http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "First Person Account: George Ballentine"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=3219http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=3219<p>This lesson plan outlines topics for short research projects and classroom performances related to the Mexican War. Have students select individuals connected to the Mexican War, perform research, and then interview each other to showcase the disparate views on the motivations behind the War and perspectives on its outcomes. This lesson plan (which includes background information) was produced to accompany the exhibition <em>The Price of Freedom: Americans at War</em>, by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.</p>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:02:27 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1020http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1020<p>America went to war to gain territory from Mexico and expand the nation's boundary from Texas to California.&nbsp;&nbsp;Students will learn about the Mexican War by first examining its causes, Texas's struggle for independence and the controversial concept of Manifest Destiny in this section of&nbsp;<em>The Price of Freedom: Americans at War</em>, an online exhibition. They will then learn about the war's major events and battles, and the results of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in which the United States annexed all of the territory that would become the states of the Southwest. A non-flash version of this site is available: <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?id=4">The Mexican War</a>.<strong></strong></p>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:35:51 GMT