Pemelton, Jeff (7th Grade Social Studies/Coach)
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Course Description
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We will be studying the major eras in Texas History, describing their defining characteristics, and explain why historians divide the past into eras, including Natural Texas and its People.
Unit 1: Natural Texas and Its People
Unit 2: Exploration of Texas
Unit 3: Early Colonization of Texas
Unit 4: Mexican Colonization & Empresario
Unit 5: Unrest and Revolt
Unit 6: Republic and Early Statehood
Unit 7: Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction
Unit 8: Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads
Unit 9: Modernizing Texas/ Age of Oil
Unit 10: TX in the Great Depression and WW II
Unit 11: Civil Rights and Conservatism
Unit 12: Contemporary Texas