In the last week and a half, The Portal to Texas History was honored to sponsor and have an exhibitor’s booth at the Texas Council for the Social Studies’ Annual Conference and the Texas General Land Office’s Save Texas History Symposium.
Jake Mangum was happy to a represent the Portal at the Texas Council for the Social Studies’ Annual Conference which took place from October 30th through November 2nd, in Frisco, Texas. The conference brought together K-12 social studies teachers from across the state. Jake was able to share information on the Portal’s Texas History for Teachers resources as well as possible ways in which teachers that don’t teach Texas history can use The Portal to Texas History’s 2.3 million+ items.

Jake was also excited to attend the Texas General Land Office’s Save Texas History Symposium in Austin, between November 7th and 8th. The symposium hosted 17 speaker who spoke on the theme Texas Takes Shape: Cartography and History in the Lone Star State.