The Mexican American War PDF - Denver Public Schools

The Mexican-American War
What will students be learning
LESSON 2:
Rationale for the War
STANDARDS
Students read and understand a variety of materials. (RW1)
Students read to locate, select, evaluate, and make use of relevant information from a variety of
media, reference, and technological sources. (RW5)
Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience. (RW6)
Students understand the chronological organization of history and know how to organize
events and people into major eras to identify and explain historical relationships. (H1)
Students know how to use the processes and resources of historical inquiry. (H2)
Students know that religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces throughout
history. (H6)
Students understand how economic, political, cultural, and social processes interact to shape
patterns of human populations, interdependence, cooperation, and conflict. (G4)
BENCHMARKS
Students will use word recognition skills, strategies, and resources.
Students will paraphrase, summarize, organize, evaluate, and synthesize information.
Students will cite others’ ideas, images, or information from primary, print, and electronic
resources.
Students will read literature that reflects the uniqueness, diversity, and integrity of the
American experience.
Students will read classic and contemporary literature of the United States about the
experiences and traditions of diverse ethnic groups.
Students know the general chronological order of events and people in history.
Students use chronology to organize historical events and people.
Students use chronology to examine and explain historical relationships.
Students use chronology to present historical events and people.
Students know how to interpret and evaluate primary and secondary sources of historical
information.
Students know how various forms of expression reflect religious beliefs and philosophical ideas.
Students know how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control
of Earth’s surface.
OBJECTIVES
Students will use various research methods to find out reasons why the Mexican-American War
began and who would have advocated those reasons.
Students will increase their knowledge of the war and the events leading up to it through inclass
time line activities.
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