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Laura Ewing
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(13) Economics. The student understands patterns of work
and economic activities in Texas. The student is expected to:
(A) explain how people in different regions of Texas earn
their living, past and present;
(B) explain how geographic factors have influenced the
location of economic activities in Texas;
(14) Economics. The student understands how Texas, the
United States, and other parts of the world are economically
interdependent. The student is expected to:
(B) identify oil and gas, agricultural, and technological
products of Texas that are purchased to meet needs in the
United States and around the world; and
(12) Economics. The student understands the factors that caused Texas to
change from an agrarian to an urban society. The student is expected to:
(A) explain economic factors that led to the urbanization of Texas;
(B) trace the development of major industries that contributed to the
urbanization of Texas such as transportation, oil and gas, and manufacturing;
and
(13) Economics. The student understands the interdependence of the Texas
economy with the United States and the world. The student is expected to:
(A) analyze the impact of national and international markets and events on the
production of goods and services in Texas such as agriculture, oil and gas, and
computer technology;
(C) analyze the impact of significant industries in Texas such as oil and gas,
aerospace, medical, and computer technologies on local, national, and
international markets.
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how Texans make a living
•2. where people settle
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demand supply goods and services profit
price natural resources entrepreneur
production Civil War land labor capital
interdependent
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What would life be like if there was no cotton?
How important is cotton production to the
economy of Texas?
How has the production of cotton changed in TX?
What role does cotton play in economic
interdependence?
What role does the climate and soil play in where
cotton can be grown?
What economic concepts apply to the production of cotton?
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1. Please number the paragraphs on pages 87-88.
2. Think: please read your paragraph(s) and think of
a creative way to provide others with the main points.
3. Share: please share key points you have learned.
Factors of Production
1.
Natural resources-land
2.
Labor
3. Capital
What Is the Connection Between…?
1. The Allen brothers and Buffalo Bayou?
2. Cotton and slavery before the Civil War?
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Why did immigrants come to Texas after the Civil
War?
How does the cotton crop connect Texas to the nation
and to the world?
Are you wearing cotton?
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2.
3.
Jeans?
Socks?
Other?
1.
What role does geography play in the growth of
cotton?
2.
Where is it grown?
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2.
Review the figures on page 94
If you were a producer of cotton goods, what
product would you produce and why?
1.
Read page 92.
2.
Where are the Brazos and Colorado Rivers?
Why was cotton grown here?
3.
How is production of cotton labor intensive?
4.
What is the timeline for production of
cotton?
1.
Read page 93.
2.
What type of work would you like to do
the most? The least? Why?
1.
Read page 97.
2.
What differences do you see?
3.
Why do you think that west Texas was able
to produce cotton by 1929?
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How is cotton production different today?
How would economic activities differ?
What role has technology played in the
changes in production?
How has the role of human labor changed
over time?
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How has cotton been an economic milestone?
2.
What role did it play with Texas’ involvement in
the Civil War?