Texas TEKS 7.17.B
The Standard
identify the contributions of Texas leaders such as Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross, John Nance Garner ("Cactus Jack"), James A. Baker III, Henry B. González, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Barbara Jordan, Raymond L. Telles, Sam Rayburn, and Raul A. Gonzalez Jr.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students connect each leader to a public office, public action, or historic first. They explain how that work affected Texas or the nation.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students accurately match each leader with a major contribution and place the leader in the correct general time period. They explain two leaders’ effects using specific facts.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often name an office without explaining what the person accomplished. They may confuse Garner with Rayburn, mix up historic firsts, or assume every leader served in state government.
How to Assess It
- Give students three leader names and four contribution statements. Ask them to match each leader, cross out the extra statement, and explain one match in a sentence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs nine leader cards and nine contribution cards to match, then arrange the matched sets on a classroom timeline.
Ask students which leader created the most lasting change, then write a claim supported by two facts from short biographies.
Play clue bingo using offices, historic firsts, policies, and public actions instead of calling the leaders’ names.
Have students find a local building, school, or street named for a public leader and research the contribution behind the name.
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