Texas TEKS 7.22.A
The Standard
use social studies terminology correctly
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use precise social studies words when speaking and writing about Texas history. They explain terms in context and distinguish between related ideas such as colony, republic, state, and nation.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students choose accurate terms without relying on a word bank. They define each term in their own words and use it correctly in a historical explanation.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often treat related terms as interchangeable, such as primary source and secondary source. They may memorize definitions but use words like annexation, migration, or revolution incorrectly in context.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Define annexation, republic, and primary source in your own words, then use one term in a sentence about Texas history.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards with terms, definitions, and Texas history examples, then have them match each set and explain their choices.
Ask students to write three sentences explaining how colony, republic, and state describe different periods in Texas history.
Play vocabulary charades using terms such as migration, revolution, annexation, and constitution, with classmates naming and defining each term.
Have students read a local history marker or news article and highlight social studies terms used to explain people, places, and events.
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