7th Grade Texas History YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM Bundle: TEKS-aligned & Google Apps!

The amazing 7th Grade Texas History YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM BUNDLE is PERFECT for those teaching 7th grade social studies (Texas History) in Texas!! Each one of the 12 units included with this incredible year-long curriculum bundle has been comprehensively designed and curated to specifically follow the most recent 7th Grade Social Studies TEKS standards and guidelines -AND- come 100% COMPLETELY READY to use for BOTH in-person classroom learning (via PDF & PowerPoint/PPT) and online digital learning (via Google Apps, Google Slides, Google Drive, Google Classroom, etc.)!!

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These incredible resources include the following:

• Unit Outline and Lesson-by-Lesson Overview for every Unit
• 110 Easy-to-follow presentations featuring built-in Discussion Based Questions (DBQ) & Exit Tickets in both PowerPoint (PPT) & Google Slides format
• 240+ Student exercise assignments in -both- PDF printable and Google Apps formats, ALL complete with teacher answer key
• Numerous individual and team activities
• 300+ Links to supplemental videos on YouTube
• Guided Notes Handouts for EVERY lesson for students to more easily follow along with each presentation
• Unit Review Activities including fun and interactive games like Jeopardy!
• Unit Assessment for each unit complete with teacher answer key and grading rubric

You'll receive immediate access to ALL 12 Units (In-depth description of each unit further below!):

Unit 1: Thinking Like a Historian

Unit 2: Natural Texas and Its People (1200s-1800s)

Unit 3: Exploration and Early Colonization of Texas (1519-1821)

Unit 4: Mexican Colonization and the Empresario System (1821-1836)

Unit 5: Unrest and Revolt in Texas (1821-1836)

Unit 6: Republic of Texas and Early Statehood (1836-1861)

Unit 7: Texas during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1876)

Unit 8: Cotton, Cattle, Railroads and Closing the Texas Frontier (1866-1900)

Unit 9: Modernizing Texas in An Age of Oil (1900-1929)

Unit 10: Texas during the Great Depression and World War II (1929-1950)

Unit 11: Civil Rights and Conservatism Bring Changes (1950-Present)

Unit 12: Contemporary Texas (1950-Present)

Unit 1: Thinking Like a Historian

Analyzing Information

• Strategies to draw conclusions and inferences, identify cause and effect relationships, make predictions, compare and contrast, and find the main idea
• How to summarize information clearly and concisely

Organizing Information

• Effective and efficient ways to organize information that is collected

Introductions to the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and the Pledge of Allegiance

• Using these historical topics, students implement the historical inquiry strategies introduced to them and are assessed on their ability to properly use primary and secondary sources, analyze and organize information, and gain exposure to these historically significant documents

The Preamble of the United States Constitution

• Also included in this unit is a thorough breakdown of the Preamble, explaining and outlining its many purposes
• Exercises designed and aimed at helping students memorize the Preamble

Unit 2: Natural Texas and its People (1200s-1800s)

Geography for Historians

• What IS geography
• Using geography to understand history
• The Four Earth Systems: Land, Life, Water, Atmosphere

Geographer's Tools

• Maps, charts, & graphs
• Three main types of maps: physical, political, & thematic
• Important parts of a map (scale, legend, etc.)
• Latitude and longitude

Geography of Texas

• Landforms of Texas
• Waters of Texas
• Atmosphere of Texas

Coastal Plains of Texas Region

• The five subregions of the Coastal Plains: Blackland Prairie, Gulf Coast Plain, Piney Woods, Post Oak Belt, and South Texas Plain
• Climate and geographic features of the Coastal Plains
• Major cities of the Coastal Plains

Great Plains of Texas Region

• The two subregions of the Great Plains: the High Plains and the Edwards Plateau
• Geographic characteristics of the region such as mesas and escarpments
• The Ogalla A

quifer

• Major cities of the region

Mountains and Basins Region

• Major landforms of the region such as the Chisos Mountains, Fort Davis Plateau, and several others
• Traits, characteristics, and climate of the Mountains and Basins region

