Description
Teach the geography of Texas regions in an exciting way – take your kids on an imaginary bus tour as they learn all about the Four Natural Regions of Texas.
Your students will take an imaginary field trip around the great state of Texas in the “Bus Tour of Texas”. Your kids will see images of the regions of Texas out of the “bus window”, and then go to 4 different bus stops at different locations around the state. At each bus stop, they will exit the bus, read information about their bus stop, answer questions and write a post card “home” summarizing what they have learned.
When you purchase this activity you will receive:
–detailed directions for conducting the activity,
-a Google Slides™ presentation to use as your bus tour around Texas,
-a script to read for each of the different images,
-Doodle Notes™
-placards with readings and images for 4 different bus stops providing information for different TEKS,
-questions to answer about each of the bus stops,
-a comparison activity,
-a prerecorded video for the Bus Tour of Texas, and
-answer key
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2019 SEVENTH GRADE TEXAS HISTORY TEKS
(8) Geography. The student understands the location and characteristics of places and regions of Texas. The student is expected to:
(A) locate and compare the Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, North Central Plains, and Coastal Plains regions;
(B) locate and compare places of importance in Texas in terms of physical and human characteristics such as major cities, waterways, natural and historic landmarks, political and cultural regions, and local points of interest; and
(C) analyze the effects of physical and human factors such as climate, weather, landforms, irrigation, transportation, and communication on major events in Texas.
7.17(B) identify the contributions of Texas leaders such as … James A. Baker III, … Kay Bailey Hutchison,
7.18(D) identify contributions to the arts by Texans such as …Walter Prescott Webb…
(9) Geography. The student understands the effects of the interaction between humans and the environment in Texas. The student is expected to:
(A) identify ways in which Texans have adapted to and modified the environment and explain the positive and negative consequences of the modifications; and
(11) Economics. The student understands the factors that caused Texas to change from an agrarian to an urban society. The student is expected to:
(A) explain economic factors and the development of major industries that led to the urbanization of Texas such as transportation, oil and gas, and manufacturing; and
(21) Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired through established research methodologies from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:
(A) differentiate between, locate, and use valid primary and secondary sources such as computer software, databases, media and news services, biographies, interviews, and artifacts to acquire information about Texas;
(B) analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;
(C) organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals, including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps;
(H) use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information such as maps and graphs.
© Social Studies Success®, LLC. This purchase is for you and your classroom. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote. Do not share this document with Amazon Inspire.
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