back to shop

4th Grade Social Studies Curriculum – Texas in the 20th Century – TEKS Aligned

Unit 9 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Texas History Guided Curriculum is about the Texas in the 20th Century. The unit covers the social, economic, and political events and changes that specifically affected Texas during the 1900s, including The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl, World War II, and the Civil Rights Movement.

$9.50

Buy on TPT

# of Pages: 103
File Type: PDF, PPT, Google Apps

Preview

Description

Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS-aligned resource that covers Texas in the 20th century? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 4th-grade students? Look no further!

Unit 9 of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Texas History Guided Curriculum is about the Texas in the 20th Century. The unit covers the social, economic, and political events and changes that specifically affected Texas during the 1900s, including The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl, World War II, and the Civil Rights Movement. This unit also covers the rise of the Texas oil industry and significant individuals from Texas who contributed to society.

This 3-week unit includes lesson plans, guided notes, practice activities, exit tickets, a project, unit assessment, and more. Each lesson includes slideshows in both PowerPoint and Google Slides, as well as student digital activities of the notes, practice activities, exit tickets, project, and unit assessment.

This unit primarily correlates to the current TEKS 4th Grade Social Studies standards (adopted in 2024). It includes EVERYTHING you need to teach Texas in the 1900s – just print & go!

This unit covers the following topics:

  • Lesson 1: Introduction to Texas in the 20th Century
  • Lesson 2: The Texas Oil and Gas Industry
  • Lesson 3: The Great Depression and Texas
  • Lesson 4: The Dust Bowl and Texas
  • Lesson 5: World War 2 and Texas
  • Lesson 6: The Civil Rights Movement and Texas
  • Lesson 7: Audie Murphy
  • Lesson 8: Cleto Rodriguez
  • Lesson 9: Bessie Coleman
  • Lesson 10: Texas in the 20th Century Review Game

What’s included in this resource?

  • 3-week pacing guide and overview
  • Scope and Sequence
  • 10 teacher lesson plan guides
  • 9 non-editable slideshows (Google Drive & PPT versions)
  • 1 editable slideshow review game with student recording sheet and QR code
  • Guided notes for Lessons 1-9 (2 versions: fill-in-the-blank and highlighted words) – 2 size options – full-page size for binder and smaller size for notebooks
  • 9 practice activities
  • 10 exit tickets
  • Digital and full-color versions of student activities
  • Unit Project
  • Unit Assessment
  • Answer keys for all student activities

RESEARCHED for ACCURACY and CULTURAL RELEVANCE – The Southern Teach creates resources that are thoroughly researched and checked for accuracy. My mission is to show ALL sides of history and believe it’s important to share this in a way that is appropriate for upper elementary students.

What makes this Guided Social Studies Curriculum Smart and Simple?

โœ… The social studies daily lessons and activities are bite-sized and can easily be implemented in 30-45 minutes.

โœ… The social studies curriculum is TEKS-aligned (for Texas) but is still flexible enough to use in any order.

โœ… Each social studies unit has everything you need to simply teach social studies – easy-to-follow lesson plans, guided notes, practice activities, exit tickets, and more!

It’s everything you need to implement engaging social studies lessons that students love and teachers enjoy (because it’s comprehensive and easy to prep)!

ยฉ Kirsten Hammond – The Southern Teach

All rights reserved. Purchase of this unit entitles the purchaser the right to reproduce the pages in limited quantities for single classroom use only.  Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system or commercial purposes is strictly forbidden without written permission from the publisher. Copying any part of this product and placing it on the Internet in any form (even a personal/classroom website) is strictly forbidden. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA). Clipart and elements found in this file are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license.

This resource is for personal and classroom use only.ย 

You may:

  • Use this item for personal/student use in aย singleย classroom.
  • Purchase licenses at a big discount for colleagues and others to use this resource.
  • Enjoy this product for years to come (check back for updated versions).ย 

You may not:ย 

  • Give this item to your friends or colleagues.
  • Copy this item for use by others.
  • Post this item on a website for download or sale. This includes personal websites, district websites,ย Outschool, Etsy, Amazon, etc.
  • Post this item or any like copy for sale or for free.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “4th Grade Social Studies Curriculum – Texas in the 20th Century – TEKS Aligned”

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may also like…

ยฉthe Southern Teach. All Rights Reserved. Designed by Ashley Hughes

4th Grade Social Studies Curriculum – Texas in the 20th Century – TEKS Aligned
$9.50