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Texas History: Early Settlements and Early Settlers

Texas History: Early Settlements and Early Settlers. Laura Ewing President/CEO Texas Council on Economic Education www.economicstexas.org www.smartertexas.org Laura@economicstexas.org 713-655-1650. GTT. Visit www.economicstexas.org Click on “resources” for free Texas economics books.

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Texas History: Early Settlements and Early Settlers

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  1. Texas History:Early Settlements and Early Settlers Laura Ewing President/CEO Texas Council on Economic Education www.economicstexas.org www.smartertexas.org Laura@economicstexas.org 713-655-1650

  2. GTT Visit www.economicstexas.org Click on “resources” for free Texas economics books

  3. TCEE Teaches teachers who teach students who are the future of Texas Provides interesting hands-on lessons that develop critical thinking skills for students in Economics, Social Studies, Math, and Career/Technical Education classes.

  4. This workshop and the accompanying materials are made available to teachers through the generous support of  State Farm and the Council for Economic Education.

  5. Economics Challenge • Fall and Spring Online Testing In Micro, Macro and International Economics • Adam Smith Division 2nd place national champs Bellaire HS 2010/3rd 2012 • David Ricardo Division 3rd place national champs Plano HS 2010/4th place 2012 • State competition all online this year

  6. Personal Financial Literacy Challenge • Middle and High School • Fall and spring online challenges will determine state finalist candidates • “State Play-Offs” in Austin with cash awards for two top teams • HS national finals at Fed in St. Louis • Bellaire HS Houston 2nd in nation 2012

  7. Stock Market Game ™InvestWrite Teams of 2 to 5 students Grades 4 to 12 Cost: $10 a team 10 week Student Session

  8. www/economicstexas/org How Do You Get These Materials? www.economicstexas.org

  9. Select either Browse Economics Concepts Or Browse Economics Lessons Select Grade Band

  10. Selected lesson

  11. Where Would You Settle? You are early Anglos/German citizens who have come from afar. Think: Look at the map and decide where you would travel. Why? Where would you settle and why? Pair: Share answers in groups of 2 or 3 Share: Share three answers with the class.

  12. Germany and Texas Topo Maps

  13. What Role Does Geography Play In… 1. how Texans make a living 2. where people settle

  14. Vocabulary How would you write a sentence using all of the terms below for the early Texas colonists? Wants and needs, limited resources, scarcity, empresario, entrepreneur

  15. Anglo-American Colonization: Economic Patterns Where do you live? Why do you live here? Why do you think citizens of the U. S. would move to Texas?

  16. Land LandLand 1. Read page 44 2. What is the difference between these three land grants? 3 Why do you think the land grants were set up this way?

  17. Early German Immigration to Texas In looking at the topographic map of Germany, what do you see? How do you think people made a living based on the structure? In looking at the topo map of Texas, what areas are similar to Germany? Where do you predict people will move?

  18. Germany and Texas Topo Maps

  19. Placemat Read your selection from page 33 and/or 34. What are the main points of the reading? Illustrate your key points on the placemat. Share your answers. Using the center section, draw the common answers that the Germans shared.

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