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Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Texas Independence

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[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry instructional activity allows students to read parts of the Texas Declaration of Independence, military letters, and an abolitionist pamphlet to explore different causes for independence and statehood in Texas.

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abolitionist pamphlet, document-based, historical claim, historical inquiry, annexation of texas, dbq, republic of texas, texas declaration of independence, primary source

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