TEXAS The Lone Star State

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TEXASThe Lone Star State
By Yvette Walton LTEC 4100
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• The TEKS this lesson plan covers are as follows
• Students will be able to focus on the study of
  their community as well as their state and
  nation.
• Identify and explain the significance of various
  capital buildings
• Identify and locate places on a map.
• Compare information from different sources about
  places and regions
• Create written and visual materials to express
  ideas.
• Use various parts of a source, including the
  table of contents, glossary, and index, as well
  as keyword computer searches, to locate
  information

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Grade Level 2nd Grade   Subject Social Studies
(Facts about Texas)   Goal For students to
understand the significant facts about the state
of Texas.   Objectives   Students will be able
to identify and comprehend significant facts
about Texas. Students will be able to research
facts about Texas and relay their understanding
in a creative booklet.
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• Materials
• Manila paper (6 per student)
• Colored Pencils/Markers
• Books about Texas/Social Studies Books
• Computers
• Activity
• The Introduction The lesson will start with the
  teacher getting the students attention by
  displaying a map of the United States at the
  front of the classroom and asking the students if
  they know the state in which we live. Students
  will also be asked what they already know about
  Texas and a short class discussion will follow.
• Assessment An assessment tool to evaluate the
  students learning will be asking questions as
  students present their booklets to make sure the
  class as a whole understands the meaning and
  significance of each fact.
• Adaptation You can change this activity to meet
  the needs of exceptional learners by requiring
  these particular students to do fewer facts,
  possibly just 2 or 3 facts, depending on what the
  student understands.
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The Learning Next, the book The Legend of the
Bluebonnet will be read aloud to the class. The
teacher will pause during the book to ask
questions to make sure that the students
understand, and also to clarify.   After
reading the book, the students will be asked to
use their textbooks, books about Texas, and also
the computers in the classroom to search for
facts about Texas. Based on what the students
already know and learn, they will be asked to
create a booklet using Manila paper and colored
pencils and markers. The students will pick 6
facts that they found interesting and write them
on a piece of the Manila paper (one fact to each
page). They will also be encouraged to draw
pictures and representations of the facts that
they found.   Conclusion In order to wrap up the
lesson after the activity is completed, the
students will be asked to share their booklets
with their classmates. This will enable the
students to see the facts each student found, and
also to restate the important facts about Texas.
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Texas Flag

• The Lone Star Flag - 1845
• Red for Bravery
• Blue for Loyalty
• White for Purity

What are the meanings of each of these words?
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HOW DID TEXAS GET ITS NAME?

• Texas is based on a word used by Caddo Indians,
  Tejas, meaning friends.

WHAT STATES BORDER TEXAS?

• Arkansas
• Louisiana
• New Mexico
• Oklahoma

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TEXAS

• State Motto
• Friendship

• State Nickname
• The Lone Star State

What does friendship mean?
Why do you think Texas is called the Lone Star
State?

• State Song
• Texas, Our Texas

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State Capital Austin

• Austin became the capital of Texas in 1846.
• Austin is the fourth largest city in the state.
• What do you think the largest city in Texas is?

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• References
• TEKS
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/teks/
• Enchanted Learning
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/texas/
  
• Austin Texas Facts
• http//www.ci.austin.tx.us/citymgr/basicfac.htm