Ec-6 Social Studies

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Competency 019: Social Science Instruction

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The teacher uses social science knowledge and skills to plan, organize, and implement instruction and assess learning.

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Kindergarten - Child, home, family and classroom

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the child as an individual

home and families

state and national heritage

patriotic holidays and the

contribution of historical characters

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Grade 1 - Child's relationship to the classroom, school and community

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The concept of chronology developed by distinguishing among past, present, and future

anthems and mottoes of Texas and the United States

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Grade 2 - Local community

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impact of significant individuals and events in the history of the community, state and nation

concepts of time and chronology by measuring calendar time by days, weeks, months, and years

relationship between the physical environment and human activities

functions of government and services that it provides

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Grade 3- How individuals change their communities and the world

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past and present heroes and their contributions

people who overcame obstacles

economic, cultural, and scientific contributions made by individuals

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Grade 4 - United States History

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history of Texas from its beginning to the present

events and individuals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

human activity and physical features of regions in Texas and the Western Hemisphere

Native Americans in Texas and the Western Hemisphere

European exploration and colonization

types of Native American governments

characteristics of Spanish and Mexican colonial governments

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Grade 5 - United States History

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history of the United Staes from the early beginnings to the present

major events and significant individuals of the late 19th and 20th centuries including contributions and famious inventors and scientists

regions of the United States that result from physical features and human activity

characteristics and benefits of the free enterprise system

roots of representative government

important ideas in the Declaration of Independence

meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance

fundamental rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights

customs and celebrations of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups in the nation

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Grade 6 - peole and places of the Contemporary World

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people and places of the contemporary world

societies from the following regions in the world: Europe, Russia, and the Eurasian republics, North America, Middle America, South America, Southwest Asia - North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Realm


influence of individuals and groups from various cultures on selected historical and contemporary events

different ways of organizing economic and governmental systems

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Globes in Kindergarten through third grade

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teachers should use a simplified 12 - inch globe, no more than three colors to represent land elevation and no more than two to represent water depth.

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Globes in fourth through sixth grade

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students can use a 16 - inch globe containing additional details, generally seven colors and used to represent land elevation and three colors to represent water depth.

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Graphic Organizers - Semantic Web or Tree Diagram

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shows the relationship between main ideas and subordinated compoents

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Time line

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presents a visual summary of chronological events and is ideal for showing historical events or events in a sequence.

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Flowchart

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shows cause and effect relationships and can be used to show steps in a process, like the process for admission to a school or program

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Venn diagram

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uses circles to compare common and unique elements of two or three distinct components, such as properties of numbers, elements of stories, or events or civilization

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Competency 20: History

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The teacher understands and applies knowledge of significant historical events and developments, multiple historical interpretations and ideas, and relationships between the past, the present, and the future as defined by the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

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Thirteen American Colonies

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Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Rode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia

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Enlightenment period

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European history (eighteenth century) helped to restore religious unity that had been disrupted by the Protestant Reformation.

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American Revolution

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influenced political development in Latin America by demonstrating that it was possible to overthrow European colonial rule.

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The introduction of horses and firearms had a great impact on the colonization of the American plains and the West.

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Early civilizations in Asia and Africa were located near river valleys. Some of these civilizations were Egypt, Mesopatamia, and Persia (Iran). This location provided access to fresh water for crop growing and for human consumption.

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The civil rights movement of the 1960s addressed issues that were major topics during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War - individual and human rights.

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Louis Pasteur's germ theory of diseases was one of the most important breakthroughs of nineteenth - century Europe.

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Every culture has a way to explain the formation of the earth and develops a way to adapt to the physical environment.

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In 1492, Columbus claimed America for Spain. Following that, they established colonies in the Caribbean. In 1519 Spain initiated the colonization of Mexico. Presidios and missions were established to protect the colony and to convert the natives to Christianity.

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In 1598, Juan de Onate founded the first European settlement west of the Mississippi in New Mexico.

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The first Spanish missions in Texas were established to strenghten the control of Spain in the area and to reduce the threat of the French: San Francisco de los Tejas (1690) in East Texas and Fort San Antonio and the Alamo (1718).

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Competency 021: Geography and Culture

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The teacher understands and applies knowledge of geographic relationshiops involving people, places, and environments in Texas, the United Stated, and the world; and who understands and supplies knowledge of cultural development, adaption, diversity, and interactions among science, technology, and society as defined by TEKS.