7th Grade Social Studies Unit 9

Big Idea:

Evaluate the events that led Native Americans having to move to reservations.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

7.1(B) [Supporting] apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods;

7.6(A) [Supporting] identify significant individuals, events, and issues from Reconstruction through the beginning of the 20th century, including the factors leading to the expansion of the Texas frontier, the effects of westward expansion on American Indians, the buffalo soldiers, and Quanah Parker

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;

7.9(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;

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

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

Student Learning Targets:

• I will construct a diagram sequencing events of the Frontier Wars.
• I will identify key figures involved in the Frontier Wars.
• I will explain the important role Quanah Parker played with U.S. government. (writing)

Essential Questions:

• How did Native Americans moving to reservations affect the growth of Texas?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: Texas History - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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