Showing posts with label 2nd Semester Working Table of Contents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2nd Semester Working Table of Contents. Show all posts

Friday, February 6, 2009

2nd Semester Working Table of Contents

TEXAS REVOLUTION (1835-1836)
  • What I Already Know about the Texas Revolution
  • Heroes: Short Essay
  • Inquiry Based on Sound Patterns in the PowerPoint of Battles of TxRev
  • Timeline of the Texas Revolution (w/o maps)
  • Timeline of the Texas Revolution (w/ two maps: 1835 & 1836)
  • Recognizing Bias - Travis: Two Opinions
  • Hello, General! - Instructions
  • Hello, General! - Finished Product
  • Plan of the Alamo, March 6, 1836
  • Three Movie Versions of the Battle of the Alamo
  • Review of the 2004 movie, The Alamo
  • Refighting the Alamo: Mythmaking and the Texas Revolution
  • Quiz: Refighting the Alamo. . . (chart)
  • Texas Independence Day Handout - Ben Sargent cartoon, TDT article
  • Map-Based Story: The Battle of San Jacinto
  • Discrepancies in Primary Sources: Houston vs. Santa Anna
  • Document Analysis: Houston vs. Santa Anna
  • Silent Debate: Whose version of the Battle of San Jacinto was more accurate: Houston's or Santa Anna's?

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS (1836-1845)

  • Maps: The Republic of Texas, 1836/Indian Battles in Texas, 1836-45
  • Chart: Problems of Any New Country/Problems Specific to the New Republic of Texas
  • Chart/Timeline: Presidents of the Republic of Texas
  • Chapter Summaries - Unit 4: The Republic of Texas
  • The Republic of Texas: Problems & Policies
  • Indian Policy During the Republic: Houston vs. Lamar
  • Annexation Packet: Map & Primary Sources (Houston, abolitionist, Mexican politician, etc.)
  • Map: Conflicts of the Republic, 1837-1842

EARLY STATEHOOD (1845-1861)

  • Ch. 14 Summary: The Young State (Early Statehood)
  • Dividing Texas into Five Equal States - Instructions
  • Dividing Texas into Five Equal States - Finished Product
  • Battles of the Mexican-American War
  • Causes of the Mexican War 1846-1848
  • James K. Polk - song lyrics
  • The War President - Austin American-Statesman article on Pres. James K. Polk
  • The African American Population in Texas, 1860

CIVIL WAR (1861-65)

  • Diagram of Causes of the Civil War
  • A Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union (Feb. 2, 1861 primary source document)
  • 10-Statement Analysis of "A Declaration of the Causes. . ."
  • 2 Maps: Settlers Move to Texas/Texas Counties Vote on Secession, 1861
  • Rereading, not rewriting (Op-Ed essay by Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson)
  • All men being equal just didn't work for Texas (Op-Ed essay by Bruce Hight)
  • The Black Box: A Play with a Mystery (play on causes of Civil War)
  • The Black Box - Classifying the Causes of the Civil War
  • Analysis of The Black Box
  • The Black Box: Do You Agree with These Statements?
  • Perry Stands By Secession Idea (Austin American-Statesman article)
  • Chapter 15 Summary: The Civil War 1861-65
  • 3-Maps: The Civil at 3 Key Points
  • Pop Quiz--Chapter 15 Summary: The Civil War

RECONSTRUCTION 1865-77 (Texas 1865-74)

  • A Brief Summary of Reconstruction 1865-1877
  • Chapter 16 Summary: Reconstruction in Texas
  • Reconstruction Role Play
  • Reconstruction Tiny Chat Role Play Discussion
  • White Violence in Reconstruction Texas
  • Student-Written Freedperson's Story

OVERVIEW OF U.S. HISTORY 1861-Present

  • Timeline of American History 1861-Present
  • Blank Practice Timeline 1861-Present
  • TestorQuiz: Timeline 1861-Present
  • Overview of the Time Periods of U.S. History from 1865 to the Present (packet)
  • Annotated Timeline 1861-Present - Info from Overview packet & Texas History textbook on your chosen time period
  • Your glog on your chosen time period (printout)

THE GILDED AGE 1865-1900

  • A Brief Summary of the Gilded Age 1865-1900
  • Unit 6 Summaries: The Gilded Age 1865-1900
  • Growth of Railroads in the Gilded Age

EARLY 20TH-CENTURY TEXAS 1900-1920

  • Unit 7 Chapter Summaries: Early 20th-Century Texas (Chapters 20-23)
  • Dipity-Done Timeline of Your Appointed Chapter (Ch 20, 21, 22, or 23)
  • Analysis of Other Students' Dipity Timelines
  • License Plate Analysis
  • License Plate Creation
THE MODERN ERA 1950-Present
  • Unit 8 Chapter Summaries: The Modern Era (Chapters 24-27)
  • Debate Prep: Which time period from 1865-Present was best for Texas?
  • Book Review