FRAME THE LESSON
TEACHER: 4th grade
CLASS: Texas History
DATE: January 11-15
TEKS Practice
Student Expectations Bundled in Lesson
Noun=Underline
Verb=Italicize
3a analyze the causes, major events, and effects of the Texas Revolution, including the Battle of the Alamo, the Texas Declaration of Independence, the Runaway Scrape, and the
Battle of San Jacinto
3d describe the successes, problems, and organizations of the Republic of Texas such as the establishment of a constitution, economic struggles, relations with American Indians, and
the Texas Rangers
3e explain the events that led to the annexation of Texas to the United States, including the impact of the U.S.-Mexican War
8a identify and explain clusters and patterns of settlement in Texas at different time periods such as prior to the Texas Revolution, after the building of the railroads, and following
World War II
8b describe and explain the location and distribution of various towns and cities in Texas, past and present
10b explain the economic activities early immigrants to Texas used to meet their needs and wants
12a explain how people in different regions of Texas earn their living, past and present, through a subsistence economy and providing goods and services
15a identify the purposes and explain the importance of the Texas Declaration of Independence, the Texas Constitution, and other documents such as the Meusebach-Comanche Treaty
19a identify the similarities and differences among various racial, ethnic, and religious groups in Texas
19b identify customs, celebrations, and traditions of various cultural, regional, and local groups in Texas such as Cinco de Mayo, Oktoberfest, the Strawberry Festival, and Fiesta San
Antonio
21b analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations
and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions
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Resources/Materials:
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My World Social
Studies
consumable
textbook
My World Social
Studies Online
Texas Studies
Weekly
magazine
Objectives/Key Understanding:
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Check for understanding of previous lessons
Annexation
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Spiral back to difficult concepts and reteach
Resolution
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Dig deeper into the concepts you have touched on in this chapter
Small Group Purposeful Talk Questions:
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Vocabulary:
Who supported statehood the most?
What was the purpose of the Texas constitution?
What are the similarities and differences among the new settlers of Texas?
What economic activities did early immigrants to Texas use to meet their needs
and wants?
Skirmish
Legislature
Expand
Boundary
Stop & Check for Understanding—High Level Question:
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What was the importance of the Meusebach-Comanche Treaty?
Why did the Comanche object to the treaty?
What customs did each ethnic group celebrate?
Why did the United States want Mexico’s northern frontier
Closing product/question/informal assessment:
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TEKS Practice pgs. 234-237
My world activity: Did You Hear about Our New
State?
Rigor and Relevance (Real World Connection): We live
Critical Writing Prompt:
in a global society. It’s important that students grasp
the geographical and societal peculiarities to a
particular region so that they can relate to the people
around them. Discuss the big question for the chapter.
Teaching points and activities:
Big Question for chapter 6: When do changes become necessary?
Engage:
Review vocabulary words from the past lessons with students. There is an interactive review activity online.
Explore:
Students should take the TEKS Practice on pgs. 234-237.This may be given as homework.
Be sure to preview it with students so they are familiar with the types of questions on assessments.
Explain:
Have students take the Chapter Test. This is a good assessment to see what needs to be retaught. It can be printed out from the online resources or
completed online by students. This is the end of the six weeks so the district CBA might take the place of the chapter test. The practice review should still
be done to prepare students for whichever test they take.
Elaborate:
Optional extension: Students work on the Texas Studies magazines, focusing on the in-depth lessons in the Teacher’s manual. The Teacher’s manual has
detailed lessons and activities with purposeful questions to ask students. Let the advanced students use it as extra work when they finish early or assign
small chunks as homework to everyone and have purposeful discussions and activities over the assigned reading the next day to review and enhance
understanding.
Evaluate:
Students will complete the “My World hands-on activity: “Did You Hear About Our New State?” This is part of your teacher resources.
Student will complete the “My story book writing activity” found in the online resources..