North Central Plains Region

• The three subregions of the North Central Plains: The Cross Timbers, The Grand Prairie, & The Rolling Plains
• Traits, characteristics, and climate of the North Central Plains region
• Major cities of the North Central Plains

Native Americans of Texas

• Where they lived and settled
• How they lived
• Tribes such as the Apache, Caddo, Comanche, Wichita, and more

Plus NUMEROUS other topics such as:

• People who call Texas home today
• The first people in Texas
• Effects of European exploration and settlement in Texas
• African Americans in Texas
• Asian Americans in Texas
• And, MORE!!

Unit 3: Exploration and Early Colonization of Texas (1519-1821)

The Arrival of the Spanish in Texas

• Spanish explorers and conquistadors such as Panfilo de Narvaez and Hernan Cortes
• What brought them to Texas
• Why there expeditions were important
• Effects of Spanish Exploration on Texas

The Search for Gold in Texas

• The Niza Expedition
• The Coronado Expedition
• The DeSoto Expedition

Life in the Spanish Colonies of Texas

• Why missions and presidios were built throughout Texas
• Who lived in Spanish missions and presidios and what life was like living in them
• The first Spanish missions and settlements in Texas

The French Challenge the Spanish for Texas

• Historical significance of French explorers suchas Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle
• The La Salle Expedition
• How the Spanish responded to the French incursions
• The St. Denis Expedition
• The Hidalgo & Margil Expeditions
• The "Chicken War"
• San Antonio Missions

Changes in Texas

• How the French and Indian War impacted Spanish claims in Texas
• How Spain expanded its North American colonial empire
• How and why the Territory of Texas was reorganized
• How the rise of the United States had an impact in Texas
• The Louisiana Purchase and the Pike Expedition
• Causes and Effects of the Adams-Onis Treaty

"Filibusteros"

• Who they were and why they're historically significant
• Father Hidalgo's Revolt
• Beginnings of Revolution

End of Spanish Rule in Texas

• Causes and effects of the Mexican War of Independence
• First Republic of Mexico
• The 1824 Constitution and its impacts on Texas and slavery

Unit 4: Mexican Colonization and the Empresario System (1821-1836)

How the Mexican War of Independence impacted Texas

• Why Texas experienced a decline in population
• Why the new Mexican government was concerned over the population drop and they did about it

Anglos & Tejanos

• Characteristics and traits of Anglos and Tejanos
• How they were similar and different from one another
• The historical significance in Texas of each group

Settlement in Texas during the 1820s & 1830s

• Motivations of various groups of people to settle Texas
• The unique and numerous problems of settling in Texas during this time

Empresarios

• What was an emprerasio?
• Analysis of the important role empresarios played in Texas during the 1820s and 1830s
• Examination of the various colonies empresarios established in Texas such as San Felipe de Austin, DeWitt, and several others

Important Individuals during the settlement of Mexican Texas (1821-1836):

• Moses and Stephen F. Austin
• Father Miguel Ramos Arizipe
• Baron de Bastrop
• And, MANY more!!

The Old Three Hundred

• Who they were and why they were called that
• The role they played in settling Texas

Population of Texas between the early 1820s and the mid 1830s

• How Anglo, Spanish, & Tejano settlement had an impact
• Where various groups of settlers came from and how they traveled to Texas
• How settlers chose where to settle (the many important factors they considered)

Settlements of Mexican Texas

• Governance in Texas settlements; how each town had an ayunamiento and the role and responsibilities of an ayunamiento
• Common professions people held once settling in Texas
• The important role commerce and trade played in Mexican Texas
• Overview of notable settlements such as San Antonio and Nacogdoches, as well as others

