Texas

Texas state bird the northern mockingbird

OER Project is the right fit for Texas schools in more ways than one:

World History Project (WHP) Origins to the Present is a TEKS-aligned world history curriculum ideal for your ninth or tenth graders.
Big History Project is an excellent choice for middle-school students to establish an interdisciplinary foundation in historical and critical thinking.

Explore the courses mentioned above at your own pace, and once you’re ready to dive into planning, check out the Texas-specific resources below to get started!

Which best describes you?

I’m new to OER Project and about to start using the courses and materials.
I’m a returning OER Project user in Texas, looking to see what’s new.

New to OER Project checklist

Getting started with WHP Origins is a piece of cake! We recommend following the onboarding checklist below, so that you are equipped with all the information you need to get started.

	World History Project (1750)	Big History Project
Professional development opportunities	Explore the WHP Origins course. You can also find our WHP Origins course guide here. Attend a live WHP Origins introductory session. Register for a session today! Take our free, online PD course, Teaching World History (TWH) Origins. P.S. If you’re looking for a more “choose your own adventure” OER Project offering before diving into WHP Origins, be sure to check out Project Score. Flexible, scaffolded writing instruction combined with automated essay scoring give you a new way to do writing in social studies!	Explore the Big History Project course. You can also find our BHP course guide here. Attend a live BHP introductory PD session. Register for a session today! Take our free, online PD course, Teaching Big History.
Standards alignment materials	Read our WHP Origins Texas standards-alignment document. Read our WHP Origins course plans, generated by Texas teachers, which include pacing guides: Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas course plan Clear Creek ISD course plan	Read our BHP Texas standards-alignment document. Read our sample BHP year-long and semester-long course plans, which include pacing guides.
Talk to a real person!	Connect with other teachers in California via the OER Project Online Teacher Community—ask questions, share stories, and seek support! Still have questions? Email an OER Project outreach coordinator for support! You can either email them or find a time on their calendar for a meeting.

"I expected a random collection of assets but was pleasantly surprised to find a well-organized, comprehensive and cohesive curriculum." — Dominique, tenth and eleventh-grade world history teacher, TX

Returning to OER Project checklist

So you’ve taught with OER Project materials in Texas before. Welcome back! We update our courses and materials each year, so let’s catch you up on what’s new. To prepare for a new term or semester, we recommend checking off the following items:

	World History Project (1750)	Big History Project
Professional development opportunities	Explore the WHP Origins course. You can also find our WHP Origins course guide here. Attend a live WHP Origins introductory session, or try an advanced training tailored for veterans. Register for a session today! Take our free, online PD course, Teaching World History (TWH) Origins.	Explore the Big History Project course. You can also find our BHP course guide here. Attend a live BHP introductory session, or try an advanced training tailored for veterans. Register for a session today! Take our free, online PD course, Teaching Big History.
Standards alignment materials	Read our WHP Origins course plans, generated by Texas teachers, which include pacing guides: Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas course plan Clear Creek ISD course plan	Read our sample BHP year-long and semester-long course plans, which include pacing guides.
Talk to a real person!	Connect with other teachers in California via the OER Project Online Teacher Community—ask questions, share stories, and seek support! Still have questions? Email an OER Project outreach coordinator for support! You can either email them or find a time on their calendar for a meeting.

What Texas Teachers are Saying

I expected a random collection of assets but was pleasantly surprised to find a well-organized, comprehensive and cohesive curriculum. Through the online teacher community and professional development course I discovered a pacing guide, how to use the leveled and audio readings, and experienced WHP teachers who were happy to help. This course is different in how it examines history through various lenses that connect, compare, and contrast the periods, people and places of the past and present. We learned how to put our learning into context and look at causation as we used critical reasoning to draw conclusions about the past to apply to our future.

— Dominique, tenth and eleventh-grade world history teacher, TX

Cover image: The Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), Texas state bird, in a dogwood tree with flowers. © Steve Byland / iStock / Getty Images Plus