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HISTORICAL FIGURES in SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS DRAFT ONE: July HISTORICAL FIGURES IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS DRAFT ONE – July 31, 2009 FOLLOW THE WORD FOLLOW THE WORDS “SUCH GRADE OR INTRODUCTION “INCLUDING” (REQUIRED TO BE AS” (EXAMPLES OF WHAT MAY COURSE TAUGHT) BE TAUGHT) Kindergarten George Washington Stephen F. Austin No additional historical figures are George Washington listed. Grade 1 Abraham Lincoln Sam Houston Clara Harlow Barton (moved to Gr. 3) Martin Luther King, Jr. Alexander Graham Bell Abraham Lincoln Thomas Edison (moved to Gr. 5) Nathan Hale Sam Houston (moved to including) Martin Luther King, Jr. (to including) Abraham Lincoln (moved to including) Benjamin Franklin Garrett Morgan Eleanor Roosevelt Grade 2 No historical figures are listed. No specific historical figures are George Washington Carver required. Amelia Earhart Robert Fulton Henrietta C. King Thurgood Marshall Florence Nightingale Irma Rangel Paul Revere Theodore Roosevelt Sojourner Truth WASP pilots of World War II Black = In Current TEKS and 7/31/09 Draft; Green = Recommended Additions; Red = Recommended Deletions 1 Historical figures listed alphabetically by last name HISTORICAL FIGURES IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS DRAFT ONE – July 31, 2009 FOLLOW THE WORD FOLLOW THE WORDS “SUCH GRADE OR INTRODUCTION “INCLUDING” (REQUIRED TO BE AS” (EXAMPLES OF WHAT MAY COURSE TAUGHT) BE TAUGHT) Grade 3 Paul Bunyan No specific historical figures are Wallace Amos required. Mary Kay Ash Jane Addams (moved to Gr. 5) Benjamin Banneker Clara Barton Todd Beamer Pecos Bill Daniel Boone Paul Bunyan Sandra Cisneros William Clark (moved to Gr. 5) Christopher Columbus David Crockett (moved to Gr. 4) Robinson Crusoe Louis Daguerre Henry Ford (moved to U.S.H.) Founding Fathers Benjamin Franklin Dr. Hector P. Garcia Carmen Lomas Garza Delores Huerta Steve Jobs Helen Keller Margaret Knight Pierre-Charles L’Enfant Meriwether Lewis (moved to Gr.5) Bill Martin Cyrus McCormick Kadir Nelson Juan de Oñate Louis Pasteur Jonas Salk Harriet Tubman Phillis Wheatley Black = In Current TEKS and 7/31/09 Draft; Green = Recommended Additions; Red = Recommended Deletions 2 Historical figures listed alphabetically by last name HISTORICAL FIGURES IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS DRAFT ONE – July 31, 2009 FOLLOW THE WORD FOLLOW THE WORDS “SUCH GRADE OR INTRODUCTION “INCLUDING” (REQUIRED TO BE AS” (EXAMPLES OF WHAT MAY COURSE TAUGHT) BE TAUGHT) Grade 4 Stephen F. Austin Moses Austin Alvin Ailey Stephen F. Austin Gail Borden Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca James Bowie Francisco Coronado Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca (to including) George Childress Charles Goodnight Henry Cisneros Governor Christopher Columbus (in Gr. 3) Lizzie Johnson Francisco Coronado (to including) Local mayor David Crockett Local members of the Legislature Michael DeBakey Anson Jones Susanna Dickinson Sam Houston James Fannin Richard King Miriam A. Ferguson Mirabeau Lamar Joseph Glidden René Robert Cavelier Sieur de la Salle Henry B. González Martín de León Oveta Culp Hobby José Antonio Navarro Patillo Higgins Sam Houston State and local government leaders Millie Hughes-Fulford Texans as President of United States Kay Bailey Hutchison Scott Joplin Barbara Jordan René Robert Cavelier Sieur de la Salle Local individuals Audie Murphy Ross Perot Sam Rayburn Ann Richards Cleto Rodríguez Antonio López de Santa Anna Juan N. Seguín E. Deaf Smith Texas Rangers John Tower William B. Travis Lorenzo de Zavala Black = In Current TEKS and 7/31/09 Draft; Green = Recommended Additions; Red = Recommended Deletions 3 Historical figures listed alphabetically by last name HISTORICAL FIGURES IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS DRAFT ONE – July 31, 2009 FOLLOW THE WORD FOLLOW THE WORDS “SUCH GRADE OR INTRODUCTION “INCLUDING” (REQUIRED TO BE AS” (EXAMPLES OF WHAT MAY COURSE TAUGHT) BE TAUGHT) Grade 5 No historical figures are listed. John Adams Jane Addams Alexander Graham Bell Susan B. Anthony William Bradford Neil Armstrong George Washington Carver John J. Audubon (moved to Gr. 8) William Clark Benjamin Banneker (moved to Gr. 3) John Deere Clarence Birdseye Thomas Edison George Washington Carver (to including) Founding Fathers Carrie Chapman Catt Benjamin Franklin César Chávez Anne Hutchinson Thomas Edison (to including) Thomas Jefferson Dwight Eisenhower Meriwether Lewis Benjamin Franklin James Madison Anne Hutchinson William Penn Martin Luther King, Jr. Roger Sherman Rosa Parks John Smith William Penn George Washington Colin Powell Eli Whitney Franklin D. Roosevelt Roger Williams Carl Sagan Wright Brothers John Smith (moved to including) Roger Williams (moved to including) Ronald Reagan Grade 6 No historical figures are listed. No specific historical figures are No historical figures are listed. required. Black = In Current TEKS and 7/31/09 Draft; Green = Recommended Additions; Red = Recommended Deletions 4 Historical figures listed alphabetically by last name HISTORICAL FIGURES IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS DRAFT ONE – July 31, 2009 FOLLOW T HE WORD FOLLOW THE WORDS “SUCH GRADE OR INTRODUCTION “INCLUDING” (REQUIRED TO BE AS” (EXAMPLES OF WHAT MAY COURSE TAUGHT) BE TAUGHT) Grade 7 Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca Moses Austin James A. Baker III Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Stephen F. Austin Roy Bedicheck Barbara Jordan George Childress Chief Bowles Mary Maverick Green Dewitt Benjy Brooks Elizabet Ney James Fannin Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca William B. Travis James Farmer Walter Cunningham Lorenzo de Zavala Hector P. García Michael DeBakey Oveta Culp Hobby Michael Dell James Hogg José Escandón Sam Houston Henry B. Gonzalez Lyndon B. Johnson William Goyens Anson Jones Phil Gramm Mirabeau B. Lamar Jack Coffee Hayes Martín de León Francisco Hidalgo Cynthia Parker Barbara Jordan Quanah Parker C.M. “Dad” Joiner Presidents Houston, Lamar, Jones Howard Hughes Sr. Antonio López de Santa Anna Kay Bailey Hutchison Erasmo Seguín Fray Damián Massanet Juan Seguín Mary Maverick William B. Travis José Antonio Navarro Lorenzo de Zavala Alonso Alvarez de Piñeda Texas Rangers Sam Rayburn Black = In Current TEKS and 7/31/09 Draft; Green = Recommended Additions; Red = Recommended Deletions 5 Historical figures listed alphabetically by last name HISTORICAL FIGURES IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS DRAFT ONE – July 31, 2009 FOLLOW THE WORD FOLLOW THE WORDS “SUCH GRADE OR INTRODUCTION “INCLUDING” (REQUIRED TO BE AS” (EXAMPLES OF WHAT MAY COURSE TAUGHT) BE TAUGHT) Grade 8 John and Abigail