Life in Mexican Texas

• What homes in Mexican Texas were like, and what it was like to live in one
• Clothing of Mexican Texans
• Food in Mexican Texas; different types of crops commonly grown and consumed in Mexican Texas
• Education and Religion in Mexican Texas

Unit 5: Unrest and Revolt in Texas (1821-1836)

The Fredonian Rebellion

• WHO was involved
• WHAT the Fredonian Rebellion was
• WHERE and WHEN it occurred
• HOW it impacted the people of Texas

Important Events and Factors that contributed to the Texas Revolution such as:

• The Mier y Teran Report
• Law of April 6th, 1830
• The Anahuac Disturbances
• Turtle Bay Resolutions
• Battle of Velasco

Battles of Coleto, Gonzalez, and Refugio

• WHO was involved
• WHERE it took place
• WHAT the outcome was

A New Mexican Government

• How it played a role in the Texas Revolution
• Role of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna in the new government
• Federalism vs. Centralism

Convention of 1832

• The Convention of 1832's causes and effects

Stephen F. Austin & Sam Houston

• Examination and analysis of the numerous contributions and roles each played during the Texas Revolution

Important Individuals of the Texas Revolution such as:

• Juan Davis Bradburn & John Davis Bradburn
• James Fanin
• James Bowie
• General Cos, NUMEROUS others!!

Battle of the Alamo

• Why the Battle of the Alamo is historically significant
• What role Davy Crockett, Santa Anna, and several others played at the Battle of the Alamo
• The causes and effects of the Battle of the Alamo

Convention of 1836

• Who the delegates of the Convention of 1836 were
• Arguments made in support of an independent Texas
• Examination and analysis of the Republic of Texas Constitution

The Runaway Scrape

• Causes and effects of the Runaway Scrape
• Who was involved in the Runaway Scrape

Battle of San Jacinto

• Sequential timeline of events that led to the outbreak of the Battle of San Jacinto
• How the Texas Army defeated the Mexican forces under the command of Santa Anna
• Surrender of Santa Anna
• The Treaties of Velasco

Unit 6: Republic of Texas and Early Statehood (1836-1861)

Early Challenges of the Republic of Texas

• Why Mexico refused to recognize the Republic of Texas
• Economic instability
• A small and weak navy

Annexation of Texas

• Why Texas wanted to be annexed
• Why the U.S. initially declined to annex Texas
• Debate over the annexation of Texas
• The Convention of 1845
• What led to Texas eventually being annexed by the United States

Presidencies of Sam Houston

• Addressing Texas land policy
• Unrest in the Texas Army - Felix Huston
• Unrest in the Texas Navy
• Instability on the Texas Frontier
• Conflicts between Texas Settlers and Native Americans
• The Cordova Rebellion
• Economic policy
• The Tehuacana Creek Treaty
• The Regulator-Moderator War

Presidency of Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Political differences between Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar
• Expulsion of the Cherokee from Texas
• Battle of the Neches
• Conflicts between Texas Settlers and the Comanche
• The Council House Fight
• The Battle of Plum Creek
• Education policy

Texas Capitals

• Which Texas cities have served as the former Republic's and state capital
• Why it has moved several times

Texas Republic Foreign Policy

• The Santa Fe Expedition
• The Archive Wars
• The Mier Expedition
• Conflicts involving the Texas Navy
• Undefined international border with Mexico

People of the Republic of Texas

• Factors behind the Republic's rapid population growth
• Immigration and the Republic of Texas
• African-Americans, Native Americans, and Tejanos in the Republic of Texas

Life during the Republic of Texas and Early Statehood

• Role of farms, ranches, and plantations
• Living in settlements and cities of the Republic
• Land Speculation
• Arts, Culture, Education, Religion, and Transportation in the Republic of Texas

Constitution of Texas

• Three branches of the Texas state government: Executive, Legislative, & Judicial
• Duties and responsibilities of each branch of government

