Description

Engage your students as you explore the causes of the Civil War on Texas with readings and Doodle Notes. Students will begin this lesson by analyzing images of events leading to the Civil War. They will then read about the causes of the Civil War and events leading to the Civil War. To support the reading, students will be asked to highlight key information and summarize the content in their Doodle Notes. Your students will complete the activity by analyzing the Texas Ordinance of Secession.

When you purchase this activity, you will receive:
-directions for the activity
-a preview activity with images to analyze
-a 6 pages of informational text on the causes of the Civil War and events leading to the Civil War.
–Comprehension questions embedded into the readings
-2 page Doodle Notes graphic organizer
–Texas Ordinance of Secession primary source analysis

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2019 TEKS for 7th Grade Texas History

(5) History. The student understands how events and issues shaped the history of Texas during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The student is expected to:
(A) explain the central role the expansion of slavery played in the involvement of Texas in the Civil
(B) identify significant events concerning Texas and the Civil War such as the Battle of Galveston, the Battle of Sabine Pass, and the Battle of Palmito Ranch; and
(C) explain the political, economic, and social effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas