Middle School Social Studies Texas History

Complete Texas History Course

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Texas History MS Course

Exploros Texas History MS is a complete middle school curriculum, containing 12 units with approximately ten 5E model lessons per unit. The course is intended for live classroom instruction in device-enabled middle school classrooms.

Students use social media skills to actively engage in learning broadly about Texas History spanning from the life of early people of Texas to contemporary Texas.

A Complete Texas History MS Scope and Sequence
Twelve Units With Approximately Ten 5E Model Experiences Per Unit

Texas History Natural Texas and its People

Natural Texas and its People
Overview of Texas geography, including the plains, mountains, and basins, and the life of early people and American Indian cultures in Texas.

Texas Government
The structure and functions of government at the state and local levels, and the role of citizens.

Texas History Exploration and Early Colonization

Exploration and Early Colonization
Spanish conquistadors, Cortez and the Aztecs, early Spanish explorers, La Salle and French Texas, the Mission-Presidio System, and Spanish settlement and colonization.

Texas History Cotton, Cattle, Railroads, and Westward Expansion

Cotton, Cattle, Railroads, and Westward Expansion
Expansion of the Texas frontier, cattle and ranches, railroads, urban growth, the Galveston Hurricane.

Mexican National Era
Mexican War of Independence, Austin's Texas Colony, and life in the colonies.

Age of Oil
The impact of Spindletop, Progressive movements in Texas, and World War I.

Texas Revolution
Sources of the Texas Revolution, Conventions of 1832 and 1833, early battles, Battle of the Alamo, Goliad and San Jacinto, establishing an interim government.

Texas History Great Depression and World War II

Great Depression and World War II
Mexican Revolution, Texas during WWI, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the New Deal, Texas during WWII

Texas History Republic of Texas and Early Statehood

Republic of Texas and Early Statehood
The Republic of Texas years including leaders and issues such as annexation into the United States, and early statehood years including the Constitution of 1845, early statehood leaders, U.S.-Mexican War, Tejanos and American Indians, immigrants and slaves in Texas.

Texas History Civil Rights and Conservatism

Civil Rights and Conservatism
President Lyndon Johnson, civil rights, cultures and changing demographics in Texas, the rise of conservatism.

Texas History Civil War and Reconstruction

Civil War and Reconstruction
Issues leading to the Civil War, Texas secession, Texas contributions to the Civil War, Civil War battles, the end of the War, Reconstruction.

Contemporary Texas
Modern industries in Texas such as aerospace and petroleum, Texas economics, water resources, science and technology, Texans in the arts.

Each unit contains about ten learning experiences that use 5E Model Lesson design, and curated OER resources. Social Studies World Cultures 5E Modal

Students collaboratively brainstorm, work in small groups, complete concept maps, and take STAAR aligned practice tests.

The Exploros Texas History Program

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