Texas History Day

Sample Texas Topics for Triumph and Tragedy in History

U.S.-Mexican War

Spanish Mission System

Galveston Hurricane of 1900

Mechanical Cotton Picker

Heman Sweatt and UT Law School

Harlon Block and the Iwo Jima Flag Raising

Buffalo Soldiers in Texas

Scott Joplin

Lyndon Johnson’s Career

Stephen F. Austin

Texas Cowboys, 1870-1890

Struggle for Civil Rights in Houston: 1945-1975

Juneteenth

Destruction of Mission San Saba and the Parrilla Expedition

Roles of Tejanos in the Establishment of Independent Texas

José Antonio Navarro and the Texas Santa Fe Expedition

Juan Seguín, Patriot and Exile

Cart War and Expulsion of Tejanos from South-Central Counties

Juan Cortina and the Loss of Mexican American Land and Status in South Texas

Santos Benavides's Confederate Defense of Laredo Against Union Expedition

El Paso Salt War

Repatriation Drive during Great Depression

Founding of LULAC

Delgado v. Bastrop ISD

Hernandez v. State of Texas

Farmworkers' March of 1966

Raza Unida Party

Election of Henry Gonzalez to Congress

Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS) in San Antonio

Leonor Villegas de Magnón and La Cruz Azul

Emma Tenayuca and the Pecan Shellers Strike

Jefferson, Texas, and the Great Red River Log Raft

Thurber, Texas

Camp Logan and the Houston Mutiny

Battle of San Jacinto

Sam Houston

Johnson Space Center and Human Space Flight

The John F. Kennedy Assassination

The Texas City Explosion

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Spindletop and the Texas Petroleum Industry

The Tidelands Controversy

Barbara Jordan

The Dust Bowl of the 1930’s

This list of sample topics is in no way intended to be a complete list of Texas related topic possibilities. It is simply a collection of topics that could be applicable to the special awards offered by the Association for Texas related topics.

For more information, please contact Teresa Acosta by e-mail or telephone at (512) 471-1525.