Adams Abigail Adams Susan B. Anthony John Adams John James Audubon Samuel Adams Frederick Douglass John C. Calhoun John Paul Jones Henry Clay Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis John Marshall Founding Fathers James Monroe Benjamin Franklin William Penn Bernardo de Galvez Elizabeth Cady Stanton Ulysses S. Grant Henry David Thoreau King George III George Washington Alexander Hamilton Patrick Henry Andrew Jackson Thomas Jefferson Marquis de Lafayette Robert E. Lee Abraham Lincoln James Madison George Mason Thomas Paine Presidents Washington - Monroe George Washington Daniel Webster Black = In Current TEKS and 7/31/09 Draft; Green = Recommended Additions; Red = Recommended Deletions 6 Historical figures listed alphabetically by last name HISTORICAL FIGURES IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS DRAFT ONE – July 31, 2009 FOL LOW THE WORD FOLLOW THE WORDS “SUCH GRADE OR INTRODUCTION “INCLUDING” (REQUIRED TO BE AS” (EXAMPLE) FOLLOW THE COURSE TAUGHT) WORDS “SUCH AS” (EXAMPLES OF WHAT MAY BE TAUGHT) World Geography No historical figures are listed. No specific historical figures are No additional historical figures are required. listed. World History Hammurabi Napoleon Bonaparte Archimedes Winston Churchill Robert Boyle Mikhail Gorbachev Chinese students in Tianamen Square Hammurabi Winston Churchill Adolf Hitler Nicolaus Copernicus Thomas Hobbes Marie Curie Thomas Jefferson Thomas Edison (in Gr. 5) Emperor Justinian I Albert Einstein John Locke Eratosthenes of Cyrene Karl Marx Robert Fulton Baron de Montesquieu Galileo Galilei Benito Mussolini Mohandas Gandhi Pope John Paul II Adolf Hitler (moved to including) Ronald Reagan Vladimir Lenin (moved to including) Franklin D. Roosevelt Nelson Mandela Jean Jacques Rousseau Sir Isaac Newton Adam Smith Louis Pasteur Joseph Stalin Pope John Paul II Hideki Tojo Pythagoras of Samos Voltaire (François Marie Arouet) Oscar Romero Lech Walesa Mother Teresa Woodrow Wilson Desmond Tutu Mao Zedong James Watt Woodrow Wilson (to including) Mao Zedong (moved to including) Black = In Current TEKS and 7/31/09 Draft; Green = Recommended Additions; Red = Recommended Deletions 7 Historical figures listed alphabetically by last name HISTORICAL FIGURES IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS DRAFT ONE – July 31, 2009 FOLLOW THE WORD FOLLOW THE WORDS “SUCH GRADE OR INTRODUCTION “INCLUDING” (REQUIRED TO BE AS” (EXAMPLES OF WHAT MAY COURSE TAUGHT) BE TAUGHT) U.S. History Dwight Eisenhower Susan B. Anthony Jane Addams Martin Luther King, Jr. Omar Bradley Susan B. Anthony (moved to including) Upton Sinclair Cesar Chavez Mary Kay Ash William Jefferson Clinton William Jennings Bryan Benjamin O. Davis Andrew Carnegie W.E.B. DuBois Shirley Chisholm Dwight Eisenhower Clarence Darrow Betty Friedan Eugene Debs Oveta Culp Hobby W.E.B. DuBois (moved to including) Herbert Hoover Henry Ford John F. Kennedy Marcus Garvey Martin Luther King, Jr. Bill Gates Henry Cabot Lodge Newt Gingrich Douglas MacArthur Henry B. Gonzalez Alfred Thayer Mahan Billy Graham George Marshall Delores Huerta Joseph McCarthy Robert Lafollette Richard M. Nixon Charles A. Lindbergh George Patton Thurgood Marshall John J. Pershing Ralph Nader Harry S Truman Sandra Day O’Connor Ronald Reagan Georgia O’Keeffe Franklin D. Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt
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