Mexican-American War

• Causes of the Mexican-American War
• Role of important individuals in the conflict such as U.S. President James K. Polk, John Slidell, General Winfield Scott, and several others
• The Siege of Fort Texas
• Texans in the U.S. Army
• How the Texas Rangers played a role in the War

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Mexican Cession
• How the Compromise of 1850 resolved an existing land disputes between Texas and those of the New Mexico Territory

Early Political Parties in Texas

• Role they played in early Texas politics
• Overview of the Democratic, Whig, and Know-Nothing Parties
• Texas Governors such as Hardin Runnels & Sam Houston

Unit 7: Texas During the Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1876)

Development of Slavery in the U.S. & Texas

• History of enslavement in the U.S. between 1776 and the Civil War
• Practice of enslavement in the South, including Texas
• Factors that contributed to the rise of slavery in the South
• Why the practice of slavery was expanded in Texas both during and after the 1820s and 1830s

Enslaved Peoples of Texas (slavery in Texas)

• Common forms of labor they were forced to provide
• Conditions they were forced to live and work in
• Living conditions of the enslaved in Texas (shelter, diet, clothing, etc.)
• Important role of family, community, religion, and culture for the enslaved
• Forms of resistance the enslaved implemented

How Growing Division and Sectionalism in the U.S. Led to the Civil War

• Historical significance of the Compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave Bill (Fugitive Slave Act)
• Impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and "Bleeding Kansas"
• Effects of the Dred Scott Decision (Dred Scott v. Sanford)
• Raid on Harpers Ferry
• Election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860

Texas Secession from the Union

• Debate over secession
• Role of prominent Texans who supported secession, and those who opposed it
• Texas joins the Confederacy (Confederate States of America C.S.A.)

The Confederacy and Union

• Overview of the advantages and disadvantages each side possessed
• Examination & analysis of the Confederate & Union war strategies
• Three Theaters of War: Eastern Theater, Trans-Mississippi Theater, & Western Theater

Major Battles & Events of the Civil War

• Attack on Fort Sumter
• First Battle of Bull Run
• Peninsula Campaign
• Battle of Shiloh
• Union Blockade
• Second Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Antietam
• Siege of Vicksburg
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Sherman's March to the Sea
• Surrender of General Lee

The Civil War in Texas

• Sibley's Campaign
• Battle of Galveston
• Battle of Sabine Pass
• Red River Campaign
• Unionists in Texas
• The Clareno Massacre & Nueces Massacre
• Great Hanging at Gainesville
• Why Texas faced food, labor, and goods shortages during the Civil War
• Role of women in Texas during the Civil War
• The Clareno Massacre
• Battle at Palmito Ranch (the last battle of the Civil War)
• Aftermath of the Civil War in Texas

Emancipation Proclamation

• Historical significance of the Emancipation Proclamation
• How the Emancipation Proclamation redefined the Civil War
• Why President Lincoln enacted the Emancipation Proclamation
• Role of African Americans in the Union Army

The Reconstruction Era

• Debate over Reconstruction
• "Presidential Reconstruction" & "Congressional Reconstruction"
• Role of President Andrew Johnson
• Influence of "Radical Republicans"
• Impact of the Freedmen's Bureau
• Historical significance of Black Codes
• Civil Rights Act of 1866
• The Reconstruction Acts
• Impeachment of President Johnson
• Compromise of 1877

The Reconstruction Era in Texas

• Historical significance of June 19, 1865 - Juneteenth Day
• How life was impacted for freed African Americans living in Texas during Reconstruction
• Austin Freedmen's Society
• 5th Military District
• New state constitution
• Texas Constitutional Convention (1868-1869)
• Texas' readmittance to the Union

Governor Davis' Administration

• Profile of Governor Edmund J. Davis who guided Texas out of military-enforced Congressional Reconstruction, and back into civilian-led statehood
• Priorities of Governor Davis: restoration of law & order, education, internal improvements to the state, and defense of the Texas frontier

Texas Constitution of 1876

• Convention of 1875-1876
• Changes made to the Constitution of 1869
• Core tenets of the Texas Constitution

