2017-18 GT Projects

The Gift of Age - 4th / 5th Gr Fall Projects

A Collection of Websites for Student Research

History of Farmersville, TX

http://www.farmersvilletx.com/government/discover_farmersville.php - Farmersville, Texas official website

http://www.collincountyhistory.com/farmersville1.html - Collin County History website

http://collincountystation.com/farmersvilleh.html - Collin County Station website

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hjf01 - Texas State Historical Association website

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmersville - Wikipedia page

http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsNorth/Farmersville-Texas.htm - Farmersville history from Texas Escapes

http://www.texasescapes.com/VintagePhotos/Farmersville-Texas-Old-Photos.htm - Vintage photos of Farmersville, from Texas Escapes

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMM8F4_Onion_Shed_Farmersville_TX - Historical marker for the Onion Shed

https://www.facebook.com/FarmersvilleTXHistoricalSociety/ - Farmersville Historical Society Facebook page (note: Facebook is not available to student accounts on school computers)

http://openplaques.org/places/us/areas/farmersville_tx/plaques - List of historical plaques and markers in the Farmersville area

http://gismaps.collincountytx.gov/historical/55.pdf - Link to document about the Bain-Honaker House

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=266351 - Information about IOOF Cemetery (behind the Intermediate School)

History of Food and Cooking in Texas

General Information

http://www.foodtimeline.org/statefoods.html#texas - Traditional State Foods

https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2011/09/21/foodways-texas-cooks-up-history-of-texas-foods - Texas Food History Group: Foodways

http://www.texascooking.com/features/jan2002historyfood.htm - Texas History from the Dinner Table

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/food/article/Texas-Mexican-cuisine-has-long-rich-history-5542324.php - Texas-Mexican Food, versus Tex-Mex

Before the 1700s

http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/cabeza-cooking/ - Texas in the 1500's (from the writings of Cabeza de Vaca)

http://www.texascooking.com/features/jan98ravenbbq5.htm - Early Texas Cuisine (1500s)

https://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/graham/cooking.html - Texas in the 700s - 1100s

During the 1800s

https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2016/11/11/what-did-texans-eat-in-the-19th-century - Foods in the 1800s

http://americanchuckwagoncooking.blogspot.com/p/chuckwagon-historythere-is-majestic.html - Chuck Wagon History and Cooking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kCn6cFycZo - Chuck Wagon History video (note: YouTube is not available to student accounts on school computers)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbAs1pFVWY8 - Video of Chuck Wagon Cooking (part 1) (note: YouTube is not available to student accounts on school computers)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk4qLoJprOs - Video of Chuck Wagon Cooking (part 2) (note: YouTube is not available to student accounts on school computers)

https://www.ncpedia.org/culture/food/cooking-in-the-1800s - Cooking in the 1800s (from a North Carolina site, but the information would be similar to Texas)

http://www.theprepperdome.com/pioneer-cooking-methods-and-recipes/ - Pioneer Cooking Methods and Recipes

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse/frontierlife/essay6.html - Food on the Frontier (from PBS show "Frontier House")

The Needs of an Aging Population

General Information

https://www.fastcompany.com/3068543/our-aging-population-can-be-an-economic-powerhouse-if-we-let-it - Article covering various aspects of the needs of the aging population

http://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/livable-communities/documents-2017/USCM-AARP-Aging-Report-1-17-17.pdf - Downloads a long document about how cities can prepare for the needs of an aging population. Pages 3 and 5 describe general needs. Use the Table of Contents to get information about specific needs of the elderly.

Health Care Needs

https://cvshealth.com/thought-leadership/by-the-numbers-health-care-needs-of-an-aging-population - Health Care Needs of an Aging Population (survey results from CVS Pharmacy)

https://www.livestrong.com/article/36889-list-daily-needs-elderly-care/ - Daily Needs for the Elderly

Housing Needs

http://pioneerinstitute.org/better_government/meeting-housing-needs-aging-population/ - Housing Needs of an Aging Population

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/01/can-americas-aging-population-stay-in-their-homes/512009/ - Helping aging population stay in their homes (housing needs)

http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/011917p24.shtml - Aging and Isolation (social / emotional needs)

Texas and the U.S. in the 1960s

http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/texas/1960s-photos-tx/ - Texas in the 1960s

http://www.watermelon-kid.com/history/dallas/timelines/1960s.htm - Timeline of events in Dallas in the 1960s (note: where it says "n.d.", it means there's not one specific date for the event)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thXaTPrS9mc - Video of scenes from Dallas in the 1960s (note: YouTube is not available to student accounts on school computers)

https://vimeo.com/236030632 - Video from the Film and Video Collection at SMU of the State Fair of Texas from the 1960s (note: only some of the clips have sound)

http://www.humanitiestexas.org/news/articles/setting-stage-early-1960s - Humanities Texas

http://mc3321spring15.wp.txstate.edu/2015/04/21/integration-of-texas-schools-in-the-1960s/ - Integration of Texas Schools in the 1960s

http://texasarchive.org/library/index.php?title=2015_01997 - Video footage of Hurricane Carla, Galveston, 1961