Texas TEKS 7.7.D
The Standard
describe and compare the civil rights and equal rights movements of various groups in Texas in the 20th century and identify key leaders in these movements such as James L. Farmer Jr., Hector P. Garcia, Oveta Culp Hobby, Lyndon B. Johnson, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Jane McCallum, and Lulu Belle Madison White
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace how Black Texans, Mexican Americans, and women challenged barriers in voting, education, military service, work, and public life. They compare goals, methods, results, and the contributions of major people and organizations.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can connect major leaders and organizations to the correct group, issue, action, and approximate period. They can compare two movements using specific evidence, not simply say both wanted equality.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often blend every campaign into one movement or assume all gains happened during the 1960s. They may treat LULAC as a person or confuse national actions with work done in Texas.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Compare two Texas movements in three sentences. Name one leader or organization from each, one shared method, and one different goal or result.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs event and leader cards to place on a 1900s floor timeline, then label each card’s group, goal, and result.
Ask students to write: Which two Texas movements used similar tactics, and where did their goals or results differ?
Play a matching relay with leader cards, contribution cards, movement cards, and decade cards, then require teams to justify each match.
Read a local newspaper clipping about desegregation, voting, veterans, or women’s rights, then connect it to one statewide movement.
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