Texas History 1:1
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The Lone Star State

The Mapping of Texas History:  Statehood

Students will map Texas annexation, along with all other territorial acquisitions of the United States. More specifically, students will map the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers visualizing the two borders perceived by the United States and Mexico. Also included on this map are markers for the different immigrant groups that came to Texas.
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Concept Definitions

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Chapter 15 and 16 is rich in terms that warrant the use of Concept Definition Maps. Use Popplet to create these graphic oganizers over terms like Mexican Cession, Compromise of 1850, etc.
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1844 Presidential Election of Polk

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Students can create a ThingLink using Polk's campaign banner to show their understanding of how acquiring Texas would help further support of Manifest Destiny. They can add text evidence from the reading to support their work.

Politcal Parties in Texas

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Use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast the three political parties in Texas.


Mexican-American  War DBQ Nearpod

Students can practice analyzing documents with this Nearpod. They'll use drawing tools to annotate on 4 documents showing their analysis of them and then answer questions on their handout. Assign it as homework in Google Classroom so students can complete it at their own pace.
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War & Expansion PlayPosit 

Playposit is a website that allows you to take virtually any video and embed checks for understanding within the video. Students are required to answer the questions in order to move forward in the video. Since YouTube is blocked for students on campus, any Playposit video made with a YouTube video will have to be played from a teacher device.

Immigrant Activity on Martín De Léon

In your teacher edition, look in the margin of page 391 to see a technology activity that get students to explore the history of one of Texas' immigrants, Martin De Léon. Use these resources.
  • Family Tree Template
  • Additional Background Information
  • Audio Clip of Family History
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  • Home
  • Resources
    • Mapping Project
    • Our Beliefs
    • About Me
  • 1st 6 Weeks
    • Primary/Secondary Sources
    • Texas Regions
    • Early People of Texas
    • Celebrate Freedom Week
    • Vocabulary Check
    • Chapter 7 Assessment
    • Teacher Braglet
  • 2nd 6 Weeks
    • Spanish Colonial Texas
    • Spanish Texas
    • Anglo American Colonization
    • The Road to Revolution
    • Vocabulary Check
    • Chapter 8 Assessment
    • Chapter 9 Assessment
    • Teacher Braglet
  • 3rd 6 Weeks
    • Texas Revolution
    • Chapter 10 Assessment
    • The Alamo & Goliad
    • Chapter 11 Assessment
    • Texas Wins Independence
    • Chapter 12 Assessment
    • Vocabulary Check
    • Semester Review
    • Teacher Resources
  • 4th 6 Weeks
    • The Republic of Texas
    • Life in the New Republic
    • The Lone Star State
    • The Civil War
    • Reconstruction
    • Vocabulary Check
    • Teacher Resources
  • 5th 6 Weeks
    • Conflict on the Frontier
    • Cattle & Cotton
    • Challenges & Progress
    • Oil & A New Century
    • World War I & the 1920s
    • The Great Depression
    • Vocabulary Check
  • 6th 6 Weeks
    • World War II
    • Civil Rights & Equal Rights
    • Modern Texas
    • Arts & Culture of Texas
    • Texas Government