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Westward Expansion Lesson: Texas Independence, Grades 5-8

Grades 5-8 · Lesson

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Who lived in Mexican Texas, what did each group want, and why did Texas break away? This 40-minute Texas Revolution lesson teaches Texas independence from several points of view, with an 18-slide deck, a one-page reading and a two-page worksheet.

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18 slides, with speaker notes on all 18
Lesson plan, 2 pages
Student reading, "Mexican Texas and the Texas Revolution," 1 page
Student worksheet, 2 pages
Teacher answer key, 1 page
Print-all PDF, 6 pages: the day's printable pages together

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Westward Expansion Lesson: Texas Independence, Grades 5-8

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