In this lesson, students are presented with a claim made on Twitter about a massacre of Mexican Americans by law enforcement in Porvenir, Texas. Students use the internet to evaluate the trustworthiness of several historical sources and learn about the 1918 massacre.
![Image: Photograph of a Texas state historical marker commemorating the Porvenir Massacre. From the Texas Historical Commission.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_image/public/lessons/2020-11/Texas%20Historical%20Commission.jpg?itok=D2cJtT6x)
Image: Photograph of a Texas state historical marker commemorating the Porvenir Massacre. From the Texas Historical Commission.