Post-Reconstruction Texas

• Reversal of Reconstruction Era policies such as the reduction of government spending and equal rights protections for African Americans
• Rise of Jim Crow Laws
• Causes and effects of African American political power becoming increasingly limited in Texas during the post-Reconstruction Era
• Role of tenant farming/sharecropping

Important Terms & Concepts such as:

• Theater of War
• Martial Law
• Popular Sovereignty
• Republicanism
• Federalism
• Individual Rights
• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances

Unit 8: Cotton, Cattle, Railroads, and Closing the Texas Frontier (1866-1900)

The Frontier Wars

• What events led to the Frontier Wars
• Role of Quanah Parker in the Frontier Wars
• The Buffalo Soldiers
• First & Second Battle of Adobe Walls, the Red River War, Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, and more
• Effects the Frontier Wars had on Native Americans and the settlement of West Texas
• Texas Native Americans on Reservations
• Role and historical significance of the Dawes Act

The Texas Cattle Boom

• How cattle ranching got its start in Texas
• The cowboy way of life
• Establishment of large, vast ranches
• Why ranchers performed cattle drives
• Famous cattle drive trails
• Factors that led to the end of large cattle drives
• The Longhorn - a new breed of cattle

Closing of the Texas Frontier

• The role of barbed wire
• Causes & effects of the Texas Range Wars
• What changes eventually led to the closing of the Texas frontier

Advances in Agriculture & Farming in Texas

• What new inventions helped farmers to produce more crops
• Changes that helped farmers in Texas to become commercial farmers
• Challenges to farming in Texas
• Tenant farming and sharecropping in Texas

Rise of Railroads in Texas

• How the building of railroads in Texas affected the cotton, lumber, coal, and cattle industries
• How settlement patterns in Texas changed as the railroads expanded
• Land grants for railroads
• Why the Texas Railroad Commission was created
• Wabash & Great Southwest Railroad strikes

Unit 9: Modernizing Texas in An Age of Oil (1900-1929)

Texas Oil Industry is Born

• America's transition to oil
• What oil is, where it comes from, and how it's refined into gasoline and other products
• Discovery of oil in Texas
• Oil exploration in Texas
• Oil Field Terminology (oil derrick, wildcatter, etc.)
• Employment in the oil industry

Texas Oil Boom

• Effects of the Oil Boom in Texas
• Texas Boomtowns
• The Spindletop Boom and Bust
• Establishment of the Permanent University Fund (PUF)
• The Oil Industry & Philanthropy in Texas

Age of Reform in Texas

• Educational, labor, workplace, & political reforms in Texas
• Hardships of farming and living in rural Texas (lack of educational opportunities for farmers children, falling crop prices, rising expenses, high interest rates, etc.)
• Creation of the Grange
• The Grange's role in Texas
• Southern Farmers Alliance
• Influence of Big Business on Government
• Role of Trusts and Monopolies
• The Populist Party and its influence in Texas
• Establishment of the Texas Railroad Commission
• Role of the Texas Railroad Commission
• Food and drug safety reforms

Texas Reformer Governors

• Overview of their policies, legislative Efforts, and accomplishments
• Governor Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross (1887-1891)
• Governor James S. Hogg (1891-1895)
• "Hogg Laws"
• Charles Culberson (1895-1899)
• Thomas M. Campbell (1907-1911)
• James E. Ferguson "Farmer Jim" (1915-1917)
• Impeachment of Governor Ferguson

Progressive Movement in Texas

• Election Reforms
• 17th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
• Emphasis on the efficiency of Local Governments
• 1900 Galveston Hurricane ("The Great Storm of 1900")
• Impact of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane from the death and destruction it caused to how it brought forth a new form of city government
• Workplace reforms and child labor laws
• Temperance Movement in Texas
• Women's Suffrage in Texas
• 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
• Jim Crow Laws in Texas

