Social Studies
Course: Texas History
Unit: Spanish Colonial/Mexican National
Guiding Questions &
TEKS
Specificity
Assessment
Designated Instructional Unit: Second Grading Period
Days to teach: 23
Vocabulary
Instructional Strategies
Resources
(1) History. The student understands traditional historical points of reference in Texas history
(2) History. The student understands how individuals, events, and issues through the Mexican National Era shaped the history of Texas.
(10) Geography. The student understands the effects of the interaction between humans and the environment in Texas during the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
(11) Geography. The student understands the characteristics, distribution and migration of population in Texas in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
(19) Culture. The student understands the concept of diversity within unity in Texas.
(1A) identify the major eras
Explain how Spain used Explain the
Mission system
ELPS 1A, 1B, 1F, 1G, 1H,
Harcourt Chapter 6
in Texas history, describe
the mission system to
defining
2D, 2E, 5D
Make your own
their defining characteristics,
extend their influence in
characteristics
timeline
and explain why historians
Texas.
of the Spanish
Assess the understanding of
divide the past into eras,
Explain the significance
Colonial era.
the mission system by creating
including Natural Texas and
of Texas:1718, 1821,
Why is the year
a cause and effect chart
its People; Age of Contact;
1519,
1718 important
Spanish Colonial;
US Dates:1776, 1620,
to Texas
ELPS 4J, 4K, 5A, 5E, 5F, 5G
(1B) apply absolute and
1607 (8.1C)
history?
Explain the sequencing of
relative chronology through
Explain the significance
events in the Spanish Colonial
the sequencing of significant
of 1718.
era using a timeline
individuals, events, and time
periods;
Second Grading Period
ELPS 2F, 3J, 4D, 4E, 4F
1(C) explain the significance Specificity
Use illustrations to show an
of the following dates: 1519,
understanding of the founding
mapping of the Texas coast
of San Antonio
and first mainland Spanish
settlement; 1718, founding of
San Antonio;
2(C) identify important
Explain the importance
Mission
ELPS 2A, 2G, 2H, 4A, 4B,
Harcourt Chapter 6
events and issues related to
of Corpus Christi de la
Presidio
4G, 5A, 5E
Google Drive: Spanish
What Spanish
European colonization of
Ysleta, San Francisco de settlement was
Ranchos
Colonial folder
Texas, including the
los Tejas, Spanish
Write a journal entry about
established as a Revolt
establishment of Catholic
establish San Antonio de half-way station
what life was like for Native
Life in a Spanish
missions, towns, and ranches, Valero, Fray Damian
Texans living in Spanish
Mission simulation
between the
and individuals such as Fray
Massanet, and Alonso de missions in
missions
Damián Massanet, José de
Leon.
Biography links:
East Texas and
Escandón, Antonio Margil de Explain how missions
Fray Damian
New Spain
Jesús, and Francisco Hidalgo; were established to
Massanet
(Mexico)?
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Social Studies
Course: Texas History
Unit: Spanish Colonial/Mexican National
Guiding Questions &
TEKS
Specificity
Assessment
Designated Instructional Unit: Second Grading Period
Days to teach: 23
Vocabulary
Instructional Strategies
convert the Native
Americans to
Catholicism.
(10A) identify ways in
which Texans have adapted
to and modified the
environment and analyze the
positive and negative
consequences of the
modifications
19(C) Identify examples of
Spanish influence and the
influence of other cultures on
Texas such as place names,
vocabulary, religion,
architecture, food and the
arts.
(1A) identify the major eras
in Texas history, describe
their defining characteristics,
and explain why historians
divide the past into eras,
including Natural Texas and
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Second Grading Period
Specificity
Explain how missions
established systems of
farming and ranching,
spread Spanish culture
and language, and
converted the Native
Americans, but did not
adequately populate
Texas.
Second Grading Period
Specificity
Identify the cultural
references in the names
of geographic locations
and various foods found
in Texas.
Explain the cultural
activities of the Spanish
and how they influenced
the establishment of
Texas.
Explain the
Constitutional
government of Mexico.
Describe the Mexican
National Era.
Explain the significance
Resources
Jose de Escandon
Antonio Margil de
Jesus
What were the
positive and
negative effects
of the mission
system?
Adapt
Modify
List some
vocabulary that
we use that has
Spanish roots.
Identify and
describe the
defining
characteristics
of the Mexican
National era.
Independence
ELPS: 2F, 3J, 4D, 4D, 4E, 4F
Use a Tchart to demonstrate
an understanding of the
positive and negative effects
of the mission system.
Harcourt Chapter 6
Google Drive: Spanish
Colonial folder
1E, 1C, 3B, 4C, 5B
Use list-sort-label to identify
words with Spanish roots.
Harcourt Chapter 6
Google Drive: Spanish
Colonial folder
ELPS: 1C, 2E, 3J, Student
created graphic organizers
comparing Federalism vs.
