The Changing Face of Texas

7th Grade Texas History

Task

You are an editor of the West Mule Shoe Gazette in west Texas. Unfortunately, your staff has gone on strike, and you have to put the newspaper together by yourself. You’re very talented, though, and gathering the advertisements and writing the stories will not be a problem.

Select one of the following activities for an additional 5 points:

1. Participate in a monitored, online discussion board with your classmates.

2. Create a cattle brand.

KISD Objectives
Explain the political, economic and social impact of the cattle and oil industries and the development of West Texas resulting from the close of the frontier, including the growth of the railroad.
Analyze the effects of barbed wire, the windmill, Spindletop and the oil and gas industries on the development of Texas.