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Houston Arts and Media is dedicated to creating innovative ways of teaching children and adults about history, science, literature and the world. The Ham Slice of History is one of many tools we have created to make learning a little local history easy and entertaining.
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Houstons original design for a Civic Center included an array of buildings done in a Spanish Renaissance style.
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Rusk Elementary was the Houston School District's showplace of modern education in 1911.
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In Texas, off-shore oil drilling got started in eastern Harris county where Goose Creek empties into Galveston Bay. In 1916 a genuine Texas Gusher ...
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In 1950 William and Oveta Hobby bought KLEE - the first television station in Houston. KLEE was renamed KPRC and Houstonians tuned in to channel 2...
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In 1968 Houston's black high schools were allowed to compete against white schools in UIL competitions for the first time. Wheatley High School bec...
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toycannon24
(1 year ago)
I love this series! More please
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WildcatterProd
(1 year ago)
This is a great way to teach Houston History! Thanks for your interest in my home town.
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hianxiety
(1 year ago)
Why hasn't the City of Houston promoted this more? This is the perfect way to learn Hoston History! I am glad I found Houston Arts and Media! I will look forward to seeing more of your "HAM Slices of History." You guys should do a TV show.
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valinapolka
(1 year ago)
I love it!! Thanks for all your hard work!
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mythgene
(1 year ago)
That's great! Which school district is it?
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mfhouston
(1 year ago)
There is a school district in Houston that is revamping the social studies curriculum so that one full year is dedicated to studying Houston. I will let them know that information on Houston is available here.
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