Week of:9.8

PLC: Texas History

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
TEK / No School / 7.1A identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain why historians divide the past into eras, includingNatural Texas and its People; Age of Contact; Spanish Colonial; Mexican National; Revolution and Republic; Early Statehood; Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction; Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads; Age of Oil; Texas in the Great Depression and World War II; Civil Rights and Conservatism; and Contemporary Texas / 7.2A compare the cultures of American Indians in Texas prior to European colonization such as Gulf, Plains, Puebloan, and Southeastern / 7.2A compare the cultures of American Indians in Texas prior to European colonization such as Gulf, Plains, Puebloan, and Southeastern / 7.2A compare the cultures of American Indians in Texas prior to European colonization such as Gulf, Plains, Puebloan, and Southeastern
Objective / Students will be identify the major elements of the different eras of Texas history. / Students will explore and identify the various elements of American Indian culture. / Students will identify how the geography of a region impacted American Indian tribes. / Students will identify how the geography of a region impacted American Indian tribes.
Learning
Target / I can identify the important features of the various eras of Texas history. / I can identify the different elements of American Indian culture. / I can explain how the geography of a region affected the American Indians that lived in it. / I can explain how the geography of a region affected the American Indians that lived in it.
Activities and Homework / Bell Ringer
Unit Vocabulary
Introduction Notes
Eras of Texas Mix and Match Activity / Brainstorm the concept of culture, and its different elements.
American Indian Gallery Walk / GL: American Indian DBQ
Pre-AP: Where in Texas Gallery Walk, American Indian Menu Activity / GL: The class will review the information on the DBQ.
Pre-AP: Students will complete their project and turn it in.
Closing / Students will create a cave painting that explains why the nomadic people migrated to the Americas. / Students will write a paragraph comparing two American Indian tribes, and explaining how the geography of the region affected them. / Exit Ticket: On any index card students will write an interesting fact that they learned during the lesson or a questions they still have. / Exit Ticket: Students will pick one American Indian tribe and explain how their culture might have been affected if they lived in a different region of Texas