Unit 7: Statehood
Texas Part 2 8 min, Elbow Room (LA Purchase, Manifests Destiny)
Overview: This unit illustrates Texas becoming the 28th state to join the United States.
Republic Project
Please follow the instructions below to create a Google Slides presentation
Each star below represents a different slide that you must create.
Each slide must have a minimum of three complete sentences describing
the person/event, date, picture, and title for the slide
* President Houston
*President Lamar
*Texas Rangers
*Council House Fight
*Should Texas join the United States (One page for Yes! One page for No!)
*Manifest Destiny
*Definitions: Tariff, Annexation, Debt, Frontier
Minimum of 8 slides.
You will have the next four days to create this, so you must work hard!!!
This is a privilege so make sure you do your best!!
Manifest Destiny
Westward Expansion Project
All groups must create the following:
Newspaper Article (20 point): Must include a minimum of 8 sentences, Title, Date, Picture and Caption
Poster (20 points): Can be persuasive or political cartoon (examples are below), illustration, bold words or sentences. Describe what is in your pictures: Use captions, headings or other creative ways to get your reader’s attention
Brochure or Pamphlet (20 points): Must be an advertisement for one of the topics, must use academic vocabulary, must have a minimum of 8 sentences, 2 photographs/illustrations, map
Cartoon (20 points): Must create a cartoon with a minimum of 8 boxes. Each box must include an illustration and dialogue. The cartoon must explain one of the topics below using a minimum of three facts (ex. people, dates, events)
Map (20 points): Must show the the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Louisiana Purchase, the Treaty of Paris, label slave states/free states (~1850), label the Mississippi River, the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Appalachian Mountains, Galveston, San Francisco, New York City, Washington DC
Please choose four of the topics to create your projects: Mexican American War, Homestead Act, President Polk, Sutter's Mill, Manifest Destiny, California Gold Rush, Lewis and Clark, the Oregon Trail, the Louisiana Purchase, or the Treaty of Paris (specifically the new boundaries of America)
All groups must create the following:
Newspaper Article (20 point): Must include a minimum of 8 sentences, Title, Date, Picture and Caption
Poster (20 points): Can be persuasive or political cartoon (examples are below), illustration, bold words or sentences. Describe what is in your pictures: Use captions, headings or other creative ways to get your reader’s attention
Brochure or Pamphlet (20 points): Must be an advertisement for one of the topics, must use academic vocabulary, must have a minimum of 8 sentences, 2 photographs/illustrations, map
Cartoon (20 points): Must create a cartoon with a minimum of 8 boxes. Each box must include an illustration and dialogue. The cartoon must explain one of the topics below using a minimum of three facts (ex. people, dates, events)
Map (20 points): Must show the the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Louisiana Purchase, the Treaty of Paris, label slave states/free states (~1850), label the Mississippi River, the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Appalachian Mountains, Galveston, San Francisco, New York City, Washington DC
Please choose four of the topics to create your projects: Mexican American War, Homestead Act, President Polk, Sutter's Mill, Manifest Destiny, California Gold Rush, Lewis and Clark, the Oregon Trail, the Louisiana Purchase, or the Treaty of Paris (specifically the new boundaries of America)
Individual Project: Students must choose three of the topics from above and create a 6-10 sentence summary for each including specific dates, important people, and what took place. Students are also responsible for the map portion of the project.