Description

OVERVIEW

Students will be able to identify and summarize the primary characteristics of the era of Natural Texas and Its People. Students will also recognize the cause-and-effect relationship between the end of this era and the arrival of the Spanish. Students will predict what they might see in the next unit.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

  1. What are the key defining characteristics of the era of early Texas People?
  2. How might the arrival of new people from a different culture affect American Indians in Texas and the course of Texas history?

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Student Activities

Sources

Previews and links to sources referenced in this lesson.

  • The Coming of white man. 1914. Paintings and reproductions
  • Sioux Indian Council, Chiefs in Profound Deliberation
  • Portrait of Cabeza de Vaca.
    • Excerpt from De Vaca, Alvar Nuñez Cabeza. The Journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and his companions from Florida to the Pacific 1528 - 1536.

      Excerpt from De Vaca, Alvar Nuñez Cabeza. The Journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and his companions from Florida to the Pacific 1528 - 1536.

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