Unit 6 Texas Independence
This unit bundles student expectations that relate to the issues and events surrounding the fight in Texas for independence from Mexico. As tensions grew in Texas, Mexican officials attempted to impose more control over the settlers. Eventually political changes in Mexico forced settlers in Texas to pursue independence. While the movement towards independence had been growing for years, it took less than a year for Texans to gain independence. During that time, Texans met to form a new government as well as battled Mexico���s army at Gonzales, the Alamo, Goliad, and San Jacinto. The victory at San Jacinto signified the end of Mexican rule in Texas. Prior to this unit, students studied about Mexico gaining independence from Spain and the policies of Mexico to implement a land grant system in Texas. In grade 4, students studied the same events surrounding the Texas Revolution, while in grade 5 they studied the events of the American Revolution. Students should see the parallels between the American Revolution and the Texas Revolution. During this unit, students study about the attempts by Mexican officials to control the settlers in Texas, the changes in the Mexican government that effected Texans, and the events of the Texas Revolution.
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Unit 5 Principles of the Constitution
This unit bundles student expectations that address the requirements for Celebrate Freedom Week. Each Celebrate Freedom Week unit is designed to provide time for instruction that meets the requirements of Celebrate Freedom Week and Constitution Day, and to offer an opportunity to view those requirements through the lens of the content course requirements as well. In Grade 7, during this week, students look at the similarities and differences between the Texas Constitution and the U.S. Constitution, and between the Texas Bill of Rights and the U.S. Bill of Rights. These issues are also addressed in a later unit. (7) State and federal laws mandate a variety of celebrations and observances, including Celebrate Freedom Week. (A) Each social studies class shall include, during Celebrate Freedom Week as provided under the TEC, ��29.907, or during another full school week as determined by the board of trustees of a school district, appropriate instruction concerning the intent, meaning, and importance of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, in their historical contexts. The study of the Declaration of Independence must include the study of the relationship of the ideas expressed in that document to subsequent American history, including the relationship of its ideas to the rich diversity of our people as a nation of immigrants, the American Revolution, the formulation of the U.S. Constitution, and the abolitionist movement, which led to the Emancipation Proclamation and the women's suffrage movement. (B) Each school district shall require that, during Celebrate Freedom Week or other week of instruction prescribed under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, students in Grades 3-12 study and recite the following text: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed."
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