Urbanization in Texas

• Causes and effects of urbanization in Texas
• Life in Texas cities and rural Texas during the early 1900s
• Where and why some Texas cities flourished and others struggled to develop
• Who moved to Texas and Texas cities during this time period and why
• Challenges Texas cities faced with increased urbanization

Texas & World Events

• Texans involvement in the Spanish-American War, the Mexican Revolution, and World War I (WWI)
• Causes and effects of the Spanish-American War
• Outbreak of the Mexican Revolution and the events that led up to it
• Historical significance of the Mexican Revolution on both Texas and Mexico
• Overview of World War I (WWI) and Texans involvement in the War effort

Texas During the Post-War Years (1918-1929)

• Post-War economy in Texas
• Effects of demobilization
• Increase in discrimination towards African Americans, Mexican Americans, and immigrants
• Resurgence of discriminatory groups in Texas and their political influence
• Civil Rights Activism in Texas
• A renewed oil boom in Texas
• Declining agriculture industry
• Influence of The Jazz Age ("Roaring 20's)

Unit 10: Texas during the Great Depression and WWII (1929-1950s)

The Great Depression

• Causes of the Great Depression
• How Americans were affected by the Great Depression
• "Hoovervilles"
• Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
• How the Great Depression affected Texas and Texans

The Dust Bowl

• What the Dust Bowl was and why it's historically significant
• How the Dust Bowl played a role in the Great Depression
• Causes of the Dust Bowl
• How the Dust Bowl affected Americans, and in particular, Texans

The New Deal

• Effects of the New Deal
• In-Depth overview of the New Deal's major programs and initiatives
• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
• Repeal of Prohibition (21st Amendment)
• Social Security Act
• Works Progress Administration (WPA)
• Civilian Works Administration (CWA)
• Farm Security Administration (FSA)
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Impacts of the New Deal on Texas and Texans
• Texans who aided in the creation and implementation of New Deal programs (Lyndon Baines Johnson "LBJ", John "Cactus Jack" Garner Nance, Jesse Jones, and others!)

World War II (WWII)

• Causes of WWII
• Rise of European dictatorships
• Allied & Axis Powers
• German invasions of Poland and Soviet Union
• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
• Overview of U.S. involvement in the European and Pacific Theatres of War
• Major Battles of the War (Battle of the Bulge, Midway, & Iwo Jima)
• Concentration Camps
• The Holocaust
• The Nuremberg Trials
• Role of the Atomic Bomb
• Japanese Surrender

World War II (WWII) in Texas

• Texans' involvement in WWII
• Texas military bases & training programs
• POW & Internment Camps in Texas
• Texans who served (Chester Nimitz, Doris "Dorie" Miller, & others)
• Texas women who served
• Texans on the Homefront in WWII

Post-WWII Era in Texas (1945-1950s)

• Increasing urbanization in Texas
• Growing industry in Texas
• Changes and advances in transportation
• Culture during the Post-War Era (rise of rock 'n roll, television, professional sports, etc.)
• Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement
• Increased opportunity for women

Unit 11: Civil Rights and Conservatism Bring Changes (1950-Present)

• Rise of communism
• Meaning of the Iron Curtain
• The Marshall Plan & NATO
• The Space Race
• Role of historical figures such as President John F. Kennedy (JFK) and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin
• Terms such as "Red Scare" and "McCarthyism"
• Effects of the Cold War: House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), fallout shelters, Executive Order 9835 ("Loyalty Order"), and more!

