For their most recent design challenge, scholars chose an early settlement in Texas and designed an artifact for a museum that could represent the influence of the early explorers/colonization in that location. They researched their area to learn which explorers or settlers had the greatest impact on that area as well as the main reason people explored or colonized the area (economic opportunity, competition, or the desire for expansion).
Options:
- Galveston - Cabeza de Vaca
- Fort St. Louis - La Salle
- San Antonio, Nacogdoches, El Paso - Spanish Missions and Presidios
- Nacogdoches - Spanish Rachos and Vaqueros
- San Felipe - The Austin Colony
(More photos to come soon!)