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Library
Inter-curricular Correlation -- Grade 8 |
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A. Information Acquisition |
| Item # |
Library Instructional Collaboration |
Resources |
TAKS Objectives | TEKS | ||
| 8.A.1 | Demonstrate appropriate behaviors for locating, checking out, returning, and caring for library materials according to district procedures. |
Social Studies: 113.24.20D |
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8.A.2
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Demonstrate a working knowledge of library terminology, such as renew, hold, on-line resources and on-line catalog. |
Tech Apps: 126.12.4A Tech Apps: 126.12.4B |
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| 8.A.3 | Demonstrate an understanding that the card or on-line catalog is an index to the library collection and use the catalog information to locate materials in the library media center. |
Language Arts: 110.24.13C Tech Apps: 126.12.4A |
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| 8.A.4 | Understand and use the Dewey Decimal System to locate materials. |
Math: 111.24.14A |
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| 8.A.5 | Locate and use important areas of the Library (circulation area, card catalog/OPAC, fiction, non-fiction, biography, reference and periodical). |
Tech Apps: 126.12.5B |
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| 8.A.6 | Use a variety of print and non-print sources in the problem solving process, including dictionaries, nonfiction books, thesauri, encyclopedias, experts, CD-ROMs, and Internet resources. |
Language Arts: 110.24.6C Language Arts: 110.24.13C Tech Apps: 126.12.4A |
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| 8.A.7 | Analyze information by distinguishing fact from opinion, determining cause and effect, and predicting outcomes to determine usefulness to problem solution. | TAKS Reading #4: The student applies critical thinking skills to analyze culturally diverse written texts. |
Language Arts: 110.24.2C Language Arts: 110.24.10J Language Arts: 110.24.10H Social Studies: 113.24.30B |
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| 8.A.8 | Understand the role of public libraries, university libraries, museums and community resources as valuable sources of information. |
Social Studies: 113.24.16A |
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| 8.A.9 | Understand that bilingual books and Spanish books are part of the library collection when applicable. | |||||
| 8.A.10
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Demonstrate an understanding of issues and events in U.S. history through the use of electronic and print resources in collaboration with campus librarian via utilization of Library Resources Page. Teacher Tutorials: Lessons:
Colonization and Settlement
American Revolution
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ABC CLIO American History
- adv. search - timelines - choose time period ABC CLIO American History - topic exploration - choose time period Gale Group - General Reference Gold - Choose topic - Specify "full text" Gale Group - Jr. Reference Collection - Choose timeline Facts on File - Choose Timelines - Choose time period United Streaming - United States History: 1800-1860: Westward Migration United States History: 1760-1800: Forming a New Nation Websites:
America's Story - Amazing Americans
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Social Studies #1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of issues and events in U.S. history. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies: 113.8.1A Identify the major eras in U.S. history through 1877 and describe their defining characteristics.
Social Studies:
113.8.1B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F |
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| 8.A.11
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Demonstrate an understanding of
significant political and economic issues of the revolutionary era through
the use of electronic and print resources in collaboration with campus
librarian via utilization of Library Resources Page.
Teacher Tutorial: Using Curriculum Resources from Facts on File database Lessons:
US History Lesson Plans - Discovery Schools
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Thomas
Paine |
Social Studies #1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of issues and events in U.S. history. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies 113.8.4.B Explain the roles played by significant individuals during the American Revolution, including Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, King George III, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Paine, and George Washington. Social Studies
113.8.4.C Social Studies
113.8.4.D
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F
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| 8.A.12
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Demonstrate an understanding of the
challenges that confronted the government and its leaders in the early years
of the Republic through the use of electronic and print resources in
collaboration with campus librarian via utilization of Library Resources
Page. Lessons:
War of 1812 Newspaper Activity Enrichment: New Government, Political Parties and Foreign Affairs
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ABC CLIO American History - adv. search - select keyword search – political parties with date Gale Group - General Reference Gold - select keyword search, use president’s name, party name Gale Group - Jr. Reference Collection – select keyword search – type in name of each political party to research (Whig, greenback, democratic, republican, etc), type in president’s name of period Gale Group – Discovering Collection – in search box – type name of each political party to research (Whig, greenback, democratic, republican, etc), also can type in “American Political Parties”, type in president’s name of the period Facts on File - select keyword search – political parties 1754-1820’s, see additional resources in highlighted boxes United Streaming videos: America's Early Years, 1789-1816: An American Nation Begins, 1789-1792 America's Era of Expansion and Reform, 1817-1860: America Under Andrew Jackson, 1829-1836: The Indian Removal Act, The Nullification Crisis, The Battle of the Alamo How the West Was Lost Websites:
Andrew
Jackson |
Social Studies #1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of issues and events in U.S. history. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies 113.8.5.C Explain the origin and development of American political parties. Social Studies
113.8.5.D Social Studies
113.8.5.F Social Studies
113.8.5.G
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F
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| 8.A.13
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Understand westward expansion and
its effects on the political, economic, and social development of the nation
through the use of electronic and print resources in collaboration with
campus librarian via utilization of Library Resources Page.
