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The Teach Texas Committee Seeks HBA Volunteers for Teaching 7th Grade Texas History Classes

Join the Teach Texas team and volunteer to teach 7th grade Texas history classes. Help educate Houston students and make a positive impact in their learning. No teaching experience required!

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The Teach Texas Committee Seeks HBA Volunteers for Teaching 7th Grade Texas History Classes

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  1. The Teach Texas Committee Seeks HBA Volunteers for Teaching7th Grade Texas History Classes 2017-2018 Progress Report Teach Texas Committee Volunteer Orientation March 27, 2018

  2. HBA Volunteers

  3. Teaching & Giving Back • The Teach Texas Team trains lawyers & judges to present two 50-minute lesson plans available on the Taming Texas website to accompany the book and HBA web pages. • The teacher introduces the lawyer and judge and remains with them. • “Career Day” + Texas civics & history.

  4. James L. Haley, Texas historian Marilyn P. Duncan, Texas editor & writer Sponsors: The TSCHS Fellows and SBOT LRE

  5. 2018: Book 2 in the Taming Texas Series is released.

  6. Nearly 14,000 Houston Students Taught • This pilot-project tests different approaches to teaching civics to Houston area students. • Nearly 10,000 students taught in 2016. • Another 3,576 students taught in 2017. • HBA staff conducted surveys of volunteers and teachers in May 2016 and May 2017. • SBOT Award, Annual Meeting, June 2016. • TSCHS team fine-tuned new PowerPoints in 2016 & created new ones in late 2017. • A positive experience for 98.11% of volunteers.

  7. Johnson v. Darr (1925) was decided by the First All-Woman State Supreme Court in America.

  8. Texas Court Milestone Texas Court Milestone Justice Wallace B. Jefferson Appointed Chief Justice in 2004 Justice Jefferson became the first African American to serve as Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Justice Wallace B. Jefferson Appointed to the Texas Supreme Court in 2001 Justice Jefferson became the first African American to serve on the Texas Supreme Court

  9. Clear evidence class went well… Please volunteer!

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