Resources for Teachers
The museum offers free resources, lesson plans, and activity sheets for teachers to bring the rich history of the Texas Rangers into your classroom.
Standard Lesson Plans
45 Minute Lesson Plans
4th - 7th Grade
7th Grade
10-Minute Lesson Plans
Designed to cover Social Studies Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in a short 10 to 15 minute lesson plan. Many of these lesson plans are cross-curricular.
Kindergarten
4th Grade
5th Grade
Journal Prompts
Writing or journaling is always a great activity to exercise your mind! Journal-writing prompts encourage reflection of one’s likes/dislikes and memories, promote habits for daily journaling, inspire creativity with storytelling, and develop problem-solving skills in looking for answers to mysteries.
These prompts use photographs and fine art in our collection. You can download the FREE worksheets and print them or just look at them virtually.
Fine Art Collection
- A Little Shade(PDF, 683KB)
- Captain John Hughes(PDF, 542KB)
- Closing In(PDF, 623KB)
- Crossing the Brazos(PDF, 446KB)
- Early Morning of the Brazos(PDF, 532KB)
- Eight Horses(PDF, 479KB)
- Hill Country(PDF, 434KB)
- Homer Garrison(PDF, 653KB)
- Horse Thieves(PDF, 452KB)
- Old Timer(PDF, 460KB)
- Texas Horses(PDF, 594KB)
- Texas Ranger Scene(PDF, 439KB)
- Timid Browsers(PDF, 455KB)
- Yonder's Fort Fisher and a Here's a Recruit(PDF, 665KB)
Photographic Collection
- 1922 Katy Railroad Yard(PDF, 131KB)
- 1930s Chemical Section Laboratory(PDF, 740KB)
- 1951 Texas Ranger "mascot"(PDF, 653KB)
- 1956 Texas Rangers(PDF, 594KB)
- 1970s Equipment(PDF, 506KB)
- Assistant Director Homer Garrison Jr.(PDF, 610KB)
- Bureau of ID and Records(PDF, 255KB)
- Camp Mabry(PDF, 368KB)
- Captain Crowder and a "mobile phone"(PDF, 762KB)
- Captain Hamm with Horse Trailer(PDF, 207KB)
- Captain Klevenhagen and raid on illegal gambling(PDF, 614KB)
- Captain Robert's Ranger Camp(PDF, 1MB)
- Captain Rogers Family Portrait(PDF, 661KB)
- Gonzuallas Wax Figure(PDF, 742KB)
- Helicopter and Horse(PDF, 681KB)
- John R. Hughes and Ira Aten(PDF, 617KB)
- Milk Bottle Conversation(PDF, 561KB)
- Photographing a Rattlesnake(PDF, 1MB)
- Portable Headquarters Bus(PDF, 312KB)
- Ranger Brooks Enjoys a Picnic(PDF, 85KB)
- Ranger M. W. "Wiley" Williamson(PDF, 633KB)
- Ranger Waldrip and a Breathalyzer(PDF, 657KB)
- Rangers Enjoying a Holiday Meal(PDF, 589KB)
- Red Burton in a Parade(PDF, 200KB)
- Tales of the Texas Ranger(PDF, 209KB)
- Texas Ranger Scout Plane(PDF, 557KB)
Activity Sheets
In-Museum Activities
Word Puzzles
Coloring Pages
Other Activities