Crossroads of Culture is a themed newsletter for 4th through 8th grade teachers. Each issue is based upon a particular permanent or special exhibit or event and directly tied to the TEKS for Social Studies. Crossroads offers background material for teachers, a lesson plan using primary resources (such as photographs, oral history interviews, episodes from our radio program LIFETIMES: The Texas Experience, and scanned primary documents), ready-to-print student pages, bibliographies, webliographies, and other resources. Produced by UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures. Each themed issue of Crossroads of Culture (together with its Web page links and printable resources) contains primary and secondary humanities source materials, teacher resources, and lesson plans with student worksheets and activities related to the TEKS for Social Studies.
Games We Play: The Pre-modern Asian roots of America's favorite games		The game board and pieces may look very modern and all-American, but chutes and ladders and many other such games originated in pre-modern Asia.
Immigration and Citizenship		“The American Dream: Then and Now” by U.S. Magistrate Judge John Primomo
Celebrating Children Just Like Me		“What is universal about the experience of childhood, and what varies by culture?”
Black History in Texas		"In every era of recorded history, African and African American Texans have contributed to life in Texas in creative and productive ways."
Celebrating Our New Creation and Cosmos Exhibit Area: How Do Ancient People Speak for Themselves?		"Archaeologists attempt to recover the lives of ancient people from the bits and pieces they left behind-a broken plate discarded in a midden or an ancestor reverently placed in a shallow grave." Shirley Mock, Ph.D.
Celebrating our New Czech-Texans Exhibit: Texans and Czechs		They were pushed from home by a repressive government and desperate economic conditions and pulled to Texas by tales of economic opportunity and the promise of religious and political freedom.
South Texas Images and Imagery, 1880-1910		In this issue we consider two valuable "informants" on the topic of South Texas during this time period: O. Henry, who lived in Texas 1882-1898 and set many of his short stories here, and photographer I.N. Hall, who worked in the brush country region between 1886 and 1910.
Ghost Legends and Cucuis		“Taking a close look at ghost stories in the clear light of day is a good way of thinking about such critical human experiences as belief, creativity, judgment, and communication.”—Dr. John L. Davis
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