Daily Lesson Plan-Day 4 Subject/Grade: 7th TX History Date: Day Four TEKS: TAKS: Topic: Empresarios/Anglos Settlements Guiding Question: Why did Anglo colonists want to come to Texas and how did they change Texas? 7.1 (B) Apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods. 7.1 (C) Explain the significance of the following dates: 1519, 1718, and 1821 7.2 (C) Identify the contributions of significant individuals including Moses Austin and Stephen F. Austin during the colonization of Texas 7.2 (F) contrast Spanish and Anglo purposes for and methods of settlement in Texas 7.9 (B) Compare places and regions of Texas in terms of physical and human characteristics. 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 century have influenced Texas 7.21 (B) Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, comparing, contrasting, and summarizing. 7.22 (A) Use social studies terminology correctly. 7.22 (B) Use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation. Obj. 1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of issues and events in U.S. history. (8.1) History: The student understands traditional historical points of reference in U.S. history through 1877. (8.2) History: The student understands the cause of exploration and colonization eras. Obj. 2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of geographic influences on historical issues and events. (8.6) History: The student understands westward expansion and its effects on the political, economic, and social development of the nation. Obj. 3 The student will demonstrate an understanding of economic and social influences on historical issues and events. (8.24) Culture: The student understands the relationships between and among people from various groups, including racial, ethnic, and religious groups, during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Obj. 5 The student will use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies information. (8.30) Social Studies skills: The student applies critical- 1 Daily Lesson Plan-Day 4 Materials/ Resources Needed: Vocabulary: Warm Up Activity: Approximate time needed: (10-15 min.) Step by Step Procedure: Approximate time: thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources including electronic technology. Texas and Texans textbook, settlement chart, electronic websites such as The Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online), other reference materials, butcher paper, markers, map pencils, ruler, poster board or printer paper, scissors stockade, Tejano, mestizos, vara, acre, league, survey, empresario, decree, exempt Warm-Up #4- have students complete without notes individually then grade and/or go over as a class. [15 min.] 1. United Streaming: “Lone Star Legacy: Stephen F. Austin” clip [2 min.] 2. Complete the graphic organizer on the four different colonization laws [30 min.] 3. Complete the activity “You are the Empresario” OR “Settling Texas.” [1 1/2 hours] Shorter version – Use “Traveling by Flatboat” and “Problems in the Colony – What Would you Do?” [45 min.] 4. OPTION: Complete the class Activity “Life in Austin’s Colony” and follow up with the “Varas And Acres Product” [2 hours] Activity / Product or Worksheet Title Type of Instruction (individual, group, etc.) Assessment Type ( ex. Product, Grade, Summary) Warm-Up #4 Individual/ whole class Grade or go over Graphic organizer whole class/individual/ pairs grade on completion Settling Texas/You are the Empresario individual/small group or pairs product grade and participation OPTION: Life in Austin’s colony whole class/individual/pairs completion or participation grade OPTION: Varas and Acres product individual product grade 2 Daily Lesson Plan-Day 4 3