https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1 Unit plan provided by PBS @ http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/educators/md1_power.html en-us 2017-03-25 09:32:09 UTC 2017-03-25 16:10:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png tyler_kinner https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550081 Teacher explains the concept of "Manifest Destiny"]]> 2017-03-25 09:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550081 tyler_kinner https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550136 Videos about the movement of people westward and southward in the US
Viewing worksheet]]> 2017-03-25 09:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550136 tyler_kinner https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550186 Classwide comparing and contrasting the role of the European Americans, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans as portrayed in the videos]]> 2017-03-25 09:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550186 tyler_kinner https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550307 Classwide discussion about how the US arrived at westward expansion through the previous centuries - was it militarily focused, economically focused, or otherwise?]]> 2017-03-25 09:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550307 tyler_kinner https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550366 Teacher will play video about the economic "conquest" of the Mexican population in the Southwestern US
Teacher will lead a class wide discussion about the duality of economic and military conquest in the US expanding further into NM and CA]]> 2017-03-25 09:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550366 tyler_kinner https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550545 Students will brainstorm potential products that were available during this period and whether or not they would be attractive to Mexican consumers. Students will answer the question, "why does their purchasing of American produced goods" matter in line with the concept of Manifest Destiny?]]> 2017-03-25 09:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550545 tyler_kinner https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550697 Begin "Two Views on Texas" worksheet comparing the American view of Texas as a sovereign nation with the Mexican view of Texas as a territory]]> 2017-03-25 09:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550697 tyler_kinner https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550750 Teacher will play videos about the opposing views on Texas and how the annexation of Texas was viewed as an American act of aggression against the Mexican government]]> 2017-03-25 09:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550750 tyler_kinner https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550854 Finish "Two Views on Texas" worksheet]]> 2017-03-25 09:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162550854 https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162569614 Have students read a story of the frontier and journal their observations with guiding questions. Student observations and explanations will lead up to the concept of manifest destiny.]]> 2017-03-25 16:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162569614 https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162569738 "What have you heard about Mexico recently?"]]> 2017-03-25 16:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162569738 https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162569771 Students will act out manifest destiny by moving westward and southward in the classroom, claiming and seizing what they will. ]]> 2017-03-25 16:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162569771 https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162569854 Reflect and discuss on the experience of being pushed out from other parts of the classroom. ]]> 2017-03-25 16:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162569854 https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162569871 Students will select sides in the Mexican American War and debate the pros and cons of each side. ]]> 2017-03-25 16:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162569871 https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162569872 View and compare historic maps and contemporary maps]]> 2017-03-25 16:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162569872 https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162570002 Debate the virtues of interminable conquest]]> 2017-03-25 16:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162570002 https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162570045 Have students research both American and Mexican views of the southward expansion]]> 2017-03-25 16:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_kinner/mexamwar1/wish/162570045