Social Studies

 

 

7th Grade - Texas History


Curriculum Links for Seventh Grade:

Description of Course
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
Scope and Sequence for Seventh Grade
Extended Scope and Sequence (Side by Sides of Multiple Grade Levels)
7th Grade End of Course Assessment Study Cards
7th Grade End of Course Assessment Color Flash Cards

Instructional Strategies:
Handbook for Grades 4-12
Reading in the Content Area and Graphic Organizers
Strategies for Struggling Learners Workshop

Annotated Bibliographies for 6-8:
Literature  - Aligned by Social Studies Strand

Other Curriculum Resources:
TEKS Biographies
TEKS Glossaries


Downloadable Activities:
7th Grade Word Splash
7th Grade Looping Cards
7th Grade Word Wall
7th Grade Flash Cards
SIOP Lessons for 7th Grade

Significant Era Charts:

Tejas Natives
Texas European Exploration
Texas and America
Texas Revolution
Texas Republic
Texas Statehood
Civil War and Reconstruction
Texas Progressive Era
Texas Modern Era

Hand's On Activities:

Hand's On Activities from San Antonio ISD


Mini DBQ's and Primary Source Adventures:

The Portal to Texas History


Links:

General Resources
Texas Humanities Interactive

The University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio
Texas General Land Office Map Collection
Texas Capitol Visitors Center
Lone Star Junction
Texas History and Social Studies – Armadillo’s WWW Server
Texas History and Culture – Southwestern Studies Program
Texas Escapes – Online Postcards
Texas History Primary Source Documents
Texas History Videos
Texas Parks and Wildlife Historic Sites – Remember Texas
Texas Beyond History – Texas Archeological Society
Texas Treasures
Texas Highways Magazine
The Texas Almanac Online
Williamson County Historical Museum

Maps of Texas and Geography Information
5 Themes of Geography
Texas Landforms
UT - Perry-Castaneda Collection
Historical Maps of Texas
Historical Maps of Texas Cities
Adapting to the Land

Texas Landmarks and State Parks
Passport to Texas
Texas State Parks
Rice University's Historic Designations

Native Americans in Texas - Location (Maps)
Lone Star Junction - Map of the Texas Tribes
Texas Indians.com - Map of the Texas Tribes
Rice University - Map of the Texas Tribes
Rice University - Distribution of the Tribes before the Spaniards
The Mystery of the Disappearing Indians of Texas

Texas Tribes - General Information
Texas Indians.com
Texas Parks and Wildlife

Texas Tribes - Culture
Adobe
Story of the Bluebonnet
Arrowheads and Artifacts

The Major Tribes of Texas
Texas Indians.com
Caddos

Tonkawas
Atakapans
Commanche
Coahuiltecan
Karankawas
Wacos
Jumanos
Black Seminoles
Wichitas
Kickapoos

Major Latin American Tribes
Incas
Aztecs
Mayans

Spanish Exploration
Spanish Colonial Research Center
Spanish Colonial Architecture
Spanish History and Heritage

Changes in Attitude and Technology
Cartography
Communication
Ship Construction
Religion

Spanish Explorers
Spain at the Time of Exploration
Christopher Columbus
Timeline - 1492-1542
Timeline - 1565-1628
PBS - Conquistadors
MAP - Spanish Expansion into Texas
Texas Explorers - Why did they come?

Cabeza de Vaca
A Map of de Vaca's journeys
Cabeza de Vaca - Medicine Man
Cabeza de Vaca - Explorer
Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca - Texas Journey
GAME - Cabeza De Vaca's American Journey

Francisco Coronado
A Map of the Coronado Expedition - 1540-1542
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Seven Cities of Gold

Hernando de Soto
MAP - De Soto's Journey
De Soto - Explorer
Hernando de Soto

The French in Texas
La Salle
La Salle's Shipwreck
Seiur de La Salle(1643-1687)

Spanish Missions in Texas
Five Missions of San Antonio
Handbook of Texas - Spanish Missions
Spanish Missions in Texas
Texas Spanish Missions Gallery
National Park Service - San Antonio Missions

Anglo Settlers
Texas Handbook Online
Brazoria County
Institute of Texan Cultures
Fort Tumbleweed
Lone Star Junction - S.F. Austin
Interactive Timeline