Centralism.
Harcourt Chapter 7-9
ELPS: 1A, 4D, 4F Students
TB Video: Mexico:
Google Drive:
Mexican National
Folder
Social Studies
Course: Texas History
Unit: Spanish Colonial/Mexican National
Guiding Questions &
TEKS
Specificity
its People; Age of Contact;
Spanish Colonial; Mexican
National;
1(B) apply absolute and
relative chronology through
the sequencing of significant
individuals, events, and time
periods
1(C) explain the significance
of the following dates: 1519,
mapping of the Texas coast
and first mainland Spanish
settlement; 1718, founding of
San Antonio; 1821,
independence from Spain;
2(D) identify the individuals,
issues, and events related to
Mexico becoming an
independent nation and its
impact on Texas, including
Texas involvement in the
fight for independence, José
Gutiérrez de Lara, the Battle
of Medina, the Mexican
federal Constitution of 1824,
the merger of Texas and
Coahuila as a state, the State
Colonization Law of 1825,
and slavery; 2(E) identify
the contributions of
significant individuals,
including Moses Austin,
Stephen F. Austin, Erasmo
Seguín, Martín De León, and
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of Mexican
Independence
Second Grading Period
Specificity
Explain the significance
of the Mexican
Revolution, Mexican
Federal Constitution of
1824, and the State
Colonization Law of
1825.
Explain the significance
of Moses Austin,
Stephen F. Austin,
Erasmo Seguin, Martin
De Leon, and Green
DeWitt.
Explain the settlement
and purpose of the
Spanish, Anglo, and
Mexicans.
Second Grading Period
Assessment
Designated Instructional Unit: Second Grading Period
Days to teach: 23
Vocabulary
Instructional Strategies
Create a
timeline
showing the
significant
events and
individuals of
the Mexican
National Era
Why is the year
1821
significant?
Explain how
the Constitution
of 1824
contributed to
the Texas
Revolution.
Identify reasons
why Mexico
wanted to
declare
independence
from Spain.
Compare and
contrast the
Anglo, Mexican
and Spanish
will add onto the previously
created timeline.
Resources
Independence to the
Alamo
ELPS: 1C Student will create
a t-shirt commemorating the
year 1821.
Cede
Republic
Diplomat
Filibusters
Federalism
Centralism
Siege
Financial panic
Depression
Cotton gins
Land titles
Militia
empresario
ELPS: 5A, 5C, 5F, Student
created written conversations
between an individual in favor
of Spanish rule and an
individual in favor of Mexican
Independence Class debate
over whether or not Mexico
should declare independence
from Spain Student created
graphic organizer comparing
and contrasting the Mexican
constitution of 1824 with the
US Constitution
ELPS: 3C, 3D, 3E, 3F, 3G,
3H, 3IStudent created
presentation on the
importance and impact of the
Harcourt Chapter 7-9
Google Drive:
Mexican National
Folder
Jose Gutierrez de Lara
bio
Battle of Medina
Constitution of 1824
State Colonization
Law of 1825
TB Video: Miguel
Hidalgo’s Call to
Arms
Social Studies
Course: Texas History
Unit: Spanish Colonial/Mexican National
Guiding Questions &
TEKS
Specificity
Green DeWitt, during the
Mexican settlement of Texas
(2F) contrast Spanish,
Mexican and Anglo purposes
for and methods of settlement
in Texas
7.11 (A) Analyze why
immigrant groups came to
Texas and where they settled.
7.11 (B) analyze how
immigration and migration to
Texas in the 19th, 20th, and
21st centuries have influenced
Texas
8.23(A) Explain the
contribution of the
Europeans, Spanish,
Southerners, and American
settlers.
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Specificity
Explain the push pull
factors of immigrant
groups in Texas.
Assessment
Designated Instructional Unit: Second Grading Period
Days to teach: 23
Vocabulary
Instructional Strategies
purposes and
methods of
settlement
Why did the
empresarios
choose to settle
in Texas?
Describe the
ways in which
the immigrants’
culture
influenced
Texas culture.
Plantations, Free
enterprise, Barter
Exports, Imports
Sawmills
Cultural activities
and celebrations
Cultural heritage
Spanish influence
Ayuntamiento
Vaqueros jacales
Resources
empresarios.
Letters to Austin
lesson
ELPS: 1H, 2D, 2E, 5DUse a
Venn diagram to compare and
contrast the purposes for
settlement.
Empresario Flyer
Write an essay that explains
the importance of Stephen F.
Austin’s contributions to the
settlement of Texas.
ELPS: 2A, 2G, 2H
Summarize the reasons why
empresarios came to Texas.
Settlements in Texas
Moses Austin bio:
Stephen F. Austin bio
Erasmo Seguin bio
Martin de Leon bio
Green De Witt bio
Harcourt Chapter 7-9
Google Drive:
Mexican National
Folder