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

2. 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 and choose a candidate
By Paper, on a scratch sheet of paper write the candidate you want

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

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

22. 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.

26. 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.

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

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

33. 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

34. 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?

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

36. 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.

40. 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

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