The Mexican American War PDF - Denver Public Schools

The Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War
Unit Concepts
• Geography of the southwest
• Order of events in the war
• United States’ reasons for the War
• Mexican reasons for the war
• Major battles of the war
• Political motivations
• The end of the war
Standards Addressed by this Unit
History
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 understand that societies are diverse and have changed over time. (H3)
Students understand political institutions and theories that have developed and
changed over time. (H5)
Students know that religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces
throughout history. (H6)
Students use appropriate technologies to obtain historical information; to study and/or
model historical information and concepts; and to access, process, and communicate
information related to the study of history. (H7)
Geography
Students know how to use and construct maps and other geographic tools to locate and
derive information about people, places, and environments. (G1)
Students understand how economic, political, cultural, and social processes interact to
shape patterns of human populations, interdependence, cooperation, and conflict. (G4)
Students apply the process of geographic inquiry examining issues by using geographic
skills and appropriate technologies to ask and answer geographic questions. (G7)
Reading and Writing
Students read and understand a variety of materials. (RW1)
Students write and speak using formal grammar, usage, sentence structure,
punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. (RW3)
Student apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and
viewing. (RW4)
Students read to locate, select, evaluate, and make use of relevant information from a
variety of media, reference, and technological sources. (RW 5)
Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience. (RW6)
Students use appropriate technologies to extend comprehension and communication
skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing. (RW7)
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