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OVERVIEW
In this lesson, students will use a variety of primary source materials to come to conclusions and make inferences about the Spanish and American Indian experience at the San Saba mission. Students will evaluate the sources for various points of view and bias.
LESSON TIME
This lesson will take approximately 45 to 60 minutes
Exact times may vary based on the specific needs of individual classes.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
- How do we know what we know about the Spanish Colonial Era?
- Which points of view are most and least represented in the materials, and why?
Teacher Tools
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Lesson Plan, Teacher Guide, Primary Sources Used
Downloadable/editable versions of this lesson plan, including a step-by-step guide through the lesson. When applicable, a list of primary sources used in the lesson is also included.
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Slideshow
This ready-to-use classroom slideshow contains the warm-up exercise, the daily objective, the “We will / I will” statements, and the essential question for the lesson.
It guides the class through the assignment providing larger versions of images, visual representations of the directions, and supports for reading and answering questions including sentence stems for in-class responses. It concludes with the exit ticket.
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Primary Source Cards
(For Use with worksheets) Recommend printing either one set of primary source cards per student or one set per partner group. Excerpts need to be cut into individual cards before the lesson.
Student Activities
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Warm-up and Exit Ticket
In this printable warm-up / bell-ringer activity, students will will examine a painting representing the attack on the San Sabá mission. Students will record their observations and make inferences about the mission system based on the image.
In this exit ticket, students will take a second look at the image from the warm-up and answer questions related to the point of view of the image. They consider how the image might be presented differently from a different point of view.
The Warm-up and Exit Ticket document includes two warm-ups on the front of the page and two exit tickets on the back of the page. This formatting reduces the number of copies needed, as teachers will cut each printed page in half. Each student will receive a half-page with the warm-up on the front and the exit
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Grade Level Student Worksheet
In this printable assignment, students will read a passage reviewing the major themes of Unit 3, the Spanish Colonial Era and discussing various types of primary source materials that we use to study the era today. The passage introduces students to the San Saba mission, which will be the focal point of the primary source materials in the lesson. Students will examine excerpts from various points of view of the attack on the San Saba mission and answer questions regarding the author’s point of view and possible bias. Students will make conclusions and inferences about the events that took place at the mission based on textual evidence.
Grade Level work involves an introductory reading passage with target level vocabulary and moderate phrasing; students must justify their answer to the reading guide using the reading passage; True and False, multiple-choice, and short-constructed response questions with each excerpt; Multiple choice questions and short constructed response questions with sentence stem supports in the Analyze and Infer portion.
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Foundation Student Worksheet
Foundations level work involves an introductory reading passage with less challenging vocabulary and shortened phrasing; True and False, multiple-choice, and short-constructed response questions with each excerpt; Multiple choice questions with one answer choice eliminated and short constructed response questions with sentence stem supports and multiple-choice options in the Analyze and Infer portion. The reading passages for the grade level and foundations level work is the same.
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Advanced Student Worksheet
Advanced level work involves an introductory reading passage with more challenging vocabulary and phrasing; students must justify their answer to the reading guide using the reading passage; short, constructed response questions with each excerpt and in the Analyze and Infer portion of work.
Sources
Previews and links to sources referenced in this lesson.
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Alonso De Leon’s Last Expedition into Texas in 1690
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Presidio San Luis de Las Amarillas Real Presidio de San Saba
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he Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 17, July 1913 - April, 1914, periodical, 191
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