The Mapping of Texas History: Statehood
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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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1844 Presidential Election of Polk
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.
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Politcal Parties in Texas
Use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast the three political parties in Texas.
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Mexican-American War DBQ Nearpod
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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
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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.
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Immigrant Activity on Martín De Léon
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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.
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