| Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) 7th Grade Social Studies (Texas History) Each semicolon represents A, B, C, D, etc. |
| HISTORY 7.1 Students will identify major eras in Texas history and describe their defining characteristics; apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods; and explain the significance of the following dates: 1519, 1718, 1821, 1836, 1845, and 1861. 7.2 Students will compare the cultures of Native Americans in Texas before European colonization; identify important individuals, events, and issues related to European exploration and colonization of Texas, including the establishment of Catholic missions; identify the contributions of significant individuals including Moses Austin, Stephen F. Austin, and Juan Seguin during the colonization of Texas. Students will identify the impact of the Mexican federal Constitution of 1824 on events in Texas; trace the development of events that led to the Texas Revolution, including the Law of April 6, 1830, the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, and the arrest of Stephen F. Austin; and students will contrast the Spanish and Anglo purposes for and methods of settlement in Texas 7.3 Students will explain the roles played by significant individuals during the Texas Revolution including George Childress, Lorenzo de Zavala, James Fannin, Sam Houston, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and William B. Travis; explain the issues surrounding significant events of the Texas Revolution, including the battle of Gonzales, the Siege of the Alamo, the convention of 1836, Fannin's surrender at Goliad, and the battle of San Jacinto. 7.4 Students will identify individuals, events and issues during the Republic of Texas and early Texas statehood, including annextation, Sam Houston, Anson Jones, Mirabeau B. Lamar, problems of the Republic of Texas, the Texas Rangers, the Mexican War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo; analyze the causes of and events leading to Texas statehood. 7.5 Students will explain reasons for the involvement of Texas in the Civil War; analyze the political, economic, and social effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas. 7.6 Students will identify significant individuals, events, and issues from Reconstruction through the beginning of the 20th century, including the factors leading to the expansion of the Texas frontier, the effects of westward expansion on Native Americans, the development of the cattle industry from its Spanish beginnings, the myth and realties of the cowboy way of life, the effects of the growth of railroads, the buffalo soldiers, James Hogg, Cynthia Parker, and Spindletop; and explain the political, evonomic, and social impact of the cattle and oil industries and the development of West Texas resulting from the close of the frontier. 7.7 Students will define the impact of "boom and bust' and trace the cycle of leading Texas industries throughout the 20th century, including farming, oil and gas, cotton, cattle ranching, real estate, and banking; evaluate the Progressive and other reform movements in Texas in the 19th and 20 centuries; trace civil rights and equal rights movements of various groups in Texas in the 20th century and identify key leaders in these movements, including James Farmer, Hector P. Garcia, Oveta Culp Hobby, and Lyndon B. Johnson; analyze the political, economic, and social impact of major wars, including WWi and WWII, on the history of Texas; and trace the emergence of the two-party system in Texas during the second half of the 20th century. |