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Language Arts And English
+6 Age Levels Elementary (9 to 12 years old), Middle School (13 to 15 years old)
This state collection utilizes stamps, artworks, photographs, and videos in the Smithsonian's collection to highlight 65 iconic people, places, events and symbols of Texas' history and culture. Students might explore one resource in depth, or conduct a comparison of multiple resources. Follow-up questions might include: What sub-themes can you identify within this collection? What do these resources as a collection tell you about Texas? What marks someone as a "Texan"--is it birthplace alone? What other resources would you want to include to tell a more complete story of Texas history and culture?
Investigating a Place: Texas, a U.S. State Collection
- Published by:
- Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology
- Created by:
- Ashley Naranjo
- Date Published
- January 14, 2016
- Last Modified
- November 05, 2021
- Description
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This state collection utilizes stamps, artworks, photographs, and videos in the Smithsonian's collection to highlight 65 iconic people, places, events and symbols of Texas' history and culture. Students might explore one resource in depth, or conduct a comparison of multiple resources. Follow-up questions might include: What sub-themes can you identify within this collection? What do these resources as a collection tell you about Texas? What marks someone as a "Texan"--is it birthplace alone? What other resources would you want to include to tell a more complete story of Texas history and culture?
- Notes to Other Users
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C3 Standards:
D2.His.3.3-5 : Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.
D2.His.3.6-8 : Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shapes, are seen as historically significant.
D2.His3.9-12 : Use questions generated about individuals and groups to assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by the historical context.
D2.Geo.5.3-5 : Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.
D2.Geo.5.6-8 : Analyze the combinations of cultural and environmental characteristics that make places both similar to and different from other places.
D2.Geo.5.9-12 : Evaluate how political and economic decisions throughout time have influenced cultural and environmental characteristics of various places and regions.
D2.Geo.6.6-8. Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.
D2.Geo.6.9-12. Evaluate the impact of human settlement activities on the environmental and cultural characteristics of specific places and regions.
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