This Teacher's Guide represents a significant change in the way this resource is offered and the type of content it contains. The following changes have been incorporated:

• It is offered online at no cost to the educator
• The answer key is not included in the online document, but is available for free by request
• The majority of the content can be used with any recent issue of the Texas Almanac, although in the Answer Key, statistical answers are taken from the current edition
• Lessons based on past issues of the Texas Almanac are available
• Additional lessons will be added as additional content is made available and new issues are published.

These instructional suggestions and activities were written by current or former classroom teachers and represent a wealth of ideas for making use of the information provided by the Texas Almanac. There are a number of exciting projects related to the Texas Almanac that are worthy of noting, including: additional content available on www.TexasAlmanac.com, the availability of the current issue electronically in the TexShare database through your school library, and the upcoming online availability of all back issues of the Texas Almanac dating to 1857. We strongly encourage purchase of hard copies of the Texas Almanac as they can be more flexible when technology is unavailable. Furthermore, we realize that the paper versions are available through a variety of outlets, but encourage you to purchase them through the Texas State Historical Association as such purchases provide maximum benefit to the organization.