Lessons: Manifest Destiny #1 Enrichment:
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ABC CLIO American History - adv. search - select keyword search – manifest destiny, Mexican War Gale Group – Discovering Collection – in search box –“Mexican war”, “manifest destiny” Facts on File - select keyword search – “manifest destiny” (be sure to use quotes), “Mexican War” (be sure to use quotes)
United Streaming
videos
Gone West: The Growth of a Nation (Manifest destiny)
Mexican War, The
Websites:
Lewis and Clark Exhibition |
Social Studies #1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of issues and events in U.S. history. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies 113.8.6.B Explain the political, economic, and social roots of Manifest Destiny.
Social Studies 113.8.6.D
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F |
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| 8.A.14
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Understand how political, economic,
and social factors led to the growth of sectionalism and the Civil War
through the use of electronic and print resources in collaboration with
campus librarian via utilization of Library Resources Page.
Lessons:
Civil War Journal Web Quest Enrichment:
Sectionalism and Slavery
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Social Studies #1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of issues and events in U.S. history. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies 113.8.7.D Compare the provisions and effects of congressional conflicts and compromises prior to the Civil War, including the roles of John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster. Social Studies
113.8.8.A Social Studies
113.8.8.B Social Studies
113.8.8.C
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F |
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| 8.A.15
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Understands the location and characteristics of
places and regions of the United States, past and present, the physical
characteristics of the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries and
how humans adapted to and modified the environment while using electronic and
print resources in collaboration with campus librarian via utilization of
Library Resources Page.
Lessons: Tutorial:
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United Streaming
videos
Challenging Geography: Explorers Discover America
Westward Expansion: The Pioneer Challenge
World Book Online article Websites:
How Geography Influences the Economy
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Social Studies #2 Demonstrate an understanding of geographic influences on historical issues and events. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies 113.8.11.A Locate places and regions of importance in the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries. Social Studies
113.8.11.B Social Studies
113.8.11.C Social Studies
113.8.12.A
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F |
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| 8.A.16
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Understands the challenges confronted by the government and its leaders in the early years of the Republic and understands the origins and development of the free enterprise system in the United States while using electronic and print resources in collaboration with campus librarian via utilization of Library Resources Page.
Lessons: Increased Political Power of the Common Man Lesson Plan: History of Taxation - IRS
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ABC CLIO American
History - search using "taxation", "tariff", "Bank of the United
States", "Populist Movement"
Websites:
Kids Bank
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Social Studies #3 The student will demonstrate an understanding of economic and social influences on historical issues and events. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies 113.8.5.B Summarize arguments regarding protective tariffs, taxation, and the banking system. Social Studies
113.8.15.A
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F |
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| 8.A.17
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Understand the relationships among people from
various groups, including racial, ethnic, and religious groups, during the
17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and understands the major reform movements of
the 19th century while using
electronic and print resources in collaboration with campus librarian via
utilization of Library Resources Page. Lessons:
Women in American History Enrichment: Reform Movements and the Industrial Revolution
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United Streaming
videos
Sky's the Limit, The: Women Overcoming the Odds
Booker T. Washington: Tuskegee America
Diversity of Colonial Communities, The: 1700-1750
Making the Thirteen Colonies: New England Colonies
Underground Railroad, The
Underground Railroad, The: Escape From Slavery
America's Era of Expansion and Reform, 1817-1860: America Under
Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, 1853-1860: The Kansas-Nebraska
Act, the Utopian Movements, the Dred Scott Decision, and the
Election of Lincoln
America's Era of Expansion and Reform, 1817-1860: America
Under Andrew Jackson, 1829-1836: The Indian Removal Act, The
Nullification Crisis, The Battle of the Alamo
Diversity of Colonial Communities, The: 1700-1750
ABC CLIO American History – in search box type women’s rights, Websites:
Immigration - Library of Congress Feature |
Social Studies #3 The student will demonstrate an understanding of economic and social influences on historical issues and events. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies 113.8.24.D Analyze the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to our national identity. Social Studies
113.8.24.E Social Studies
