Teacher: Atkins
Class: Spanish 2
Texas
Assignment: Create a travel brochure for a tour of Texas that recommends activities and landmarks to visit, as well as discussing the climate and weather.
Suggested Topics or Suggested Subject Headings and/or Key Words:
| Texas | Texas AND landmarks | Texas AND recreation |
Online Encyclopedias on the Library Home Page:
| Choose Encyclopedias and Dictionaries. Select either Grolier or World Book. Includes lots of pictures and maps. |
Websites:
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Official Texas Page: http://www.state.tx.us/ See the links under "Travel and Recreation" |
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Recreation: http://www.wildtexas.com/ http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/index.phtml http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/calendar/ http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/tx/tx.htm http://www.state.tx.us/category.jsp?language=eng&categoryId=1 |
| Climate Sites: http://web2.iadfw.net/danb1/climate.htm |
| http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc/TXclimat.htm |
| http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html |
| Lone Star Junction http://www.lsjunction.com/ |
| Texas Almanac http://www.texasalmanac.com/ |
| Texas Maps http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/texas.html#state |
| State Facts http://www.50states.com/texas.htm |