Description
Looking to build engagement during your Cotton, Cattle and Railroads unit? Use a reading challenge full of puzzles, primary source text, and images. Students read about a topic, then solve a puzzle. The puzzle reveals an icon to glue onto a map of Texas. Students then write a summary about the topic. When students have finished all of the reading challenges, they will have a complete annotated map to turn into you!
When you purchase this reading challenge, you will receive:
-directions for the lesson
-reading challenge stations with background readings and puzzles. The topics include: Buffalo Soldiers, the Cattle Industry, Cattle Trails, Cattle Ranches, the Cotton Industry, Railroads, and the Indian Wars.
-an answer key
Texas History TEKS
(1) History. The student understands traditional historical points of reference in Texas history through absolute and relative chronology . The student is expected to:
(A) identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain the purpose of dividing why historians divide the past into eras, including …Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads;
(6) History. The student understands how individuals, events, and issues shaped the history of Texas from Reconstruction through the beginning of the 20th century. The student is expected to:
(A) identify significant individuals, events, and issues including the factors leading to the expansion of the Texas frontier, the effects of westward expansion on American Indians, the buffalo soldiers, and Quanah Parker
(D) explain the political, economic, and social impact of the agricultural industry and the development of West Texas resulting from the close of the frontier.
(7) History. The student understands how individuals, events, and issues shaped the history of Texas during the late 19th, 20th, and early 21st centuries. The student is expected to:
(B) define and trace the impact of “boom-and-bust” cycles of leading Texas industries throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries such as … cotton, …
(8)Geography. The student understands the location and characteristics of places and regions of Texas. The student is expected to:
(C) analyze the effects of physical and human factors such as climate, weather, landforms, irrigation, transportation, and communication on major events in Texas.
(9) Geography. The student understands the effects of the interaction between humans and the environment in Texas. The student is expected to:
(A) identify ways in which Texans have adapted to and modified the environment and explain analyze the positive and negative consequences of the modifications;
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