Social Studies Stations, January 22 - 25

Tuesday, January 22nd

1. Record the following information (what is written in red) in your Social Studies Journal.
2. Make sure you date the top of your page and write the title of your information.
3. Use your Social Studies book to read Chapter 5, Lesson 4 on The Republic of Texas on page 1206 - 208 or log onto Pearson and have it read to you.

Republic of Texas

• Texans won the Revolution at the Battle of San Jacinto
• Texas became the Republic of Texas
• Established a constitution and 3 branches of government
• Sam Houston was the 1st and 3rd president of the Republic of Texas
• Mirabeau Lamar was the 2nd president of the Republic of Texas

Challenges of the Republic

• Debt created by the war
• Native Americans wanted to claim the land for themselves
• Mexico
• Border
• Denial of treaty

Wednesday, January 23rd

1. Record the following information (what is written in green) in your Social Studies Journal.
2. Make sure you date the top of your page and write the title of your information.
3. Use your Social Studies book to read Chapter 5, Lesson 4 on Presidents of the Republic of Texas on page 208 or log onto Pearson and have it read to you.

Presidents of the Republic of Texas

• Sam Houston (1st and 3rd)
• Money/Debt: got rid of the army and reinstated the Texas Rangers
• For Annexation
• Safety: wanted to work with the Native Americans
• Mirabeau Lamar (2nd)
• Debt: increases through spending on conflicts with Mexicans and Native Americans
• Against Annexation
• Father of Texas Education
• Anson Jones (4th)
• Last President of the Republic of Texas
• "The Republic of Texas is no more"

Thursday, January 24th

1. Record the following information (what is written in blue) in your Social Studies Journal.
2. Make sure you date the top of your page and write the title of your information.
3. Use your Social Studies book to read Chapter 6, Lesson 1 on The Rise of the Lone Star State on page 218-219 or log onto Pearson and have it read to you.
4. Watch the BrainPop Video.
     Username: fordbp
     Password: brainpop

Annexation of Texas

• PROS
• Money from US could help pay debt
• Protection from Native American Tribes and Mexican invasions
• Many Texans wanted to be part of the US
• CONS
• Some Texans wanted to remain an independent republic
• If independent, Texas could grow as big as the US
• Texans could keep slavery and their way of life

Texas Revolution Video
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/texasrevolution/
Texas Revolution Game
https://www.brainpop.com/games/timezonextexasrevolution/

Take a virtual tour of the Alamo!
http://www.thealamo.org/visit/grounds/virtual-tour/alamo-vtour/index.html

See the Texas Revolution Timeline
http://www.thealamo.org/educators/workshops/timeline/index.html

See the Alamo then and now!
http://www.thealamo.org/remember/savethealamo/digitalbattlefield/index.html

Alamo Video (username: broadway18  password: stars18)
https://conroeisd.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/27fda02b-1361-461c-be01-976c989fc228


Watch a Video about Davy Crockett (username: broadway18  password: stars18)
https://conroeisd.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/f58b2ed1-afea-420e-8ed4-b44d5378848c

Watch a video about the Texas Revolution (username: broadway18  password: stars18)
https://conroeisd.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/fa93802d-b7fa-48d7-ba8d-a5767c3d510c