A packet of teaching activities helps elementary and secondary teachers commemorate the sesquicentennial of Texas' independence. Activities include listening to stories about the mockingbird, bluebonnet, and pecan tree, drawing interpretations of these stories, and using a graphics tablet, light pen, or graphics software to illustrate a Texas folk tale. The curriculum areas include prekindergarten and kindergarten; art; bilingual and migrant education; English language arts; health education; industrial arts education; marketing education; mathematics; music; occupational orientation; physical education; safety and driver education; science; second languages; social studies; theater arts; trade and industrial education; vocational agriculture; vocational home economics education; vocational office education; and computer applications. (BZ)