Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 113 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES › Subchapter C - HIGH SCHOOL › Section 113.46 - Sociology (One-Half Credit), Beginning with School Year 2011-2012

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General requirements. Students shall be
				  awarded one-half unit of credit for successful completion of this
				  course.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Sociology, an elective course, is an
				  introductory study in social behavior and organization of human society. This
				  course will describe the development of the field as a social science by
				  identifying methods and strategies of research leading to an understanding of
				  how the individual relates to society and the ever changing world. Students
				  will also learn the importance and role of culture, social structure,
				  socialization, and social change in today's society.
(2) Statements that contain the word
				  "including" reference content that must be mastered, while those containing the
				  phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative examples.
(3) Students identify the role of the free
				  enterprise system within the parameters of this course and understand that this
				  system may also be referenced as capitalism or the free market
				  system.
(4) Students understand
				  that a constitutional republic is a representative form of government whose
				  representatives derive their authority from the consent of the governed, serve
				  for an established tenure, and are sworn to uphold the constitution.
(5) State and federal laws mandate a variety
				  of celebrations and observances, including Celebrate Freedom Week.
(A) Each social studies class shall include,
				  during Celebrate Freedom Week as provided under the Texas Education Code,
				  §
												29.907, or
				  during another full school week as determined by the board of trustees of a
				  school district, appropriate instruction concerning the intent, meaning, and
				  importance of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution,
				  including the Bill of Rights, in their historical contexts. The study of the
				  Declaration of Independence must include the study of the relationship of the
				  ideas expressed in that document to subsequent American history, including the
				  relationship of its ideas to the rich diversity of our people as a nation of
				  immigrants, the American Revolution, the formulation of the U.S. Constitution,
				  and the abolitionist movement, which led to the Emancipation Proclamation and
				  the women's suffrage movement.
(B)
				  Each school district shall require that, during Celebrate Freedom Week or other
				  week of instruction prescribed under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph,
				  students in Grades 3-12 study and recite the following text: "We hold these
				  Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are
				  endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are
				  Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure these Rights,
				  Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the
				  Consent of the Governed."
(6) Students identify and discuss how the
				  actions of U.S. citizens and the local, state, and federal governments have
				  either met or failed to meet the ideals espoused in the founding
				  documents.