Benchmark 1-A:
New Mexico: analyze how people and events of New Mexico have influenced United States and world history since statehood:
A#2 Standards with Specifications:
Analyze the geographic, economic, social and political factors of New Mexico that impact United States and world history, to include:
a. land grant and treaty issues unresolved to present day and continuing to impact relations between and among citizens at the state, tribal and federal government levels;
b. role of water issues as they relate to development of industry, population growth, historical issues and current acequia systems/water organizations;
d. role of the federal government (e.g., military bases, national laboratories, national parks, Indian reservations, transportation systems, water projects);
e. unique role of New Mexico in the 21st century as a “minority majority” state.
Specifications:
● Understand how land grants were established, the Santa Fe Ring, problems with proving ownership of a land grant; Reies Lopez Tijerina, La Alianza Federal de Mercedes
● Analyze the case of Mt. Taylor uranium mining in light of the Natural Historic Preservation Act of 1966
Language: The Heart of Our Culture
Minorities Become The Majority
White students minority at US schools
Importance of Water in New Mexico
New Mexico Water
Water Scarcity in New Mexico
Kirtland Air Force Base 75th Anniversary
Sandia Labs: Who We Are
Decades of Sandia Achievement
Nuclear Weapons Mission at Sandia
Our Mission
New Mexico's National Parks and Monuments
Bandelier National Monument
El Morro National Monument
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Aztec Ruins National Monument
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Fort Union National Monument
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
El Malpais National Monument
Pecos National Historical Park
White Sands National Monument
The Albuquerque Volcanoes
Ancient Puebloan Petroglyphs
Mescalero Apache Indians
Tijerina- Fighting for the Land
las gorras blancas
Santa Fe Ring Top #6 Facts
David Correia - LAND GRANTS AND NUEVOMEXICANO IDENTITY
WEBISODE | Should Uranium Mining Return to Grants? (1 of 2) | New Mexico PBS
Sample Question: History.I.1-A.2a
What do the following three terms have in common?
● Las Gorras Blancas
● Colfax County War
● Thomas B. Carton
A. All three were connected to land grants.*
B. All three have national monuments in their honor.
C. All three were important people or events during WWI.
D. All three are mentioned in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.