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Texas: Its Land and Its People
Meets the essential elements for social studies.

by Killoran, Zimmer and Jarrett This is a unique activity-driven textbook which has an interactive, hands-on approach that teaches students to interpret and create graphics, such as timelines, graphs, and maps. The book promotes the use of problem solving skills and teaches students to locate, gather, analyze, and evaluate information. Each activity places the student in the center of the learning process.

  • Students are motivated to give directions to a friend from outer space
  • Students learn to start a business
  • Students practice brainstorming about selecting a city to locate a sports team
  • Students create rules for classroom behavior
  • Students learn how to nominate someone to the Texas Hall of Fame.

For 4th to 8th grade students
Text Hardback.... 220-1.... $10.00
Teacher's Manual, 218 pages
Paperback.... 221-1.... $25.00
Teacher's Manual - Free download - (Click here)

A Multimedia History of Early Texas
The Alamo CDs"Victory or Death" 2-Disk set
featuring the Battle of the Alamo and the Texan Revolution

A Multimedia History of Early Texas, the first CD-ROM about Texas history and the Texan Revolution. Brings the exciting story of Texas' most famous historical events to multimedia computer users of all ages in an easy-to-use format.

From migration of the Native Americans across the Bering Strait through the Battle of San Jacinto, "Victory or Death" presents an unparalleled combination of art , history and technology. Stories told by Dan Rather, Sissy Spacek, Charley Pride, Freddy Fender, Linda Gray and Tess Harper. Period music recorded by famous Texans including Freddy Fender, Robert Earl Keen and Charley Pride.

Grade 4-7 and above
Teacher's Pack.... 183-6.... $ 75.00
1-2 disk set & 1 teacher's guide
Stand-Alone Disk Set.... 183-7.... $ 49.95
1-2 disk set
Stand-Alone Teacher's Guide.... 183-8.... $ 49.95
1-teacher's guide
Campus site license.... 183-9.... $ 350.00

PC/MAC Hybrid CD-ROM System requirements: Multimedia 486/33 PC or better with Windows 3.1 or 95, 4 MB ram, 3 MB hard drive space, 8 bit color monitor & sound card, CD-ROM drive, & pointing device; Any color Macintosh, System 6.0.5 or higher.

 

 


W.S. Benson and Company, Inc
P.O. Box 1866
Austin, Texas, 78767

Shipping Address:
6507 Jester Blvd. #505 E
Austin, Texas, 78750

W.S. Benson and Company, Inc
Phone: (800) - 835 -2197
Fax: (512) - 345-6837


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