Unit 5: The Twentieth Century
Chapter 9 – The Turn of the Century
The Cattle Kingdom - Railroads and Industry – Oil – Texas in a Changing World – Texas in WWII
Chapter 10 – The Latter Twentieth Century
Texas Changes – Changes in Transportation – Struggle for Civil Rights – From Oil to Astronauts
Inside this Unit
Pre-Test
GT Differentiation Chart with activities and strategies for students
Extension Menu for students who test out
Literature Connections
Unit 5: The Twentieth Century - Pre-Test
Name: ____________________________________
Answer each question below including all the details you know.
1. What is a cattle drive?
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2. How would the railroad coming to Texas change the lives of its citizens?
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3. What is the difference between an oil derrick and an oil refinery?
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4. Describe what life would have been like during The Great Depression.
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5. What war happened to bring The Great Depression to an end, and how did it happen?
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6. What does it mean to be put on ration with food?
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7. Why did the war cause people to leave the farms and begin working in towns?
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8. Name some advances that were made in transportation during the 1900’s.
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9. Explain what segregation is and how the Civil Rights act of 1964 changed peoples lives.
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10. What is NASA and what were its goals when it was created?
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Unit 5: The Twentieth Century – GT Differentiation Chart
Lesson
Chapter 9 Lesson 1
The Cattle Kingdom
Chapter 9 Lesson 2
Railroads and Industry
Chapter 9 Lesson 3
Oil
Chapter 9 Lesson 4
Texas in a Changing
World
Chapter 9 Lesson 5
Texas in WWII
Chapter 10 Lesson 1
Texas Changes
Chapter 10 Lesson 2
Changes in
Transportation
Chapter 10 Lesson 3
Struggle for Civil Rights
Chapter 10 Lesson 4
From Oil to Astronauts
Auditory/Analytic
Visual / Global
Tactile Kinesthetic /
Global
Create 4 riddles to describe
the different jobs of a cattle
drive .
Create two different cow
brands. One should
represent yourself and the
other one your school.
In 1860 a longhorn cost only
6-10 dollars. Research how
much they cost today.
Write a journal entry about
a 4th grader seeing a train
for the first time.
Draw a before and after
picture to show the changes
in a town after they receive
a train stop.
Write a radio broadcast
about the opening of a
railroad in a new time. Be
sure to include interviews.
Write a letter as a man to
his family about the life in
the oil field of a Boomtown.
Graph the changes in oil
prices from the 1900’s to
now.
Research the oil spill of
2010 and its lasting effects.
Write a debate that may
have taken place about
women suffrage.
Create a display with
pictures from the Dust Bowl
with facts.
Connect facts from the
depression to the recession
of today.
Write a newspaper article
praising Texans and their
participation/contributions
to WWII
Make a graph to show how
much food families on
rations received.
Create a matching game
with military medals and
their names.
Create a press conference
that Texans may have
watched after the parade in
Dallas and the Kennedy
assassination.
Create a fact file of the
roads and highways the
Texas Department of
Transportation has created.
Research Presidents who
have been assassinated.
Write a song to honor the
life of President Kennedy.
Draw a time line with
pictures to show the
evolution of the
automobile.
Draw a panorama picture to
show how a car would be
assembled on an assembly
line.
Analyze and simplify the
language in Dr. King’s “I
Have a Dream” speech
where younger students
can understand it.
Create a trip itinerary to
visit the three key locations
that ensure the space
shuttle’s success.
Recreate the picture on
page 348 with captions to
show the conversation that
might be going on.
Take a survey of your class
about what might be
different if the Civil Rights
Act had not been passed.
Create a chart to show how
supply and demand effects
prices of products.
Research the current
decisions that have been
made about the new ways
NASA will continue their
work.
Unit 5: The Twentieth Century – Extension Menu
Chapter 9 Lesson 1
Create a display to show all
the equipment and clothing
needed on a cattle drive.
Use pictures and
descriptions.
Chapter 9 Lesson 4
The Kennedy family has
Create a map that shows the
been a part of America’s past
location of military bases that
and currently. Create a
are or ever have been in
family tree of the Kennedy
Texas along with pertinent
family and their
information
contributions to America.
Chapter 9 Lesson 2
Chapter 9 Lesson 5
Research all the parts of a
railroad and train. Build a
model with labels for each
part.
Research Texans who
contributed to WWII and
create a video documentary.
Chapter 9 Lesson 3
Get products that are made
by the use of oil. Create an
oral presentation for the
class.
Chapter 10 Lesson 1 & 2
Chapter 10 Lesson 3
Chapter 10 Lesson 4
Research the activities that
Research Americans of all
take place on a shuttle while
cultures and ages and
it is on a mission in space.
occupations who had a great
Create a daily schedule, food
impact on creating equality
menu, etc for the astronauts
for all citizens.
to follow.
