Texas TEKS 7.6

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

• 7.6.A

  identify significant individuals, events, and issues, including the factors leading to the expansion of the Texas frontier, the effects of westward expansion on...

• 7.6.B

  identify significant individuals, events, and issues, including the development of the cattle industry from its Spanish beginnings and the cowboy way of life

• 7.6.C

  identify significant individuals, events, and issues, including the effects of the growth of railroads and the contributions of James Hogg

• 7.6.D

  explain the political, economic, and social impact of the agricultural industry and the development of West Texas resulting from the close of the frontier.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify key people and developments in Texas after Reconstruction, then explain how they changed the frontier. They connect Spanish ranching, cattle drives, railroads, farming, American Indian displacement, Buffalo Soldiers, Quanah Parker, and James Hogg to political, economic, and social change.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can trace the cattle industry from Spanish ranching to trail drives and describe daily cowboy work. The student explains how military campaigns, buffalo hunting, railroads, and farming changed West Texas and American Indian life. They link Quanah Parker, Buffalo Soldiers, and James Hogg to specific events or policies.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat westward settlement as movement into empty land and overlook forced removal, violence, and buffalo destruction. They may assume cowboys were all Anglo, confuse Buffalo Soldiers with buffalo hunters, or credit railroads only with benefits.

04

How to Assess It

Give students six terms: railroads, cattle drives, farming, Buffalo Soldiers, Quanah Parker, and James Hogg. Ask them to choose three and write a cause, an effect, and one connection among them.

1. 01

   Have pairs arrange event, person, and impact cards on a floor timeline, then add arrows showing causes and effects.

2. 02

   Ask: Who gained and who lost as the Texas frontier closed, and what evidence supports your answer?

3. 03

   Play a matching relay with people, developments, and impacts, requiring teams to justify each match before earning a point.

4. 04

   Use a Texas railroad map and current city map to explain why towns such as Fort Worth and Amarillo grew.

• 7.7

  History. The student understands how individuals, events, and issues shaped the history of Texas during the late 19th, 20th, and early 21st centuries. The stude...

• 7.5

  History. The student understands how events and issues shaped the history of Texas during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The student is expected to:

• 7.3

  History. The student understands how individuals, events, and issues related to the Texas Revolution shaped the history of Texas. The student is expected to:

• 4.5

  History. The student understands important issues, events, and individuals of the 20th century in Texas. The student is expected to: