Welcome to my home page! My name is Monica DeLeon and I am a 7th grade Texas history teacher at Forbes Middle School. It is my pleasure to be working with your child and broadening their knowledge of the great history of Texas.
Education & Teaching Background:
- Education B.A. in Social Studies Composite/Secondary Education at Concordia University.
- 12 years experience at G.I.S.D.
- Instructional Aide at Round Rock High School
Contact Information:
- 943-5150 X 7750
- Email Address - deleonm@georgetownisd.org
- Send me an email, if you would like to be added to group email list. I send reminders of when major assignments are due.
This year, our Texas history class will be learning about:
-The geography of Texas
-The settlement of Texas
-The Texas Revolution
-The Republic of Texas
-U.S. annexation of Texas
-Early statehood
-Civil War and reconstruction
-Last Frontiers of Texas
-Texas in the 20th century
-Texas government
Class Schedule:
|
1st period |
Conference |
|
2nd period |
PAP Texas History |
| 3rd period | Texas History |
| 4th period | BIC |
| 5th period | Lunch |
| 6th period | Team Planning |
| 7th period | PAP Texas History |
| 8th period | Texas History |
| 9th period | Texas History |
Week of November 23*
Monday / Tuesday
1. Warm up - Conflicts that Lead to the Revolution Flowchart
2. Complete Presentations
3. Movie - Remember the Alamo
Wednesday
No School
Thursday
No School
Friday
No School
Week of November 16*
Monday / Tuesday
1. Warm up -5 Minute Ch. 8 Vocabulary work
2. Group work - complete script
3. Type script in computer lab
4. Begin puppet
Wednesday / Thursday
1. Warm up - 5 Minute Ch. 8 Vocabulary work
2. Complete Puppet
3. Practice Script
4. Begin Presentations
Friday
1. Warm up - Math Warm up
2. Complete Puppet Show Presentations
Week of November 9*
Test over Ch. 7 Vocabulary and "Who Am I?" on Wednesday/Thursday
Monday / Tuesday
1. Warm up - Ch. 7 Review Questions
2. Complete Movie Questions and Movie
3. Complete "Who Am I?"
4. Grade Who am I?
5. Begin Ch. 8 Puppet Show
Wednesday / Thursday
1. Warm up - Review For Test
2. Ch. 7 Test
3. Begin Script on Ch. 8 Puppet Show
Friday
1. Warm up- Ch. 8 Vocabulary
2. Complete Script and begin Puppets.
Week of November 2*
Monday / Tuesday
1. Warm up - Ch. 7 Vocabulary Definition and Sentences
2. Complete and Grade Ch. 6 Quiz
3. Empresario Power Point
4. "Who Am I?" - Matching
Wednesday / Thursday
1. Warm up - Complete Ch. 7 Definitions and Sentences
2. Thank You Notes to Soldiers
3. Continue "Who Am I?"
Friday
1. Warm up- Trivia Question
2. Movie - Filibusters and Empresarios Vol 2
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Week of October 26*
Monday / Tuesday
1. Warm up - Popcorn read Ch. 6.1
2. Adams - Onis Treaty Map
3. Pair Read Ch. 6.2
4. Write 1 sentence summary for each red heading in section
Wednesday / Thursday
1. Warm up
2. Movie - Filibusters and Empresarios
3. Discuss main points of Ch. 6 Section 3
4. Begin Ch 6 Quiz (Open Book) - includes essay
Friday
1. Warm up- Trivia Question
2. Citizenship Challenge
3. Make Stars for Veterans Day Assembly
Week of October 19*
Monday / Tuesday
1. Warm up
2. Complete Movie over Missions in Texas
3. Discuss Mission and mission life
4. Ch. 6 Vocabulary
Wednesday / Thursday
1. Warm up - Popcorn Read Ch. 6 Section 2
2. Adams-Onis Treaty Map
Friday
1. Warm up
2. Complete Adams-Onis Treaty Map
3. Citizenship Challenge Review
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Week of October 12*
Monday
No School
Tuesday / Wednesday
1. Warm up - Alien Writing / Spanish mission drawing
2. Popcorn Read Ch. 5.1
3. Begin Modern Mission
Thursday / Friday
1. Warm up - Complete Modern Mission
2. Paragraph comparing and contrasting modern mission to typical Spanish mission
3. Grade Ch. 5 Work (Test Grade)
4. Begin Missions Movie
Week of October 5*
Monday/Tuesday
1. Warm up - Read LaSalle’s Doomed Expedition pg 77
2. United Streaming - The Spanish Empire and LaSalle Clips
3. Grade Ch. 4 Packet
4. Ch. 4 Test Review
Wednesday/Thursday
1. Warm up - Review for Test
2. Ch. 4 Test
3. Texas Celebration Presentations
Friday
No School
Week of September 28*
Student who have been absent this week should complete their Ch. 4 Packet by Friday. Hope you feel better soon!
Ch. 4 Test - Wedesday/Thursday
Monday / Tuesday
1. Warm up - Prep for Presentations
2. Begin Presentations of Native American Posters
3. Ch. 4 Packet
Closure - Go over main points of Tribes and Cultures
Wednesday / Thursday
1. Warm up - Ch. 4 Vocabulary Activity
2. Continue Packet
3. Frayer Model - Explorers
4. Grade Packet - GR 4-1
Closure - Go over unit timeline and exit by giving me packet
Friday
1. Warm up - Complete Packet (10 Minutes)
2. Play - Search for the Seven Cities of Gold
Closure - Play Questions
Week of September 21*
Monday / Tuesday
1. Warm up - Go over Project Expectations
2. Complete Research (1st half of block)
3. Begin/Continue Poster
Wednesday / Thursday
1. Warm up - Trivia
2. Computer Lab - Native American Tribe Research
3. Work on Poster of Native American Tribes
Friday
1. Warm up - Alien Essay
2. Complete Presentations of Native American Posters
3. Ch. 4 Section 1 Outline
Week of September 14*
Monday / Tuesday
1. Warm up - Making the Case (Constitution Day Reading and discussion)
2. Grade Economic Map Activity
3. Watch The First Americans Movie and Notes
4. The First Americans Slide Show
Wednesday / Thursday
1. Warm up - Native American Cultures Activities
2. Native American Tribes/Cultures research
Friday
1. Warm up - Go over Project Expectations
2. Continue Research
3. Begin Poster
Week of September 7*
Monday
No School
Tuesday / Friday
1. Warm up - Test Corrections Papers
2. Test Corrections
3. Complete Economic Resource Chart
4. Economic Resource Map (Due Next Class Day)
Wednesday / Thursday
1. Warm up - Read Texas Celebration Project Sheet
2. Research for Texas Celebration Project
Week of August 31*
Ch. 1 Geography Test - (Friday September 4)- Study Vocabulary and Map Packet
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/259959/i16a
Monday / Tuesday
1. Warm up - Map Packet
2. Grade Map Packet
3. Ch. 1 Sec 2 Outline
4. Geography Test Friday
Wednesday / Thursday
1. Warm up - Test Review 1-8 (5 Themes)
2. Test Review
3. Movie Notes - Geography of Texas
Friday
1. Warm up - Review for test
2. Geography Test I
Week of August 24*
Monday
1. Warm up - Locate assigned seat
2. Introduction to class - Course PowerPoint
3. Set Appointment Clocks
4. 2nd period will get lockers and handouts
Tuesday
1. Warm up - Shield (Due Wednesday)
2. Rivers of Texas Map Packet (Map of Texas Rivers, Vegetation, and Border
States)
Wednesday
1. Warm up- Complete Vocabulary cards
2. Skit Con’t Rules and Procedures / Get to know you
3. Continue Map Packet
Thursday
1. Warmup - Complete Vocabulary cards
2. Discuss Geography and 5 Themes of Geography
3. Continue Map Packet
Friday
1. Warm up
- Flip Chart Vocabulary
2. Complete Map Packet Due Monday
3. Test Next Friday over the Geography of Texas
* Due dates and assignments are subject to change
Resources
The Handbook of Texas On-line should be a regular resource: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.htm
Alamo, San Antonio
The Alamo website provides information about the battle and the Texas history context in which the battle was fought. It provides guidelines for visiting the Alamo,
lesson plans and resources. http://www.thealamo.org/
American Wind Power Center, Lubbock
The American Wind Power Center is a comprehensive collection of historic windmills. As a part of the website, the Windmill Gallery includes photographs of several
different types of windmills. http://www.windmill.com/main.htm
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin
The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin tells the "Story of Texas." The website includes key events in history for the current month. From February 11
through April 15, the museum features a special exhibit, A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie. The exhibit includes a scale model of a slave ship,
artifacts from the ship and information about the archaeological recovery of the ship off the coast of Florida near Key West.
http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/
celebration held in October that depicts Texas under the Mexican flag in 1832 http://www.bchm.org/
Educational Service Center 13, Social Studies
Check out the resources that Tina Melcher has included on the ESC 13 Social Studies web site. Some links are repeated elsewhere, but there are lesson plans and
other resources that are ready to be used for Texas History Month observances. http://www.esc13.net/socialstudies/Texas%20History.html
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College Station
The Bush Library and Museum is the repository for the documents of the presidency of George H.W. Bush and includes exhibits that focus of his personal and public life.