Daily Log of Extension Work
Name: ___________________________________
Project: __________________________________
* Adapted from Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom by Susan Winebrenner ©2001. Free Spirit Publishing Company Inc. Minneapolis, MN 866/703-7322.*
Today’s
Date
What I accomplished today
What I plan to accomplish during
tomorrow’s work period.
Unit 5: The Twentieth Century – Literature Connections
Author
Title
Year ISBN
Summary
The text features stories about a family who lived
on a cotton farm in Texas during the Depression.
The book can introduce units on family history or
the collection of oral histories.
This book recounts the exploits of Lizzie Johnson
(1843-1924), one of Texas’s most successful cattle
dealers. She was one of the first women to ride the
Chisholm Trail to St.
Louis and diversified her assets, buying real estate
in Austin as well as cattle to sell to northern
markets.
A straightforward account of life on the road to a
new home in the days of wagon trains
Corwin, Shelley
TALES FROM THE
HOMEPLACE: ADVENTURES
OF A TEXAS FARM GIRL.
1997
0-8050-5075-2
Crawford, Anne
LIZZIE: QUEEN OF THE
CATTLE TRAILS
1990
0-87443-091-7
Erickson, Paul
DAILY LIFE IN A COVERED
WAGON
1994
0-471-14376-6
Lash, John D
COWBOY STORIES FROM
EAST TEXAS
1991
0-937460-66-4
This is a collection of stories gathered from
cowboys in East Texas.
Romero, Martza
HENRY CISNEROS: A MAN
OF THE PEOPLE
1997
0-8239-5082-4
Burandt, Harriet
TALES FROM THE HOME
PLACE: ADVENTURES OF A
TEXAS FARM GIRL
OSCEOLA: MEMORIES OF A
SHARECROPPER’S
DAUGHTER
SWITCHING WELL
1997
805-05075-2
2000
0-7868-2357-7
1993
0-689-50581-7
HOW MANY MILES TO
JACKSONVILLE?
1996
0-399-22615-X
Anderson,
Madelyn K
OIL SPILLS
1991
0-531-10872-4
Part of the Great Hispanics of Our Time Series,
this book chronicles the life and accomplishments
of Cisneros, including
his service as mayor of San Antonio and Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development under
President Clinton
Eight stories capture the life of Irene Hutto, the
author’s mother, growing up on a cotton farm in
Texas in the 1930s
This book recounts in oral history format the story
of Osceola Mays, born in East Texas in 1909 under
slavery’s oppressive legacy.
Two girls in San Antonio, Texas, Ada in 1891 and
Amber in 1991, switch places via a magic well and
try desperately to return to their own times.
The narrator describes the excitement of having the
train pull into the town of Jacksonville, Texas,
when he was a boy
The importance of oil and its history, use, and
production, share time with descriptions of the
causes and effects of oil spills.
Bredeson,
Carmen
THE SPINDLETOP GUSHER:
THE STORY OF
THE TEXAS OIL BOOM
1996
1-56294-916-
This book describes the events leading up to the
discovery of oil at Spindletop in 1901 and the
people involved in the process. Students can
compare this with MIKE’S OIL PATCH.
Hawthorne,
Dorothy
CHOCOLATE WILDCAT
1998
0-931722-65-9
Hawthorne describes the life of a wildcatter in the
oil fields of Texas
Rice, James
GASTON DRILLS AN
OFFSHORE OIL WELL
1982
0-88289-289-4
This is part of a series about the adventures of
Gaston the Green-Nosed Alligator.
Ward, Dorys
MIKE’S OIL PATCH
1993
0-89015-920-3
This book describes life in an oil field in Texas.
Students can compare it with Bredeson’s THE
SPINDLETOP GUSHER
Govenar, Alan
Griffin, Peni R
Johnston, Tony
Reading Response Sheet
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________________________
Title of Book: ___________________________________________________________________
Author’s Name: ___________________________________ Pages read today: ________________
My reactions/feelings to today’s reading: _________________________________________________________
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What’s really great about this book so far: ________________________________________________________
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How does the information in the book relate to the textbook or research you have done (check accuracy): ______
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New words from this book: ___________________________________________________________________
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Lasting thought: ____________________________________________________________________________
* Adapted from Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom by Susan Winebrenner ©2001. Free Spirit Publishing Company Inc. Minneapolis, MN 866/703-7322.*
Reading Response Sheet
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________________________
Title of Book: ___________________________________________________________________
Author’s Name: ___________________________________ Pages read today: ________________
My reactions/feelings to today’s reading: _________________________________________________________
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What’s really great about this book so far: ________________________________________________________
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How does the information in the book relate to the textbook or research you have done (check accuracy): ______
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New words from this book: ___________________________________________________________________
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Lasting thought: ____________________________________________________________________________
* Adapted from Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom by Susan Winebrenner ©2001. Free Spirit Publishing Company Inc. Minneapolis, MN 866/703-7322.*