Major Cold War Conflicts

• The Korean War
• Cuban Revolution & the Cuban Missile Crisis
• Vietnam War

Texas and the Cold War

• Notable Texans who served during major Cold War conflicts
• Role Texas military bases played during the Cold War
• Texas economy during the Cold War

The Civil Rights Movement

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
• Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Contributions and historical significance of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)
• Role of the NAACP
• "Freedom Rides" & "Bloody Sunday"
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Role of civil rights leaders such as John Lewis, Dorothy I. Height, and numerous others

Texas and the Civil Rights Movement

• Treatment of African Americans in pre & post-WWII Texas
• NAACP in Texas
• Sweatt v. Painter
• School desegregation in Texas

Chicano Movement & Texas

• Discrimination against Mexican Americans in Texas
• Chicano labor movement
• Causes and effects of the Longoria Affair
• PASO (Political Association of Spanish Speaking Organizations)
• Student activism during the Chicano Movement
• La Raza Unida Party (RUP)
• Legacy of the Chicano Movement

Evolution of Texas Politics between the 1940s and into the 2000s

• Rise and influence of conservatism
• Re-emergence of a two-party system
• Historical significance of Texas politicians like El Paso mayor Raymond L. Telles (first Hispanic American elected as mayor of a major American city), and Henry B. Gonzales (first Mexican American to be elected to the Texas Senate during the 1900s)
• Growth of the Republican Party during the 1970s and beyond
• Texas governors and their accomplishments between the 1950s into the 2020s (up to Greg Abbott)

Texans in the White House

• Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)

-Overview of Johnson's rise in politics

-Johnson's role in President Kennedy's administration as Vice President

-Assassination of President Kennedy

-The "Great Society" and its effects

-The Vietnam War

• Presidency of George H.W. Bush

-End of the Cold War

-Operation Desert Storm

-American with Disabilities Act (ADA)

-Third party candidate Ross Perot during Bush's re-election bid

• Presidency of George W. Bush

-Election of 2000

-Effects of September 11, 2001 (9/11)

-Roles of Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden

-Operation Iraqi Freedom

Unit 12: Contemporary Texas (1950-Present)

Urbanization of Texas

• Patterns of migration and immigration in Texas from the 1940s & 50s to the present day
• Urban population shift in Texas
• Growth of industry in Texas
• How urbanization has impacted the major Texas cities of Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, & San Antonio
• Characteristics & challenges of urbanization in Texas

The Modern Texas Economy

• The Cold War and its impact to the Texas economy
• How the oil and gas industry has played a role in the Texas economy
• The 1970s oil boom in Texas
• The 1980s oil bust in Texas and its effects
• The Savings and Loan Crisis
• Trade and diversification of the Texas economy

Growing Population of Texas

• Factors contributing to Texas' population growth
• Diversity of Texas' population
• Changing composition of the population of Texas
• Challenges of population growth

Texas and the Future

• Impact of economic and population growth on infrastructure, education, health care, and the environment
• The future of water and Texas: depletion of Texas' sources of water, effects of fracking, drought, and potential solutions
• The future of energy and Texas: role of the oil and gas industry and transition to alternative, renewable sources of energy
• Texas and globalization

Plus, so MUCH MORE!!

Collectively, this full-year curriculum bundle covers the following TEKS Standards & Guidelines:

7.1A, 7.1B, 7.2A, 7.2B, 7.2C, 7.2D, 7.2E, 7.2F, 7.3A, 7.3B, 7.3C, 7.4A, 7.4B, 7.4C, 7.5A, 7.5B, 7.5C, 7.6A, 7.6B, 7.6C, 7.6D, 7.7A, 7.7B, 7.7C, 7.7D, 7.7E, 7.8A, 7.8B, 7.8C, 7.9A, 7.9B, 7.10A, 7.10B, 7.10C, 7.10D, 7.11A, 7.11B, 7.12A, 7.12B, 7.12C, 7.13A, 7.13B, 7.14A, 7.14B, 7.15A, 7.16A, 7.16B, 7.17A, 7.17B, 7.18A, 7.18B, 7.18C, 7.18D, 7.19A, 7.19B, 7.19C, 7.19D, 7.19E, 7.20A, 7.20B, 7.20C, 7.20D, 7.20E, 7.20F, 7.21A, 7.21B, 7.22A, 7.22B, 7.22C

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