Texas History: Regions of Texas PowerPoint and Activities

This product includes a Texas Regions PowerPoint and over 40 pages of notes, worksheets, and activities examining the geography of Texas for Texas History classes. This PowerPoint and resource bundle is TEKS-based and will make a week's worth of engaging lessons for your class!

Suggested Pacing (50-minute-1 hour classes)

• Day 1- Introduce era, unit overview and vocabulary terms (slides 1-34 and vocabulary charts with large Texas map)
• Day 2- Mountains and Basins (slides 35-67 with notes, and one of the Mountain and Basins activities or a writing prompt)
• Day 3- Great Plains (slides 68-104 with notes, and one of the Great Plains activities or a writing prompt)
• Day 4- North Central Plains (slides 105-141 with notes, and one of the North Central Plains activities or a writing prompt)
• Day 5- Coastal Plains (slides 142-179 with notes, and one of the Coastal Plains activities or a writing prompt)
• Day 6-7 Either the Texas Regions Rock Band T-Shirt Project or The Regions Compare/Contrast Project

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This Texas History Texas Regions Geography PowerPoint isn't your average presentation! This TEKS-based PowerPoint includes pop quizzes, video links, cooperative learning activities, and discussion prompts to bring your lesson on the mountains and basins, great plains, north central plains, and coastal plains to life! In addition to Texas geography, this (175+ slide) PowerPoint includes unit vocabulary terms and an examination of the role of eras in understanding history.

Please see the preview video for samples.

Please Note:

• PowerPoints need to have the content enabled before presenting
• Videos are included in the PowerPoint--> LOOK FOR THE VIDEO CAMERA ICON & CLICK!
• Modern Love, and Arial Black are the primary fonts used in this bundle. You may need to adjust the font/size if you do not have a version of PowerPoint that includes these fonts.

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This set of Texas Regions resources for Texas History classes will give you a variety of worksheets and activities. This TEKS based resource set includes: vocabulary worksheets, Texas map, regions notes worksheets, create a stamp activity, several writing prompts and activities, compare/contrast regions activities, design a band shirt for a region project, and more!

TEKS INCLUDED:

This product covers the following content (TEKS):

• 7.1.A identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain why historians divide the past into eras, including Natural Texas and its People
• 7.9.A locate the Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, North Central Plains, and Coastal Plains regions and places of importance in Texas during the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries such as major cities, rivers, natural and historic landmarks, political and cultural regions, and local points of interest
• 7.9.B compare places and regions of Texas in terms of physical and human characteristics
• 7.21.C organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals, including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps
• 7.22.A use social studies terminology correctly

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