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Week of: 8.25
PLC: Texas History
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
7.21A-Differentiate
between, locate, and use
valid primary and
secondary resources.
7.9 - Geography ~ The
student understands the
location and characteristics
of places and regions of
Texas.
7.9.A - locate the
Mountains and Basins,
Great Plains, North Central
Plains, and Coastal Plains
regions and places of
importance in Texas during
the 19th, 20th, and 21st
centuries such as major
cities, rivers, natural and
historic landmarks, political
and cultural regions, and
local points of interest
7.11.D - describe the
structure of the population
of Texas using
demographic concepts
such as growth rate and
age distribution.
Objective
Students will be able to
identify, explain the
differences between
primary and secondary
resources.
Students will be able to
create a map identifying
the major regions, cities,
rivers, and geography
landforms of Texas
Learning
Target
I can identify and explain
the differences between a
primary and secondary
resource by the end of
class.
I can identify and label
regions of Texas, cities,
rivers, and geographic
landforms
Students will be able to
compare and contrast the
different regions, paying
attention to population,
borders, vegetation, and
land
I can compare and contrast
the regions of Texas
including population,
borders, vegetation, and
land
Warm-Up
Pre-Test
Review pre-test and notes
Debate and
think/pair/share
Warm-Up
Create Geography of
Texas Foldable
Draw in Texas and the four
regions/label
Label cities, rivers, and
geographic land forms
Good Thing, Reminder of
upcoming quiz
TEK
Activities and Homework
Closing
Review
Exit Ticket
GL-Finish Map, begin notes
over the four regions
PreAP-Interactive Magnetic
Map, Finish Map for
foldable, Begin group work
for finding information
about regions of Texas
Exit Ticket-Compare and
contrast two regions of
Texas.
Thursday
Friday
7.1A identify the major
eras in Texas history,
describe their
defining characteristics,
and explain why historians
divide the past into eras,
including Natural Texas
and its People; Age of
Contact; Spanish Colonial;
Mexican National;
Revolution and Republic;
Early Statehood; Texas in
the Civil War and
Reconstruction; Cotton,
Cattle, and Railroads; Age
of Oil; Texas in the Great
Depression and World War
II; Civil Rights and
Conservatism; and
Contemporary Texas
Students will be able to put
in correct sequence the
different eras in Texas
history.
7.8.A - create and interpret
thematic maps, graphs,
charts, models, and
databases representing
various aspects of Texas
during the 19th, 20th, and
21st centuries
Define “era” and explain
what defining
characteristics of an era
might include. Explain the
era of Pre-Columbian
Texas and list some
defining characteristics
Warm-Up
Anchor Chart
Mix and Match Activity/
Notes
I can create line graphs
based off of various
temperatures for different
cities around Texas
Kahoot review for quiz
CNN news
Good Things
Students can create
accurate line graphs based
off of temperature charts
for various cities in Texas
Warm-Up
Review for Primary Source
and Regions quiz
Work of Texas Regions
Project
Project due Tuesday