Lesson Plan

Mary Maverick and Texas History - Part 1

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Mary Maverick and Texas History - Part 1 lesson plan also includes:

What's the difference between a diary and a memoir? Young historians explore the ramifications of this question as they learn how to use primary source materials to gain an understanding of life on the Texas frontier.

90 Views 51 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Ask class members to imagine how this same event might be told from a non Anglo Texan point of view
Pros
  • All the documents in the the series of lessons are related to the life of Mary Maverick
  • Kids read Maverick's description of the same event in her diary and in her memoir and compare the two
  • Groups again use the SOAPS method of question to examine the documents
Cons
  • None
Common Core