Texas TEKS 4.16

4.16 is a TEKS knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.

• 4.16.A

  identify leaders in state, local, and national governments, including the governor, local members of the Texas Legislature, the local mayor, U.S. senators, loca...

• 4.16.B

  identify leadership qualities of state and local leaders, past and present.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students name current leaders who represent them in city, state, and federal government. They connect each leader to an office and describe leadership qualities shown by past or present Texas leaders.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students correctly match the governor, mayor, legislators, senators, representatives, and Texans who became president to their offices. They support a leadership quality with a specific action or decision.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students often confuse the governor with the mayor, state legislators with members of Congress, or U.S. senators with state senators. They may describe a leader as popular or famous without giving evidence of a leadership quality.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Name your mayor, governor, one state legislator, one U.S. senator, and your U.S. representative. Choose one and explain a leadership quality with evidence.

1. 01

   Sort photo and office cards into local, state, and national government groups, then check each match on an official government website.

2. 02

   Write which quality you would want in a mayor, then support your choice with a decision that mayor might face.

3. 03

   Play a matching relay using leader names, office titles, government levels, and job descriptions.

4. 04

   Build a class contact sheet for current officials, including each office, district, official website, and one issue handled by that office.

• 5.18

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.

• 8.21

  Citizenship. The student understands the importance of the expression of different points of view in a constitutional republic. The student is expected to:

• 7.17

  Citizenship. The student understands the importance of effective leadership in a democratic society. The student is expected to:

• 8.22

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.