Texas TEKS 7.10.B
The Standard
describe how immigration and migration to Texas have influenced Texas
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace where groups came from, where they settled in Texas, and why they moved. They explain how these movements changed population patterns, jobs, food, language, religion, and communities.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can use a map or source to connect one group’s movement with a specific change in Texas. They can distinguish movement from another country from movement within the United States.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat immigration and migration as the same process. They may assume all movement was voluntary or recent, or list cultural contributions without explaining how Texas changed.
How to Assess It
- Use this exit ticket: Name one group that moved to Texas, where it came from, why it moved, and two effects on Texas.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs group cards and a blank Texas map, then have them mark origins, settlement areas, reasons for moving, and local effects.
Ask students to write which migrant group most changed a Texas region, using two facts from class sources.
Run a matching game with cards showing groups, origins, settlement regions, reasons for moving, and effects on Texas.
Compare a current Texas census language map with an older population map, then identify one visible change linked to migration.
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Related Standards
- 7.10.A
identify why immigrant groups came to Texas and where they settled;
- 4.7.A
explain the geographic factors such as landforms and climate that influence patterns of settlement and the distribution of population in Texas, past and present...
- 4.11.C
identify the effects of exploration, immigration, migration, and limited resources on the economic development and growth of Texas; and
- 4.11.D
explain how developments in transportation and communication have influenced economic activities in Texas.
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