Cornerstone Task - Unit 6- The Changing Landscape of Texas (starting the last half of 19th century)

Scholars were presented with the claim: "Texas is the state it is today due to the cattle industry and the development of oil and gas in the late 1800s." Scholars then formed an initial opinion by claiming that the cattle industry or the oil/gas industry was the most important development. Students researched these topics to support their claim and then participated in a class discussion to share their evidence.