty mile radius of major cities in Texas. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/

Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, in Waco, is the official museum for the Texas Rangers. The website provides information about the history of the Texas Rangers including badges, firearms and artifacts. A virtual tour of some of the exhibits is available on-line.
http://www.texasranger.org/

Texas Tides Project
Texas Tides Digital Learning Consortium is sponsored by Stephen F. Austin State University in partnership with several other institutions to link learners with primary resources, to create a portal of regional primary resources for research and to remove barriers to digitized cultural resources for underserved communities. Timelines for African, Anglo, Mexican, Spanish and Native Americans lead to primary source documents.
http://tides.sfasu.edu/home.html

Texas State Aquarium, Corpus Christi
The Texas State Aquarium includes interactive exhibits to promote environmental conservation and wildlife rehabilitation. A virtual tour of the exhibits can be found on the website.
http://www.texasstateaquarium.org/index_sm.html

Texas State Capitol, Austin
The Texas Capitol website has an on-line gallery of architectural details, historic photographs and artifacts, current photographs, monument guide, significant spaces, hidden places, historical documents and virtual tours of the facilities. http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/SPB/capitol/texcap.htm

Texas State Cemetery, Austin
The State Cemetery website includes a photo gallery of the cemetery and a master listing of the burials at the site. Information is included about the Confederate Section, Honored Texans and the September 11 Memorial. http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/

Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas Online
The Handbook of Texas Online, sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at The University of Texas at Austin, provides a multidisciplinary resource of Texas culture, geography and history. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/

Texas State Library and Archives Commission
On the Texas History link of the State Library and Archives website under “Open Record there are links to on-line exhibits of Texas history including Presidents of the Republic
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/

UTOPIA
UTOPIA is a constantly changing website, sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin, for the citizens of Texas and beyond. It includes information for every content area including information for educators, students, families and a You-T for anyone to explore various topics of interest. The Social Studies section has information on Constitution Day as well as examples from the Paper Doll Collection. Numerous lesson plans are posted for each grade level.
http://utopia.utexas.edu/