Texas TEKS K.13
TEKS Knowledge Statement (Expectation Cluster)
Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
Cluster contents
Student Expectations in This Statement
K.13 is a TEKS knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.
- K.13.A
identify and state facts based on relevant evidence
- K.13.B
identify different kinds of historical sources and artifacts and explain how they can be used to study the past
- K.13.C
gather information about a topic using a variety of valid oral and visual sources such as interviews, music, pictures, symbols, and artifacts with adult assista...
- K.13.D
sequence and categorize information.
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find facts in pictures, objects, songs, symbols, and short interviews. They explain how a source gives clues about the past. They also place information in order and sort it into clear groups.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student points to evidence when stating a fact, such as a detail in a photograph. The student names sources, explains what each can reveal, and sorts or sequences information accurately.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call a guess or opinion a fact without pointing to evidence. They may think only books tell about the past, or that every old object gives the same information. They may sort by color instead of the assigned category or confuse first and last.
How to Assess It
- Give students three pictures showing a morning routine. Ask them to place the pictures in order, state one fact, and point to the evidence for it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place photos, letters, toys, and coins at tables, then have students sort them by source type and explain one choice.
Show an old classroom photo and ask, “What fact can you state, and what detail in the picture supports it?”
Play Source Match by having students pair picture cards of artifacts, interviews, songs, and symbols with questions each source could answer.
Students interview a school employee about a past school event, then draw and sequence three details from the interview.
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