Texas TEKS 4.5

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

• 4.5.A

  explain the impact of various events on life in Texas such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War II and notable individuals such as Audie Murphy...

• 4.5.B

  explain the development and impact of the oil and gas industry on industrialization and urbanization in Texas, including Spindletop and important people such as...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain how the Great Depression, Dust Bowl, World War II, and notable individuals changed life in Texas. They also connect Spindletop and the oil industry to new jobs, industries, and growing cities.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can match each event or person with a specific action and effect. They can explain how oil production led to refineries, related businesses, population growth, and larger Texas cities.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students often treat the Great Depression and Dust Bowl as the same event or assume World War II affected only soldiers. They may think Spindletop was Texas's first oil discovery or that Pattillo Higgins personally drilled the famous well.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Choose one event or person and explain one effect on Texans, then explain how Spindletop changed Texas jobs or cities.

1. 01

   Students sort event, person, cause, and effect cards into a Texas timeline, then connect each item to a change in daily life.

2. 02

   Write a diary entry from a Texan experiencing the Dust Bowl, Great Depression, World War II, or the Spindletop oil boom.

3. 03

   Teams play a matching game pairing Audie Murphy, Cleto Rodríguez, Bessie Coleman, and Pattillo Higgins with their actions and effects.

4. 04

   Students compare historic and current maps of a Texas oil city, then identify changes in population, transportation, jobs, and land use.

• 7.7

  History. The student understands how individuals, events, and issues shaped the history of Texas during the late 19th, 20th, and early 21st centuries. The stude...

• 7.6

  History. The student understands how individuals, events, and issues shaped the history of Texas from Reconstruction through the beginning of the 20th century. ...

• 5.5

  History. The student understands important issues, events, and individuals in the United States during the 20th and 21st centuries. The student is expected to:

• 4.4

  History. The student understands the political, economic, and social changes in Texas during the last half of the 19th century. The student is expected to: