Galveston can claim many Texas as first structure with electricity, the first “firsts,” such telephone, and the first baseball game in the state. SESSION XI Salon A Studying African American Landmarks in Houston: 9:00-10:15 Emancipation Park and Olivewood and College Park Cemeteries Yvonne Davis Frear, San Jacinto College-Central, Presiding Listening to Voices of and College Park Cemeteries Those Gone By: Houston’s Oakwood Tomiko Meeks, Texas Southern University Freedom Has Come and So Did Re-purposing: A History of Emancipation Park Third Ward’s Shawna Williams, Texas Southern University Comments by Yvonne Davis Frear SESSION XII Salon B What They Were Teaching Our Children: 9:00-10:15 Teacher Knowledge and Certification Tests Lynn M. Burlbaw, Texas A&M University, Presiding Know Your Texas History Rachel Turner, Texas A&M University Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry: Expectations for Knowledge Teachers’ Content In the Early 20th Century Katherine Vela, Texas A&M University
Galveston can claim many Texas “firsts,” such as first structure with electricity, the first telephone, and the first baseball game in the state. SESSION XI Salon A Studying African American Landmarks in Houston: 9:00-10:15 Emancipation Park and Olivewood and College Park Cemeteries Yvonne Davis Frear, San Jacinto College-Central, Presiding Listening to Voices of Those Gone By: Houston’s Oakwood and College Park Cemeteries Tomiko Meeks, Texas Southern University Freedom Has Come and So Did Re-purposing: A History of Third Ward’s Emancipation Park Shawna Williams, Texas Southern University Comments by Yvonne Davis Frear SESSION XII Salon B What They Were Teaching Our Children: 9:00-10:15 Teacher Knowledge and Certification Tests Lynn M. Burlbaw, Texas A&M University, Presiding Know Your Texas History Rachel Turner, Texas A&M University Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry: Expectations for Teachers’ Content Knowledge In the Early 20th Century Katherine Vela, Texas A&M University