113.8.25.A Social Studies
113.8.25.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F
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| 8.A.18
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Understand the impact of science and technology
on the economic development of the United States while using
electronic and print resources in collaboration with campus librarian via
utilization of Library Resources Page. Lessons: Inventions and the Industrial Revolution
Charging Toward the Future
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United Streaming
videos
Living History: Living During the Industrial Revolution
American Industrial Revolution, The
Andrew Carnegie: The Original Man of Steel
America's Early Years, 1789-1816: America in a Changing World,
1793-1799
Websites:
Railroads on PBS |
Social Studies #3 The student will demonstrate an understanding of economic and social influences on historical issues and events. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies
113.8.28.A Explain the effects of technological and scientific innovations such as the steamboat, the cotton gin, and the Bessemer steel process . Social Studies
113.8.28.B Social Studies
113.8.28.D Social Studies
113.8.29.C
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F |
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| 8.A.19
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Understand the foundations of representative
government in the United States and understand the American beliefs and
principles reflected in the U.S. Constitution and other important historic
documents while using electronic and print resources in
collaboration with campus librarian via utilization of Library Resources
Page.
Lessons:
U.S. Constitution Learning Module Enrichment:
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United Streaming
videos: Making the Thirteen Colonies: New England Colonies (Mayflower compact) New England Colonists, The: The Pilgrims and Puritans (Mayflower compact) American Constitution, The: The Road from Runnymede (Magna Charta and U.S. Constitution) Declaration of Independence, The: A Foundation of Ideas for a New Age (Declaration of Independence and Magna Charta) Nation in Crisis (Revised), A (Articles of Confederation)
ABC CLIO American History – in search box type specific terms
“Mayflower Compact”, Declaration of Independence”, “Articles of
Confederation”, etc Websites:
Historical Documents |
Social Studies #4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of political influences on historical issues and events. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies 113.8.3.B Evaluate the importance of the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, and the Virginia House of Burgesses to the growth of representative government. Social Studies 113.8.16.A Social Studies
113.8.16.B Social Studies
113.8.16.C Social Studies
113.8.16.D
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F |
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| 8.A.20
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Understand the process of changing the U.S.
Constitution and the impact of amendments on American society while using
electronic and print resources in collaboration with campus librarian via
utilization of Library Resources Page.
Lessons:
Fourth Amendment Role- playing
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United Streaming videos: American History: The Birth of a Nation: The Living Constitution (Revised) (covers Constitution, Federalists and Federalist papers, checks and balances, Bill of Rights) Websites: http://www.supremecourthistory.org (Supreme Court) http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/charters.html (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights)
A Road Map to the Constitution
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Social Studies #4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of political influences on historical issues and events. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies 113.8.17.A Summarize the purposes for and processes of changing the U.S. Constitution. Social Studies 113.8.17.B Describe the impact of the 19th-century amendments including the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments on life in the United States.
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F |
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| 8.A.21
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Understand the dynamic nature of the powers of
the national government and state governments in a federal system while
using electronic and print resources in collaboration with campus
librarian via utilization of Library Resources Page. Lessons: The Anti-Federalists and the Constitution Lesson Political Parties: Not Part of the Plan
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American History: The Birth of a Nation: The Living Constitution (Revised) (covers Constitution, Federalists and Federalist papers, checks and balances, Bill of Rights) Gale Group Biography Resource Center search "Alexander Hamilton", "Patrick Henry", "James Madison", "George Mason" Websites:
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
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Social Studies #4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of political influences on historical issues and events.
Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies 113.8.18.A Analyze the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, including those of Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison and George Mason.
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F |
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| 8.A.22
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Understand the impact of landmark Supreme Court
cases while using electronic and print resources in collaboration with
campus librarian via utilization of Library Resources Page.