This presidential library is located on the campus of Texas A&M University. http://www.tamu.edu/home/imagepage/bushlibrary.html
George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center
The George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center is part of the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department. Three permanent exhibits include an exhibit on
Juneteenth, a children's exhibit on African-American scientists and inventors and an exhibit on African-American families in Austin. The Carver Museum is the first museum
to have a permanent exhibit on the Texas day of Jubilee,Juneteenth. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/carver/
Celebrate Texas
The goal of Celebrate Texas is to promote Texas Independence Day and the history of Texas and its people. Ceremonies are held each year at the State Cemetery on
March 2, and a parade is held in Austin on the Saturday nearest March 2. Celebrate Texas sponsors art and essay contests for elementary, middle school and high school
students. The deadline is usually early February. Interested groups may register on-line to participate in the parade in Austin. http://www.celebratetexas.org/
Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
The Center for American History has numerous collections on Texas and American history that include: Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collection, George W. Littlefield
Southern History Collection, University of Texas Archives, Congressional History Collection, Western Americana Collection, Special Collections for American History, Media
History Archives, Archives of American Mathematics, Professional Touring and Entertainment History Archives, along with the Sam Rayburn Library and Museum Collection,
Winedale Collection and the John Nance Garner Museum Collection. http://www.cah.utexas.edu/
Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library is a non-circulating collection that is part of the Alamo complex in San Antonio. The Library is maintained by the Daughters
of the Republic of Texas. This site provides a timeline of Alamo history plus links to other museums and resources. http://www.drtl.org/
French Legation Museum, Austin
The French Legation Museum, located in Austin, was built as the residence of the chargé d'affaires, representing the French government during the Republic of Texas.
The site provides a brief history of the legation and includes photographs of the legation and kitchen, both outside and inside the structures. http://www.frenchlegationmuseum.org/
Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio
The Institute of Texan Cultures, part of The University of Texas at San Antonio, provides programs, exhibits and publications to encourage understanding of ethnic and
cultural diversity of the state. http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/public/index.htm
Lone Star Junction
Lone Star Junction is a Texas history resource for anyone interested in Texas and its history. This web site includes songs of Texas; photographs of historic places, plants
and animals; book reviews, on-line full text editions of some Texas classes; significant documents in Texas history and other resources. http://www.lsjunction.com/
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Austin
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum is the presidential library of Lyndon B. Johnson and is the repository of documents from his administration along with other
collections. The museum tells the story of events during President Johnson's life. In addition, there is a First Lady exhibit highlighting the contributions of Lady Bird Johnson.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration website has current and archived information about the United States space exploration. In addition to science
information, the NASA History Program documents the administration's history. http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html?skipIntro=1
Neill-Cochran House Museum, Austin
The Neill-Cochran House Museum is an elegant colonial home built by Abner Cook, the builder of the Governor's Mansion. A visit to the Neill-Cochran provides and experience
of Texas history in the early days of Austin, the Republic of Texas and the Civil War in Texas. A fourth grade curriculum is available. http://www.neill-cochranmuseum.org
Elizabeth Ney Museum, Austin
The Elizabeth Ney Museum in Austin includes the studio and portrait collection of sculptor Elizabeth Ney. The museum offers visitors a glimpse into early Texas history and
into the life of Elizabeth Ney. A fourth grade curriculum written for Austin ISD is available on the website for any district visiting the museum to use.
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/elisabetney/html/main.html
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon
The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum shares stories of life in the Texas Panhandle. Exhibits, with links, include: fine art, furniture and decorative art, paleontology,
petroleum, textiles, transportation, and western heritage. Photographs of the exhibits are on the website. http://www.panhandleplains.org/
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
The University of Texas at Austin This map collection goes well beyond Texas to all parts of the world, both present and past. The website lists maps of current interest,
general interest plus historical maps. A little over 5000 of the 250,000 maps in the collection have been scanned and are available on-line.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas
The Portal to Texas History provides Primary Source Adventures, which are units that bring together multiple primary source historical documents. This site offers students
and educators digital access to collections of primary source documents in Texas archives, historical societies, libraries, museums and private collections.
