7th Grade Social Studies Unit 4

Big Idea:

Outline important issues and events leading to Spanish colonization.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

7.2(C) [Supporting] identify important events and issues related to European colonization of Texas, including the establishment of Catholic missions, towns, and ranches, and individuals such as Fray Damián Massanet, José de Escandón, Antonio Margil de Jesús, and Francisco Hidalgo

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

7.2(D) [Supporting] identify the individuals, issues, and events related to Mexico becoming an independent nation and its impact on Texas, including Texas involvement in the fight for independence, José Gutiérrez de Lara, the Battle of Medina, the Mexican federal Constitution of 1824, the merger of Texas and Coahuila as a state, the State Colonization Law of 1825, and slavery;

7.2(F) [Readiness] contrast Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo purposes for and methods of settlement in Texas

7.9(A) [Process] locate the Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, North Central Plains, and Coastal Plains regions and places of importance in Texas during the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries such as major cities, rivers, natural and historic landmarks, political and cultural regions, and local points of interest

7.17(C) [Supporting] express and defend a point of view on an issue of historical or contemporary interest in Texas

7.19(C) [Supporting] identify examples of Spanish influence and the influence of other cultures on Texas such as place names, vocabulary, religion, architecture, food, and the arts

Ongoing TEKS

7.9(C) [Readiness] analyze the effects of physical and human factors such as climate, weather, landforms, irrigation, transportation, and communication on major events in Texas.

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

7.19(A) [Supporting] explain how the diversity of Texas is reflected in a variety of cultural activities, celebrations, and performances

7.19(B) [Readiness] describe how people from various racial, ethnic, and religious groups attempt to maintain their cultural heritage while adapting to the larger Texas culture

7.21(D) [Process] identify points of view from the historical context surrounding an event and the frame of reference that influenced the participants

7.21(E) [Process] support a point of view on a social studies issue or event

7.21(F) [Process] identify bias in written, oral, and visual material

7.22(B) [Process] use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, and proper citation of sources

Student Learning Targets:

• I will locate and identify missions and presidios.
• I will evaluate life in missions, presidios, towns, and ranches.
• I will write about the type of settlement you would live in during this time period.
• I will analyze the flow of direction of Spanish settlements from East to Central Texas.

Essential Questions:

• How did the Spanish influence the culture of Texas?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: Texas History - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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