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Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Heroes for Kids
I Have a Dream Speech
Texans in Politics
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
Texas Government
Greg Abbott
Rep. Barbara Jordan
Cultures and Immigration
100 Years of Immigration to the U.S.
Animated Map Shows History of Immigration to the U.S.
America, a History of Immigration 1880-Today
German Texas Culture
Stille Nacht
Hispanic Cultures in Texas
Hispanic Architecture
La Cucaracha
Cinco de Mayo
First Polish Permanent Settlement in Texas
Texas African American History Memorial
The Dark History of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese Laborers Build the Railroad
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
When the Saints Go Marching In
Wintley Phipps explains the black keys on the piano
Cielito Lindo
Texas Oil
Patillo Higgins and the Great Texas Oil Boom
Captain Anthony F. Lucas and Patillo Higgins
Prophet of Spindletop
Settlers
The Homestead Act
Sod Houses 1
Sod Houses 2
Sod Houses 3
Inventors and More
Christopher Sholes
George Washington Carver
Samuel Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Nicola Tesla and George Westinghouse
The Wright Brothers
Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Sherman in Georgia
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Respect at Appomattox
Grant — Appomattox, Lee Surrender
Lincoln’s Assassination
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
The Battle Hymn of the Republic, sung by the Army Band, with lyrics
Battle Cry of Freedom, with lyrics
Dixie
Marching Through Georgia , sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford, with lyrics
Civil War Veterans Reunion
Civil War Reunion
John Brown’s Body
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Reconstruction in America
What the South Was Like During Reconstruction
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
What is Juneteenth?
Johnny Reb, s ung by Johnny Horton
Battle of Bull Run, sung by Johnny Horton
Railroads
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad (with lyrics)
John Henry’s Hammer, sung by Johnny Cash
John Henry and the Railroad (Whitestone Motion Pictures)
How John Henry Became an American Folk Hero (Thurmond, West Virginia), Smithsonian Channel
Recreating the John Henry contest with a Steel Drill
A Brief Story on the Life of Casey Jones–American Folk Hero
Casey Jones, with lyrics, sung by Johnny Cash
On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe , sung by Judy Garland
The Wabash Cannonball, sung by Johnny Cash
The Wabash Cannonball , with lyrics
Orange Blossom Special , sung by Johnny Cash
Orange Blossom Special, played by Sgt. Marlisa Woods, with the U.S. Army Band
Come Along and Ride this Train , with lyrics, sung by Johnny Cash
Wreck of the Old 97, sung by Johnny Cash
Original Wreck of the Old 97, with background story
Roll On, Big Boy , sung by Nebraska 66
Nine Thousand , sung by Nebraska 66
First Railroad in Texas Arrives in 1852. Read or listen.
Mining
Sixteen Tons, by Tennessee Ernie Ford
Big Bad John, Jimmy Dean
The Coal Miner Song
Coal Miner’s Daughter , sung by Loretta Lynn
The California Gold Rush
Alaska Klondike Gold Rush
North to Alaska, sung by Johnny Horton
American Patriotic Songs and Documents
Medley by Johnny Cash: Come Along and Ride this Train, America the Beautiful, This Land is Your Land
The Story of the National Anthem
Yankee Doodle, with lyrics
God Bless the USA, sung by Lee Greenwood
God Bless America, s ung by Martina McBride
The Star-Spangled Banner, with lyrics
The Star-Spangled Banner, sung by Whitney Houston
You’re a Grand Old Flag , with lyrics
America, the Beautiful, with lyrics
America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee), with lyrics
America, sung by Neil Diamond, with lyrics
Battle of New Orleans, sung by Johnny Horton
Johnny Freedom, sung by Johnny Horton
American Military Songs
The National Symphony Orchestra performs the “Armed Forces Medley”
The Ballad of the Green Berets
The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, read by Max McLean
The reading of the U.S. Bill of Rights
Texas
Texas, Our Texas (state song)
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Yellow Rose of Texas
The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You, acapella, with lyrics
Mockingbird Hill, sung by Burl Ives
Beautiful Texas , sung by Willie Nelson, with lyrics
Ballad of the Alamo, sung by Marty Robbins
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Battle of Sabine Pass
The Battle of Galveston Harbor
The Life of Juan Seguin
Sam Houston and Secession
Samuel Houston-The Stand for Texas Independence
El Deguello at the Alamo
Texas Symbols
Online Tour of the Texas State Capitol
Bullock Museum
Texas History Timeline
Pecos Bill Read Aloud
The First Texas Germans
Life of German Pioneers in Early Texas
Public Education in German Texas
The Six Flags Over Texas
A Fourth Grade teacher presents a lesson on the 6 flags overTexas
Julian Onderdonk, famous bluebonnet painter
Meet Scott Joplin
Texas Forts Trail–learn about forts built 1848-1900
Buffalo Soldiers, formed 1866
Notable Texans, page suggested by a reader. It looks great, but I have not verified it. I am only posting for the valuable information, not to advertise any business.
Native Americans
Osceola, a Seminole, Resists the Indian Removal Act of 1830
American Indians of Texas
Trail of Tears
Seminoles–Native Americans Who Never Surrendered
The Battle at Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull for Kids
American’s Great Indian Leaders
Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse Memorial
Biography of Sitting Bull
Battle of the Little Big Horn
Amazing Grace in Cherokee
Oldest Native American footage
Comanches in Texas*
Fort Sumner
Caddo Mounds State Park
The Caddo Indians of East Texas
Native American Indian Chiefs
Canyon de Chelly National Monument in the Navajo Nation
Long Walk Tears of the Navajo
Battle of Palo Duro Canyon 1
American Indians of Texas
Cowboys and Ranching
Hispanic Influence on Ranching in Texas
Home on the Range, with lyrics
Don’t Fence Me In, with lyrics
I’m Gonna Leave Old Texas Now, with lyrics
Happy Trails to You, sung by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, with lyrics
Red River Valley, with lyrics
Deep in the Heart of Texas, with lyrics
History and Legend of the Texas Cattle Drive
The Last Cowboy Song, with old cowboy photos
Old Chisholm Trail, by Gene Autry
Cowboys and Outlaws Epic Adventures: Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving
The End of the Cattle Drive
Cattle Call, sung by Leann Rimes and Eddy Arnold , with lyrics (Lyrics should say “dogies”, not “doggies”)
Old Chisholm Trail, sung by Michael Martin Murphey