Texas TEKS 7.10.D
The Standard
analyze the effects of the changing population distribution and growth in Texas and the additional need for education, health care, and transportation.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read maps, graphs, and tables to identify where Texas populations are growing, shrinking, or shifting. They explain how those changes affect demand for schools, health care, roads, and public transit.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can compare two Texas regions or time periods and describe differences in population growth and location. They use data to connect each change to a specific public service need.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume population growth is spread evenly across Texas or that only total population matters. They may think schools, hospitals, and roads expand automatically when population grows. They may also overlook service needs in rural areas with shrinking or aging populations.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A county grows from 100,000 to 130,000 residents, mostly in one suburb. Name one likely education, health care, and transportation need, citing the data.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Using county population cards, students place counters on a Texas map, then mark where new schools, clinics, and roads may be needed.
Ask students to write: How does rapid suburban growth change decisions about schools, hospitals, roads, and public transit?
Students sort Texas population scenarios into education, health care, and transportation needs, then justify each match to a partner.
Students compare local census growth data with nearby school construction, clinic locations, or road projects and explain one connection.
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