Texas TEKS 7.7.E
The Standard
analyze the political, economic, and social impact of World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, and significant issues in the latter half of the 20th and early 21st centuries such as political and economic controversies, immigration, and migration on the history of Texas.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace how major national and global events changed Texas government, jobs, population, and daily life. They classify effects as political, economic, or social and support claims with Texas-specific evidence.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how wartime military bases expanded cities or how the Great Depression changed farm work and public aid. They can compare immediate and lasting effects and connect political, economic, and social changes.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may describe national events without showing what changed in Texas. They may confuse immigration from another country with migration within the United States. They may list outcomes without explaining causes or connections.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Choose one major event and write one political, one economic, and one social impact on Texas. Include one supporting fact for each impact.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs Texas source cards, such as maps, photographs, and job data, to sort by event and type of impact.
Write a claim answering: Which major event changed Texas most, and what political, economic, and social evidence supports your choice?
Run a timeline relay where teams place Texas impact cards under the correct event, then explain one cause-and-effect link.
Compare local census or newspaper records across two decades to identify changes in jobs, population, immigration, or migration.
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