1. Bishop’s Tour Bus Company Presents
Regions of Texas!

2. Preview Copy and answer the following questions in your notebook:
Where in Texas have you visited?
What did you learn about that place?
If you could choose the “best place” in Texas to live, where would it be?
Tape cassette and player

3. During the Bus Tour Tour the Regions of Texas Take Careful Notes
Visit Key Tourist Sites
Look at the neighborhoods – answer questions
Listen carefully to the Interviews – fill in the chart

9. Lower Rio Grande Valley

16. Bus Stop Number 1 Exit the bus carefully. Visit the site.
Write a postcard home summarizing what you have learned.
Be sure to use these words in your summary: Spindletop, Captain Anthony Lucas, January 10, 1901, “black gold”, oil field and petroleum industry
Draw a picture on the front of your postcard to represent what you have learned.
Handouts in sleeves
notecards
Boiler Avenue, Spindletop, 1903

22. Bus Stop Number 2 Exit the bus carefully. Visit the site.
Write a postcard home summarizing what you have learned.
Be sure to use these words in your summary: 1849, Camp Worth, Chisholm Trail, railroad, economy, recreation, and “Cowtown”.
Draw a picture on the front of your postcard to represent what you have learned.
Handouts in sleeves
Index cards

37. Processing
Reflect on what you have learned about the different regions of Texas. Which one would you consider the “best place to live”?
Name of Region
Think about the economy, entertainment, history, climate and natural resources of a region as you decide. Then create a pro and con chart detailing the good and the bad about a certain region.
Pro Con
Economy:
Entertainment:
History:
Climate:
Natural Resources:
notebook

38. Brochure Create a brochure on a region of Texas.
Which is the best region of Texas to live in?
Include: Economic Resources, Industry, Geography, Cities, Entertainment
Don’t forget a map!
handout