Lessons:
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ABC CLIO American History – in search box type court cases ABC-CLIO American Government – in search box type court cases Gale Group – Discovering Collection – go to history search, select US history – type in specific case, follow links in left hand column Gale Group – Opposing viewpoints – type in court case, following hyperlinks in left hand corner, click on additional materials on folder headings Facts on File –American History Online, in search box type specific court cases Our Federal Government: The Supreme Court (History of Supreme Court, Bill of Rights, 14th Amendment) Supreme Court of the United States: Is the S.C. Ever Wrong? Dred Scott v. Sanford Websites: |
Social Studies #4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of political influences on historical issues and events. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies 113.8.19.A Summarize the issues, decisions, and significance of landmark Supreme Court cases including Marbury v. Madison ,McCulloch v. Maryland, and Gibbons v. Ogden Social Studies
113.8.19.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F |
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| 8.A.23
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Understand the rights and responsibilities of
citizens of the United States while using electronic and print
resources in collaboration with campus librarian via utilization of Library
Resources Page.
Lessons:
Bill of Rights
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United Streaming
videos: Bill of Rights
Gale Group Biography Resource Center
Gale Group Opposing Viewpoints Websites:
Learning
Adventures in Citizenship
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Social Studies #4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of political influences on historical issues and events. Social Studies #5 Use critical thinking skills to analyze social studies
information.
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Social Studies
113.8.20.A Define and give examples of unalienable rights. Social Studies
113.8.20.B Social Studies
113.8.22.B Social Studies
113.8.23.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.A
Social Studies:
113.8.30.B
Social Studies: 113.8.30.C
Social Studies:
113.8.30.D
Social Studies:
113.8.30.F |
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B. Reading Literacy |
| Item # |
Library Instructional Collaboration |
Resources |
TAKS Objectives | TEKS | |
| 8.B.1
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Listen attentively, critically and purposefully to stories, plays, and
poems read aloud for enjoyment and to gain information.
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TAKS Reading # 1: The student demonstrates a basic understanding of culturally diverse written texts. TAKS Reading #110.6: The student uses a variety of strategies to analyze culturally diverse written texts |
Language Arts: 110.24.1A Determine the purposes for listening such as to gain information, to solve problems, or to enjoy and appreciate. Language Arts: 110.24.9A Develop vocabulary by listening to selections read aloud.
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| 8.B.2 | Read regularly in independent-level materials. |
TAKS Reading #110.3: The student uses a variety of strategies to analyze culturally diverse written texts. |
Language Arts: 110.24.7A Read regularly in independent-level materials. Language Arts: 110.24.7C Adjust reading rate based on purposes for reading. Language Arts: 110.24.7E Read silently with increasing ease for longer periods. |
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| 8.B.3 | Explore a variety of multicultural/multiethnic materials. |
TAKS Reading #2: The student applies knowledge of literary elements to understand culturally diverse written texts. |
Language Arts: 110.24.4A Language Arts: 110.24.4B Language Arts: 110.24.4C Language Arts: 110.24.14A Language Arts: 110.24.14B Language Arts: 110.24.14C Articulate and discuss themes and connections that cross cultures. |
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| 8.B.4 | Self-select, read and respond to materials from a variety of literary genre for pleasure reading and/or to acquire information, such as non-fiction, fiction, poetry, magazines, newspapers, and electronic texts. |
TAKS Reading #110.3: The student uses a variety of strategies to analyze culturally diverse written texts. |
Language Arts: 110.24.7A Language Arts: 110.24.8A Language Arts: 110.24.8B Language Arts: 110.24.8C Language Arts: 110.24.10B Language Arts: 110.24.12B |
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| 8.B.5 | Explore works from award lists such as Bluebonnet, Newbery , Caldecott, and Coretta Scott King titles, and recognize the significance of these awards. |
TAKS Reading # 1: The student demonstrates a basic understanding of culturally diverse written texts. TAKS Reading #2: The student applies knowledge of literary elements to understand culturally diverse written texts. |
Language Arts: 110.24.7A Language Arts: 110.24.8A Language Arts: 110.24.8B Language Arts: 110.24.8C |
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| 8.B.6 | Read or listen to, and understand, a variety of literary forms such as fiction, poetry, myths, fables, tall tales, folktales, plays, informational books, biographies and autobiographies. |
TAKS Reading #110.3: The student uses a variety of strategies to analyze culturally diverse written texts. |
Language Arts: 110.24.7A Language Arts |