Texas TEKS 6.13.B
The Standard
define a multicultural society
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain what makes a society multicultural. They identify several cultural groups and describe how those groups live, interact, and contribute within one society.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a community profile, students can decide whether it is multicultural and support the decision with specific details. They can distinguish cultural diversity from simple differences among individuals.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think multicultural only means people from different countries. They may focus only on food or clothing and overlook language, religion, traditions, and beliefs. They may assume groups must give up their customs to belong.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A town includes several cultural groups that share schools and laws while keeping distinct traditions. Is the town multicultural, and what two details support your answer?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs six fictional family cards, then have them build a town map and label evidence that several cultural groups share the community.
Have students write four sentences explaining how people can share laws, schools, or spaces while keeping different cultural traditions.
Play Multicultural or Not by reading community scenarios as students hold up yes or no cards and cite one supporting detail.
Students examine local census language data and a community event calendar, then record two signs of cultural diversity in their area.
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Related Standards
- 6.15
The student understands relationships that exist among world cultures
- 6.13
The student understands the similarities and differences within and among cultures in various world societies
- 6.13.C
analyze the experiences and contributions of diverse groups to multicultural societies
- 6.2
The student understands the influences of individuals and groups from various cultures on various historical and contemporary societies
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