Mexican Texas
Mexican History
Mexican Independence
Fredonian Rebellion
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

The Texas Revolution
Causes of the Texas Revolution
Digital History
The Texians: Heroes of the Revolution
Washington on the Brazos
Texas Declaration of Independence
Battle of Velasco
Battle of Gonzales
Goliad Massacre
La Bahia
The Alamo
Travis' Appeal for Aid at the Alamo
Pena Narrative - To Whom Was This Sacrifice Useful?
Changing Perceptions of a Texas Experience
PBS American Experience
The History Channel
Susanna Dickinson
Texas, Texans and The Alamo
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo
The Institute of Texan Culture Presents the Alamo
Battle of San Jacinto
San Jacinto Monument and Museum

The Republic of Texas
The Constitution of Texas
Presidents of the Republic
The Capitols of Texas
Money of the Republic of Texas

Annexation
Resolution Annexing Texas to the US
Annexation - Texas State Library

The Mexican-American War
The Mier Expedition
President Polk's Message of War
Abraham Lincoln's Reaction
Mexican-American War Events
PBS - The Mexican War

The Civil War
Causes of the Civil War
North and the South During the Age of Jackson
Tocqueville's North

State's Rights/Politics
Nullification Issue of 1832
State's Rights
Free-Soil Party

Expansion
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850 American Memory

The Election of 1860
Map of the Election
Lincoln's Election 1860

The Moral Issue: Slavery
Dred Scott Case
Uncle Toms Cabin and the American Culture

John Brown and Harper's Ferry
John Brown's Holy War
Harper's Ferry National Historical Park
John Brown and the Valley of the Shadow

Texas in the Civil War
Texas Ordinance of Secession (February 2, 1861)
Secession Convention of 1861
Declaration of Causes
Narrative History of Texas Secession
The Impact of Civil War Legislation on Texas
Civil War Texas
Texas During the Civil War
Texas Forces in the Civil War
37th Texas Cavalry (Terrell's), CSA
Frank Vandiver: A Life for the Confederacy
The McArdle Notebooks - Texas State Library
Civil War Battles in Texas

Juneteenth
Juneteenth.com
Electronic Village
Handbook of Texas
Library of Congress

Reconstruction
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867
Reconstruction
Readmission to the Union
Texas and Reconstruction
When Did Reconstruction End?

Cattle and Oil
Texas Cattle Trails
Early Tejano Ranching in Texas
History of Longhorn cattle
Texas Cattle Brands
Barbed Wire
Barbed Wire Museum
Hooked on Barbed Wire
Fort Concho
Fort Davis
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame
The Buffalo Soldiers
Seminoles in Texas and Mexico
Railroad Building in Texas
Katy Railroad Historical Society
Spindletop
Discovery of the Panhandle Oil and Gas Field
Oil Boom Days in the Panhandle - 1925

World War I and the Great Depression
The Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Texas and World War I
Votes for Women!
The Dust Bowl
New Deal Texans
Cotton and Petroleum Crises of 1931
Bonnie and Clyde
Work Relief Administration Press Conferences, Hopkins, 3/23/34
Pea-Pickers' Child

World War II
Texas
Digital Oral history
Lost Battalion of Texas
McLean Prisoner of War Camp
World War II Internment Camp

Beyond World War II
Sweatt v. Painter
Texas City Disaster 1947
The Sixth Floor Museum
Texas in the 1960s
Lyndon Baines Johnson
LBJ Presidential Library for Kids

Texas Government Links
Texas Online
Texas Governor
Texas Legislature
Texas Judiciary
Texas Elections
Texas Senate Kids

Assessment Resources for TAKS:
Grade 8 TAKS Released Tests, Keys, Analyses and More

Constitution Day Resources:
Primary documents, lesson plans, and stories for kids

Project VOTE:
Election Curriculum for All Grade Levels

Professional Social Studies Organizations:
Links to Local, State and National Organizations

Professional Listservs:
Get the latest from TEA and Region XIII Social Studies Teams

For more information about the Social Studies curriculum, contact:

Nancy Hester
Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator
Georgetown Independent School District
603 Lakeway Drive, Georgetown, TX 78628
(512) 943-5000 x. 7882
Email: hestern@georgetownisd.org