Syllabus

7th Grade Texas History Syllabus – 2025-2026

August 2025

• Focus: Introduction to Geography

• Classroom Procedures & Expectations

• Geography Concepts: Longitude/Latitude, Types of Maps, Charts, Graphs

• 5 Themes of Geography

• Natural Regions of Texas: Coastal Plains, North Central Plains, Great Plains, Mountains & Basins

• Key Dates: School Starts (Aug 7), Staff Development (Aug 4-6, 8)

September 2025

• Focus: Early Texas Exploration & Settlement

• Natural Regions of Texas (continued)

• American Indian Cultures: Plains, Pueblo, Gulf, Southeastern

• Spanish Conquistadors (1519), French Explorers (1718), Spanish Missions

• Mexican Independence (1821)

• Key Dates: Labor Day (Sep 1), Constitution Day/Celebrate Freedom Week (Sep 17), Staff Development (Sep 8)

October 2025

• Focus: Colonial Texas & Road to Revolution

• Mexican Independence: Filibusters, Causes & Effects

• Empresarios, Colonization Laws, Mexican Constitution of 1824

• Pre-Revolution Events: Fredonian Rebellion, Mier y Teran, Law of April 6, Anahuac, Turtle Bayou, Battle of Velasco

• Key Dates: School Holidays (Oct 6-7), Staff Development (Oct 5), End 1st 9-Weeks (Oct 10), Start 2nd 9-Weeks (Oct 13)

November 2025

• Focus: Texas Revolution

• Texas Revolution: Battle of Gonzales, Capture of San Antonio, Siege & Fall of the Alamo

• Conventions of 1832, 1833, 1835; Austin’s Imprisonment; Texas Declaration of Independence (1836)

• Key Dates: Veterans’ Day (Nov 11), Thanksgiving Break (Nov 24-28), Staff Development (Nov 3)

December 2025

• Focus: Texas Revolution Outcomes

• Runaway Scrape, Goliad Massacre, Battle of San Jacinto, Treaty of Velasco

• Key Dates: Early Dismissal (Dec 19), Winter Break (Dec 22-Jan 2), End 2nd 9-Weeks (Dec 19), Semester Test/SCAN Due (Dec 18-19)

January 2026

• Focus: Republic of Texas

• Republic Overview: Houston’s & Lamar’s Presidencies, Cordova Rebellion, Council House Fight, Santa Fe & Mier Expeditions

• Texas Navy, Rangers, Tejanos, Immigration

• Annexation (1845): James K. Polk, Manifest Destiny, U.S. Westward Expansion

• Key Dates: Winter Break (Jan 1-2), MLK Jr. Day (Jan 19), Holocaust Remembrance Week (Jan 26-30), Start 3rd 9-Weeks (Jan 5)

February 2026

• Focus: Texas Statehood & Civil War

• Texas Statehood, U.S.-Mexican War

• Civil War (1861): Causes (Sectionalism, States’ Rights, Slavery), Texas Involvement, Reconstruction

• Effects of Westward Expansion on American Indians, Cattle Kingdom

• Key Dates: Presidents’ Day (Feb 16), Staff Development (Feb 2), District ELA Assessment (Feb 24-25)

March 2026

• Focus: Post-Civil War Texas & Industrialization

• Cattle Kingdom, Closing of the Frontier

• Progressive Movement, Populist Reforms, James Hogg

• Oil Industry (1901), World War I Impact on Texas

• Key Dates: Spring Break (Mar 16-20), Staff Development (Mar 2), District Math Assessment (Mar 24-25), End 3rd 9-Weeks (Mar 13), Start 4th 9-Weeks (Mar 16)

April 2026

• Focus: Modern Texas & Government

• Great Depression, World War II: Political, Economic, Social Impacts

• Civil Rights, Arts in Texas

• Texas Government: 1876 Constitution, Structure, Bill of Rights, 7 Principles (TX vs. U.S.)

• Key Dates: Good Friday (Apr 3), Easter Holiday (Apr 6), STAAR ELA/Math (Apr 21-22), Staff Development (Apr 2)

May 2026

• Focus: Local Government & Course Culmination

• Local Government: County, Municipal, Taxes, Civic Duties

• Texas History Culminating Project or Final Exam (Campus Decision)

Key Dates: Early Dismissal (May 28), Memorial Day (May 25), End 4th 9-Weeks (May 28), SCAN/Projects Due (May 26)

Note: Syllabus is subject to change based on school calendar and instructional needs. Refer to the full calendar for holiday details. For more information, contact the instructor.