Texas TEKS 7.17

Social Studies7th GradeCitizenship

TEKS Knowledge Statement (Expectation Cluster)

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

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies

Cluster contents

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

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students match Texas leaders to their offices, major actions, and public contributions. They distinguish elected leaders from appointed leaders. They use specific actions to identify leadership qualities, including those of presidents connected to Texas.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students accurately identify the roles and contributions of the listed leaders. They explain a leadership quality such as courage, cooperation, or persistence by citing a specific decision or action.
Common Misconceptions: Students may confuse a leader’s office with that leader’s contribution or assume every public official was elected. They may name popularity as a leadership quality without citing evidence. They may also assume every president connected to Texas was born there.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Choose one elected leader and one appointed leader. For each, name the office, one contribution, and one leadership quality supported by an action.

Lesson moves

Give pairs leader, office, contribution, and elected-or-appointed cards, then have them build four-card sets and defend one match with evidence.
Write: Which Texas leader showed the strongest public service, and what specific action supports your choice?
Play leader bingo using clues about offices, appointments, elections, presidential ties, and major contributions.
Use your city website to identify one elected and one appointed leader, then compare their duties with those of historical Texas leaders.

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