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Here are the teacher pack items for Colonizing Texas, 1821–1830:
Overview In this experience, students brainstorm the activities of an entrepreneur. Then they examine the Mexican land grant program in Texas. Next they learn about empresarios, including Martín de León, and explain why settlers immigrated for the land. Finally they analyze how an empresario was a type of entrepreneur. Note that there are three interrelated experiences that deal with settlement of Texas in the period of 1821–1830: There are two general resources provided in the Student Pack in all three experiences: a timeline of events in Texas history from 1826–1842 and a video (30 minutes). You can refer students to these resources at any point during these experiences. If you have access to leveled readers about Martín de León or empresarios in general, assign them to the students in parallel to this experience. Estimated duration: 30-40 minutes Vocabulary words: Objectives
Following Mexican independence from Spain, the new republic inherited the “Texas problem” from Spain: the population in Texas was too small to protect the land against hostile Indian tribes or the possibility that the United States might try to buy Texas. Yet even an offer of free land did not draw Mexican settlers to the northern frontier. In this lesson, you will learn about the empresario system used by Mexico to increase the Texas population.
Objectives
How is a lemonade stand related to the colonization of Texas? Entrepreneurship!
The word empresario is Spanish for entrepreneur. If you are unfamiliar with the word entrepreneur, look it up in the dictionary.
In a word or short phrase, post something that an entrepreneur might do.
An entrepreneur is a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and possible risk. Entrepreneurs are usually identified as founders of businesses, inventors of ideas who take them to market, and developers of new processes. Ask students: Can you name a modern entrepreneur? Sample answers: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Zhang Yiming, Michael Dell, Serena Williams.
