Texas TEKS 7.22
TEKS Knowledge Statement (Expectation Cluster)
Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to: use social studies terminology correctly; use effective written communication skills, including proper citations and avoiding plagiarism; create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information; and apply foundational language skills to engage in civil discourse about social studies topics, including those with multiple perspectives.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
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Student Expectations in This Statement
7.22 is a TEKS knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.
- 7.22.A
use social studies terminology correctly
- 7.22.B
use effective written communication skills, including proper citations and avoiding plagiarism
- 7.22.C
create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information
- 7.22.D
apply foundational language skills to engage in civil discourse about social studies topics, including those with multiple perspectives.
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain ideas about Texas history using accurate terms, clear writing, spoken points, and useful visuals. They credit sources, paraphrase instead of copying, and respond respectfully to different views.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can create a short, organized presentation with accurate vocabulary, readable visuals, and complete citations. During discussion, the student supports claims with evidence and challenges ideas without attacking people.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think changing a few words removes the need for a citation, or that listing a source makes copied wording acceptable. They may misuse historical terms, overload slides with text, or mistake respectful disagreement for simple agreement.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short source and a claim. Ask them to write a three-sentence response that paraphrases evidence, cites the source, uses one historical term, and answers an opposing view respectfully.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups source cards, chart paper, and markers, then have them create a cited cause-and-effect poster about a Texas event.
Ask whether Texas leaders should have supported annexation, then require each student to cite evidence and answer one opposing view respectfully.
Play Citation Repair: teams correct missing authors, copied wording, and incomplete source entries on prepared cards.
Compare a museum exhibit panel with a social media history post, then identify which communicates evidence more clearly and why.
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