7th Grade Social Studies Unit 2

Big Idea:

Locate and compare the cultures of American Indians in Texas.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

7.2(A) [Supporting] compare the cultures of American Indians in Texas prior to European colonization such as Gulf, Plains, Puebloan, and Southeastern;

Focus TEKS

7.1(A) [Readiness] identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain why historians divide the past into eras, including Natural Texas and its People; Age of Contact; Spanish Colonial; Mexican National; Revolution and Republic; Early Statehood; Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction; Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads; Age of Oil; Texas in the Great Depression and World War II; Civil Rights and Conservatism; and Contemporary Texas;

7.8(A) [Supporting] create and interpret thematic maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases representing various aspects of Texas during the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries;

7.8(B) [Supporting] analyze and interpret geographic distributions and patterns in Texas during the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

7.9(B) [Readiness] compare places and regions of Texas in terms of physical and human characteristics;

7.10(A) [Readiness] identify ways in which Texans have adapted to and modified the environment and analyze the positive and negative consequences of the modifications

Ongoing TEKS

7.21(A) [Process] differentiate between, locate, and use valid primary and secondary sources such as computer software, databases, media and news services, biographies, interviews, and artifacts to acquire information about Texas

7.21(B) [Process] analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;

7.21(C) [Process] organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals, including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps

7.22(A) [Process] use social studies terminology correctly

7.22(C) [Process] transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate;

7.22(D) [Process] create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information.

Student Learning Targets:

• I will locate the Native American tribes on a Texas map.
• I will identify characteristics of the tribes in Texas.
• I will write about the cultural differences between the American tribes of Texas.

Essential Questions:

• What are the culture differences of the tribes located in Texas?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: Texas History - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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