Name___________________________ Date____________ Period_________
Texas Events Timeline Project
Final Project due on: _____________
TIMELINE: This project will give you the opportunity to explore the changes in Texas throughout its history.
A. REQUIREMENTS: This project must be in timeline format. You may have each event placed in order
on an actual timeline or you may place all entries in a notebook in sequential order.
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15 events out of the 40 listed below must be included in your timeline.
 Some events will include a month, day and year. Others, noted for you, will only require a year.
You must identify all dates listed.
 Each event you choose must be included in your project. The dates they occurred must also be
included, as well as a short description of each event.
 If you choose the notebook, you must include a small timeline at the front of your notebook.
 Most dates can be found in your textbook. If you have any issues, ask teacher for assistance.
 Some illustrations may be copied or printed from the computer, but additional work must be
done to enhance and personalize these illustrations. Ex. Color, cut, paste and matting. The whole
page should be covered to receive full credit.
B. PRESENTATION:
1. All illustration and dates must be explained.
2. Use your timeline or notebook as a visual aid.
3. Try to limit your presentation to 5-7 minutes.
C. GRADING:
Timeline/Binder Format
______ 5 points
15 events included and described
______ 30 points
15 illustrations
______ 15 points
15 dates
______ 30 points
Presentation
______ 10 points
Neatness
______ 10 points
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Color 4
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Legibility of writing 3
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Spelling & grammar 3
D. THE EVENTS: Choose 15.
1.
Texas joins the Confederacy
2. Sam Houston dies
3. Battle of Sabine Pass
4. Battle at Palmito Ranch
5. Enslaved Texans freed by General Granger
6. Reconstruction officially ends in Texas
7. First cattle drive to Sedalia, Missouri
8. Railroad entered Texas (year)
9. Barbed wire developed by J. F. Glidden (year)
10. First Spanish settlement in Texas (Corpus Christi de Ysleta)
11. Cabeza de Vaca explores Texas and travels to Mexico. (Range of years)
12. Coronado finds Cibola
13. LaSalle was murdered
14. Mexico gains independence from Spain
15. Louisiana Purchase
16. Old Three Hundred enter Texas
17. Battle of Gonzales
18. Fall of the Alamo
19. Battle of San Jacint0
20. Texas Independence Day
21. Spindletop discovery
22. Texas annexed to U. S.
23. Mexican American War began
24. Texas women won the vote in party primaries
25. First female governor, Ma Ferguson
26. U. S. enters WWI
27. Stock market crashed, Great Depression began
28. U. S. entered WWII
29. John F. Kennedy assassinated
30. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president
31. Johnson Space center founded
32. Americans walked on the moon
33. Henry B. Gonzales elected U. S. House of Representatives
34. Barbara Jordon elected State senator
35. Great storm destroys Galveston
36. Texas City Explosion
37. G. W. Bush elected president
38. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated
39. The Astrodome built
40. Houston ship channel officially opened