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 113.50 - Ethnic Studies: Mexican American Studies (One Credit)

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General requirements. Students shall be
				  awarded one credit for successful completion of this course. This course is
				  recommended for students in Grades 10-12.
(b) Introduction.
(1) In Ethnic Studies: Mexican American
				  Studies, an elective course, students learn about the history and cultural
				  contributions of Mexican Americans. Students explore history and culture from
				  an interdisciplinary perspective. The course emphasizes events in the 20th and
				  21st centuries, but students will also engage with events prior to the 20th
				  century.
(2) To support the
				  teaching of the essential knowledge and skills, the use of a variety of rich
				  primary and secondary source material such as biographies, autobiographies,
				  landmark cases of the U.S. Supreme Court, novels, speeches, letters, diaries,
				  poetry, songs, and artwork is encouraged. Motivating resources are available
				  from museums, historical sites, presidential libraries, and local and state
				  preservation societies.
(3) The
				  eight strands of the essential knowledge and skills for social studies are
				  intended to be integrated for instructional purposes. Skills listed in the
				  social studies skills strand in subsection (c) of this section should be
				  incorporated into the teaching of all essential knowledge and skills for social
				  studies. A greater depth of understanding of complex content material can be
				  attained when integrated social studies content from the various disciplines
				  and critical-thinking skills are taught together.
(4) Students identify the role of the U.S.
				  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.
(5) Throughout social studies in
				  Kindergarten-Grade 12, students build a foundation in history; geography;
				  economics; government; citizenship; culture; science, technology, and society;
				  and social studies skills. The content, as appropriate for the grade level or
				  course, enables students to understand the importance of patriotism, function
				  in a free enterprise society, and appreciate the basic democratic values of our
				  state and nation as referenced in the Texas Education Code (TEC),
				  §28.002(h).
(6) 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.
(7) 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 TEC,
				  §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."
(8) 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.
(9) 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.