Caption: Doris Faulk and Elma Lind assumed the supreme dignity of comprimising B. H. S.'s girls tennis representatives. Unfortunately these young ladies were defeated in doubles (county meet) but Elna showed them what we could do when they really…
The purpose of the weeks worth of butterflies and migration lessons is to inform students about the world that is around them, from as close as their backyard, to their school campus, even to a location that is just driving distance away from them.…
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An article about the cases against police officers being dismissed. The officers were charged with the murdering of five Mexican prisoners. The cases were dismissed because there was not enough evidence, even though there were several witnesses that…
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[newspaper] "The Day of the Dead, Celebrating Death: The living remember their dead with merriment, music, food," by Pamela Coleman for The Monitor (1992-10-30). The article features the variety of ways people honor, celebrate the dead and includes…
The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand the experiences of Charro Days
since its creation in the Rio Grande Valley. The first Charro Days celebration took place in the
border of Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas in…
Caption: The varsity cheerleaders stand at attention while the national anthem is played during the Bi-district football game against the Corpus Christi Ray Texans
The Texas citrus industry first took off in the Rio Grande Valley in the late 1800s. John H. Shary was a land developer and colonizer from Nebraska who became involved in the development and growth of the region after he took a tour of an orchard in…