Sam Houston Memorial Museum, Huntsville
The Sam Houston Memorial Museum is dedicated to the story of Sam Houston, who was general, governor, president of Texas and senator. The website provides a virtual
tour of the museum as well as information about Sam Houston. http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
The four Spanish missions of Conception, Espada, San Jose and San Juan Capistrano in San Antonio make up the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
Educational opportunities include an outdoor classroom to explore the Spanish Colonial history of Texas. http://www.nps.gov/saan/
San Jacinto: Battleground for the Lone Star, La Porte
The San Jacinto Museum of History site provides information about events during the Republic of Texas that includes the Battle of San Jacinto. Two timelines include the key
events of the Texas Revolution and the sequence of events leading up to the Battle of San Jacinto. http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/
Spanish Governor's Palace, San Antonio
The Spanish Governor's Palace is operated by the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department. The website provides a post card tour of the palace.
http://www.sanantonio.gov/sapar/spanishgovernorspalace.asp?res=800&ver=true
Star of the Republic Museum, Washington-on-the-Brazos
The State of Texas Museum, at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park, depicts the story of the Republic of Texas and is located at the site where the Texas Declaration of
Independence was signed in 1836. A virtual tour provides photographs, with descriptors, of artifacts included in the exhibits. http://www.starmuseum.org/
Texas Beyond History (TBH)
Texas Beyond History is a public education service provided by the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin in partnership with thirteen
other organizations. This virtual museum includes an immense amount of information about Texas and it cultural heritage of 13,500 years. This site should be used on a
regular basic for fourth grade and seventh grade Texas history classes.
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/
Texas Capitol Visitors Center, Austin
The Capitol Visitors Center provides information for visiting the center as well as a collection of historic photos. A teacher's guide provides information about pre-visit
activities, research topics and vocabulary terms for all grade levels.
http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/CVC/home/home.html
Texas Governor's Mansion, Austin
The Governor's Mansion website provides several suggested classroom activities. The website includes a section for students and provides materials to students about the
Governor's Mansion when students tour the facility. http://www.txfgm.org/
Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas at Austin
The Texas Memorial Museum focuses on natural and social science in Texas. The website provides numerous teacher resources and activities for students.
http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/index.html
Texas Military Forces Museum (Camp Mabry), Austin
The Texas Military Forces Museum, located at Camp Mabry in Austin, presents the story of the Texas Military from the Texas Revolution to the present. A virtual tour of some of the exhibits is provided on the website.
http://www.kwanah.com/txmilmus/index.htm
Texas Parks and Wildlife
The Texas Parks and Wildlife website has information on a number of topics: Fishing and Boating, Hunting and Wildlife, Land and Water, and State Parks and Destinations.
There is a wealth of information about Texas on this website. It provides information about state parks within a sixty mile radius of major cities in Texas.
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, in Waco, is the official museum for the Texas Rangers. The website provides Information about the history of the Texas
Rangers including badges, firearms and artifacts. A virtual tour of some of the exhibits is available on-line.
Texas Tides Project
Texas Tides Digital Learning Consortium is sponsored by Stephen F. Austin State University in partnership with several other institutions to link learners with primary
resources, to create a portal of regional primary resources for research and to remove barriers to digitized cultural resources for underserved communities. Timelines for
African, Anglo, Mexican, Spanish and Native Americans lead to primary source documents. http://tides.sfasu.edu/home.html
Texas State Aquarium, Corpus Christi
The Texas State Aquarium includes interactive exhibits to promote environmental conservation and wildlife rehabilitation. A virtual tour of the exhibits can be found on the
website. http://www.texasstateaquarium.org/index_sm.html
Texas State Capitol, Austin
The Texas Capitol website has an on-line gallery of architectural details, historic photographs and artifacts, current photographs, monument guide, significant spaces, hidden
places, historical documents and virtual tours of the facilities. http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/SPB/capitol/texcap.htm
Texas State Cemetery, Austin
The State Cemetery website includes a photo gallery of the cemetery and a master listing of the burials at the site. Information is included about the Confederate Section,
Honored Texans and the September 11 Memorial. http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/
Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas Online
The Handbook of Texas Online, sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at The University of Texas at Austin, provides a multidisciplinary
resource of Texas culture, geography and history. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
On the Texas History link of the State Library and Archives website under "Open Record there are links to on-line exhibits of Texas history including Presidents of the Republic
Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Two topics of interest on the Texas Tech website include wide science research to measure tornado intensity and the Vietnam Center which recently received four refurbished
Vietnam-era helicopters. http://www.texastech.edu/
UTOPIA
UTOPIA is a constantly changing website, sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin, for the citizens of Texas and beyond. It includes information for every content area.
It has information for educators, students, families and a You-T for anyone to explore various topics of interest. The Social Studies section has information on Constitution
Day as well as examples from the Paper Doll Collection. Numerous lesson plans are posted for each grade level. http://utopia.utexas.edu/