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Texas History Conclusion

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During my observation I had the opportunity to look at the social studies textbook that the 7th grade class was learning from. The textbook was Texas History by Houghton, Mifflin, and Harcourt. Mr. Bochniak told the students that they will be learning about US History when they go into the 8th grade. Teaching students about Texas history included but not limited to; Natural Texas and Its People, The Spanish in Texas, Prosperity and the Great Depression, The Modern Era, Texas Government, Local Government and Citizenship, and so much more. This textbook provided timelines, pictures of people and places, key vocabulary, and TEKS covered for each unit and chapter within the textbook. The students are able to explore graphs, timelines, and maps of destinations that were traveled and different wars that occurred. At the end of each chapter there were questions and activities to check students understanding and comprehension along with a chapter review to draw a conclusion on what they just read. The teacher could use think-pair-share and group discussion strategies to review each chapter with key objectives that were read and discussed to draw upon a chapter conclusion to check for …show more content…

In analyzing the Texas History textbook and social studies standards I will cover; the comparison to the definition of social studies, authentic activities, integration of other academic subject areas, assessments, and opportunities for content reading

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