Supplies needed: Binder Pen/Pencil REPUBLIC OF TEXAS Supplies needed: Binder Pen/Pencil

WE NEED A NEW PRESIDENT!! It is your job to chose the president! I will go over the two candidates. You will need to listen carefully to what they believe in! To be fair I will not say the names of the candidate. You have to ways of voting by phone or by paper. You only get one (1) vote! By Phone, go to URL https://goo.gl/ozz0RG and choose a candidate By Paper, on a scratch sheet of paper write the candidate you want

Who will you vote for? Candidate 1 Candidate 2 Limited spending Faced the financial problems Peaceful with Mexico and Indians Reduce the Army Eliminated the Navy Candidate 2 Increased spending Faced the financial problems War with Mexico and Indians Wants the Army/navy Public Education Students only have 7 minutes to vote after you go over the candidates https://goo.gl/ozz0RG

Today we are….. Starting a new era called the Republic and Annexation of Texas. We will go over the success and problems of becoming a country after the Texas Revolution You will be working on a gallery in class about the presidents of Texas.

Learning Target: We will explain the issues surrounding the Presidents of Texas Success Criteria: I will list the issues of each President and explain how they solved/ didn’t solve the problems

Students do not need to take notes Students do not need to take notes. They just need to listen to the information given to them.

President Gallery Walk It is your job to identify the different issues for each president of Texas! You will be placed in groups of 5-10 students. Each group will go to one president at a time. You will have 8 minutes at each gallery. DO NOT ALL GO TO THE SAME PICTURE! SPREAD OUT! Find all the information you can before time runs out. You will then have 2 minutes to discuss with your group the answers you have before you move on to the next president Lets practice filling out the chart for the gallery walk.

PRESIDENT JONES TERM 4th President Faced the problem of the debt of the Republic of Texas Worried about Mexico attacking Making peace with the Indians Debate over annexation to the U.S. Jones will be the president we will work through together. Spend no more than 7 minutes on filling out the chart for Jones.

Now it is your turn to find the information!!! Good Luck!

President Houston’s 1st Term He tried to prevent another war with Mexico by avoiding conflict with the Mexican citizens. Houston wanted better support so he applied for annexation to join Texas. Houston did not have time or the money for creating schools in Texas.

President Lamar’s1st Term Lamar caused problems with the Mexican government. Lamar thought that sending rebels to revolt in Mexico would help create a border between Texas and Mexico. Lamar’s actions only increased tension between Mexico and Texas. Lamar also upset New Mexico by assuming that the land west of Texas, along the Rio Grande, was Texas’s.

Supplies needed: Binder Pen/Pencil President Chart from Thursday REPUBLIC OF TEXAS Supplies needed: Binder Pen/Pencil President Chart from Thursday

MIRABEAU B. LAMAR Candidate 1= 156 Candidate 2=344 THE NEW PRESIDENT IS…. MIRABEAU B. LAMAR Candidate 1= 156 Candidate 2=344

Who will you vote for? Candidate 1 Candidate 2 Limited spending Faced the financial problems Peaceful with Mexico and Indians Reduce the Army Eliminated the Navy Candidate 2 Increased spending Faced the financial problems War with Mexico and Indians Wants the Army/navy Public Education Students only have 7 minutes to vote after you go over the candidates https://goo.gl/ozz0RG

Warm-UP 11/4/16 Your new President of Texas liked quiet reading. He did not shy away from conflicts with Mexico and the Native Texans. He wanted to get rid of ALL Native Texans meaning Native Americans and the original Mexican settlers. He spent LARGE sums of borrowed money on military expeditions putting Texas into more debt. He wanted Texas to remain independent and expand its borders even though the Texan citizens were barely making it with what they had. Now that you know about him answer the following question in your binder in 3-5 sentences. Would you still choose Lamar to be the president? Why or why not?

Now it is your turn to find the information!!! Good Luck!

Presidents Venn Diagram Your group will be given stack of statements about the president's. Both partners will sort the statements. The statements will be for Houston or Lamar. Your will have 5 minutes to sort out the statements. Make sure you have two different rows. One for each president After the 5 minutes we will check as a class.

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Veteran Letters You will write a letter to the Veterans of Magnolia You will start with a rough draft then complete a final draft next week on red, blue or white paper It needs to be respectful and appropriate You will represent this school and the community

Sample letter Dear Veteran, Thank you for __________________________. I appreciate _____________________________. I know that ___________________________________. I respect _________________________._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Sincerely, Your Name