Section 5: Preparation Resources
History 7–12 (233)

The resources listed below may help you prepare for the TExES exam in this field. These preparation resources have been identified by content experts in the field to provide up-to-date information that relates to the field in general. You may wish to use current issues or editions to obtain information on specific topics for study and review.

Journals

  1. History Matters, National Council for History Education.
  2. Social Education, National Council for the Social Studies.
  3. Theory and Research in Social Education, National Council for the Social Studies.

Other Resources

  1. Andrea, Alfred J., and Overfield, James H. (2011). The Human Record: Sources of Global History, Seventh Edition. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Publishing.

  2. Banks, J. A. (1998). Teaching Strategies for the Social Studies, Fifth Edition. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.

  3. Boller, P. F., Jr., and Story, R. (Eds.). (2008). A More Perfect Union: Documents in U.S. History, Seventh Edition. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Publishing.

  4. Bulliet, R., et al. (2010). The Earth and Its Peoples, Fifth Edition. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Publishing.

  5. Calvert, R. A., and DeLeón, A. (2007). The History of Texas, Fourth Edition. Arlington Heights, Ill.: Harlan Davidson, Inc.

  6. Cayton, A. R. L., et al. (2007). Pathways to the Present: Modern American History. Boston, Mass.: Pearson Prentice Hall.

  7. Chambers, M., et al. (2009). The Western Experience, Tenth Edition. Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill College.

  8. Ellis, E. G., and Esler, A. (2005). World History: Connections to Today. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

  9. Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (Bulletin No. 89). (2010). Washington, D.C.: National Council for the Social Studies.

  10. Faragher, John M., Buhle, M. J., Czitrom, D., and Armitage, S. H. (2005). Out of Many: A History of the American People, Fifth Edition. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

  11. Gilderhus, Mark T. (2009). History and Historians: A Historiographical Introduction, Seventh Edition. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

  12. Isecke, Harriet. (2012). Texas in the 20th Century: Building Industry and Community: Texas History (Primary Source Readers). Huntington Beach, Calif: Teacher Created Materials.

  13. Kagan, D., et al. (2012). The Western Heritage, Eleventh Edition. Upper Saddle River: N.J.: Prentice Hall.

  14. National Standards for History, Revised Edition. (1996). Los Angeles, Calif.: National Center for History in the Schools.

  15. Norton, M. B., et al. (2011). A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Ninth Edition. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Publishing.

  16. Spodek, H. (2010). The World’s History, Fourth Edition. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall.

  17. Takaki, R. (1993). A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company.

  18. Texas Education Agency. (1997). Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

  19. Unger, I., and Tomes, R. R. (Eds.). (2010). American Issues: A Primary Source Reader in United States History, Fifth Edition. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

  20. Welton, D. A., and Mallan, J. T. (2004). Children and Their World: Strategies for Teaching Social Studies, Eighth Edition. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company.

  21. Wheeler, W. B., and Becker, S. D. (2011). Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence, Fourth Edition. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Online Resources

  1. Best of History Websites — http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/lesson-plans
  2. National Council for the Social Studies — http://www.ncss.org
  3. Texas State Historical Association — http://www.tshaonline.org