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Upper Elementary Lesson Plans

Road Trip Across Texas and New Mexico
This lesson integrates Geography and Social Studies TEKS for grades 3 to 5 while exploring regional National Park sites.

A Lesson on Adaptation
This lesson plan integrates Science and Language Arts TAKS objectives with Social Studies TEKS for grades 3 to 5.

The following units are designed for fourth grade classrooms. Each lesson meets several TEKS objectives and are full of hands-on activities that engage students with the history of the Memorial.

Grade 4 Unit 1
Grade 4 Unit 2

The Chamizal Story (activity booklet)

 
Rio Grande cemented riverbed - view from Juarez  

Did You Know?
4.1 miles of the riverbed between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez were cemented as part of the Chamizal Convention of 1963. Before the treaty, torrential spring rainfall would cause the Rio Grande to turn into a wild and unforgiving river, causing loss of life and property.
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