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Here are the teacher pack items for French Exploration in Texas:
Overview In this experience, students look at an animated map of the La Salle expeditions and predict where he intended to land on the third expedition. Then they examine the goals of La Salle’s third expedition and French colonization. Next they analyze the competition between the French and the Spanish, especially in Texas. Finally, they learn about Fort St. Louis and write two descriptions of events there—once from the point of view of a French settler and once from the point of view of a Karankawa Indian. If you have access to leveled readers about La Salle or French exploration, assign them to the students in parallel to this experience. Estimated duration: 40-50 minutes Vocabulary words: Objectives
French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle landed on the Texas coast in 1685. In this lesson, you will learn how this French settlement affected Texas, including how Spain responded by increasing its efforts to claim and protect the region.
La Salle’s third expedition landed at the mouth of Matagorda Bay, on the Texas coast;
painted by Theodore Gudin (1844)
Objectives
Watch the animated map of the three trips made by La Salle. The purple route brought him to Texas after he missed his original destination.
Based on the map, where do you think La Salle wanted to land?
Sample answers: Mississippi River, New Orleans.
