4.SS.10.C
Describe the development of the free enterprise system in Texas such as the growth of cash crops by early colonists and the railroad boom.
Grade 4 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2010
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Skills
- describe (the development of the free enterprise system in Texas) #dok2
- explain (how the growth of cash crops by early colonists contributed to the free enterprise system) #dok2
- explain (how the railroad boom contributed to the development of the free enterprise system in Texas) #dok2
- analyze (the impact of specific historical factors on Texas’s free enterprise system) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can describe how the free enterprise system developed in Texas. #dok2
- I can explain the role of cash crops in the growth of the Texas free enterprise system. #dok2
- I can explain how the railroad boom influenced the free enterprise system in Texas. #dok2
- I can analyze how historical events shaped Texas’s free enterprise system. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Economic activities such as cash crop production and transportation innovations played a key role in shaping Texas’s free enterprise system.
- The development of the free enterprise system in Texas was influenced by both the actions of early colonists and major historical events like the railroad boom.
Essential Questions
- How did cash crop production by early colonists contribute to the development of the free enterprise system in Texas?
- What impact did the railroad boom have on the free enterprise system in Texas?
- In what ways did economic activities influence the growth of free enterprise in Texas?
- How did historical events shape the development of Texas’s free enterprise system?
- Why is the development of the free enterprise system important to the history and economy of Texas?