TEXANS* • a Story of Texan Cultures for Young People
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS INSTITUTE OF TEXAN CULTURES AT SAN ANTONIO TEXANS* • A Story of Texan Cultures for Young People. Barbara Evans Stanush hXANS: A Story of Texan Cultures for Young in print! This popular book, written by Barbara offers informative comparative glimpses of 15 settled Texas-their customs, lifestyles, fully illustrated by maps, historical and COIltelUVIJrarv <llrrUl,ri\rV photos, artifacts, and drawings. Readers will learn about the oldest States, Panna Maria, and find directions using wycinanki, or the art of paper cutting. stand how the Chinese calculate years, basic Chinese characters. From the they will read about Seito Saibara, an illlJmif~t aJlt dis:aPIPoi.ntlnel[lt of teachers across the state. near Houston became known all over the and editor Sandra Carr worked plore similarities and differences among to make necessary revisions and groups: Alabama-Coushattas, Caddos, and ,."",,.;,,,t;,..h in time for the new school year. find a recipe for corn soup and learn about "nn' ~ L"·~ ,s Guide to Texans-a must emony. Some other groups presented are the """,u"cu ,uc; ,a'~UIUU .l1al activities for classroom use, German, Czech, Norwegian, Jewish, Greek, and vle:tnilml~se, thinking skills, and correlation of ac Written with fourth- to seventh-grade youngsters in llllllU'N C;AUftJ VV.JA-,,,UU Teacher's Guide with fourth-grade essen- is an excellent resource for studies in multiculturalism, as wonderful book for parents to share with their children. First pub lished in 1988, Texans has been a consistently steady seller, but all TEXANS: A Story of Texan Cultures for Young People can records were broken last fall when a task on multiculturalism was be purchased at the Institute Store and by mail order from the included in the fourth-grade Texas Assessment of Academic Skills.
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