Discover Texas is a CD-ROM based curriculum designed to teach Texas history, geography, and government and be adaptable for students between 4th and 9th grades. Ten chronological units make lesson planning easy. Each of the ten units presents basic information on the CD and provides links to pertinent web sites. At the end of each unit are suggested activities (Doing More), reasoning and review questions (Thinking More), and related books and web sites for more in-depth study (Learning More). Using the Trip Planner feature on the Teacher Tips page, you can plan field trips across town or across the state.
Each of the 10 units are composed of three to four chapters. Chapters are made up of an overview and specific topics. These chapters will more than cover the history of our state for fourth graders. By using the related unit study activities, reasoning and review questions and using the related books and web sites, home school families will be able to use this curriculum as a basis for a high school level course in "Citizenship".
Lynn Dean is the author and researcher of Discover Texas. She is a graduate of Texas A&M with a degree in Environmental Design. Lynn is a home schooling mom with 11 years' experience schooling Katelyn and David. She frequently teaches at the Bravos River Academy Home School Cooperative. Tom Dean is the educational consultant and technologist for Discover Texas Online. He is a graduate of Texas A&M and Webster University. Tom is Assistant Department Chair for the Computer Networking & Systems Administration Department at Texas State Technical College - Waco and is a very active Air Force Reserve Officer. They may be reached via e-mail at discovertexas@hot.rr.com.
Lynn and Tom are available for speaking engagements.