World Geography-World History TAKS Institutes

Over the last year, the Social Studies Center has sponsored numerous Institutes designed to prepare educators from across the state for the TAKS assessments in Social Studies.

The Center organized five Institutes focused on the Grade 10 TAKS test and the correlations, connections, and commonalities between the World Geography and World History TEKS selected for assessment on the examination. These Institutes were offered in April, July, and October of 2002 and twice in June, 2003.

This web page provides some of the materials presented at the Institutes for you to download. It is available for educators who were not able to attend the Institutes and for educators interested in replicating aspects of the Institutes.

The framework is the agenda for the day. Scroll through the day's sessions to find materials of interest to you. The sessions focused on the twelve key themes identified in the TAKS Correlation Guide.

New items added in June 2003 appear in red.

If you have questions, please contact Dr. Sarah Bednarz.

The Grade 10 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills: Correlating World Geography and World History
Presenter: Cheryl Wright, Texas Education Agency

Download WG/WH TAKS Correlation Guide | TAKS Information Booklet

Download the PowerPoint presentations used in the TETN, January 10, 2003:

Coping with Change

Integrating Grade 8 TAKS Expectations into World Geography Studies

Download WG/WH Correlation Guide Educator Self-Analysis Format "What Am I Already Doing?" RTF | PDF

The Grade 10 TAKS: What Went Well? What Do We Need to Do Better?

Presenter: George Rislov, Texas Education Agency

Download the PowerPoint presentation TAKS Results

Keynote Presentations

Keynote: MindMaps: Standards and Assessment
Presenter: Dr. Phillip J. Gersmehl, University of Minnesota

Keynote: Transportation, Trade Routes, and the Spread of Disease
Presenter: Dr. Jonathan Lee, San Antonio College
Download Dr. Lee's PowerPoint presentation

Keynote: Dialogue between History and Geography
Download the History presentation by Dr. Jonathan Lee
Download the Geography presentation by Dr. Dean Lambert

Workshop Sessions

Patterns of Migration
Presenter: Phil Rodriguez, Northside ISD

Influence of Spatial Exchange
Presenter: Merry Lobrecht, Humble ISD
Download the PowerPoint presentation
Download the supporting activities | Download 2 | Download 3

Patterns of Urbanization
Presenter: Sherri Knight, Mansfield ISD
Download the supporting activities

Interpreting Historical Maps and Visual Analysis of Geographic and Historical Information
Presenter: George Rislov, Highland Park ISD

Economic Systems
Presenter: Julia Hyman, ESC II

Economic Relationships
Presenter: Robert S. Bednarz, Texas A&M University

Processes of Change
Presenter: Sarah W. Bednarz, Texas A&M University
Download the PowerPoint presentation Processes of Change.
Download the supporting activities.
Download Teaching With Maps.

Human-Environmental Relationships
Presenter: Dagoberto Eli Ramirez

Geographical Data Analysis
Michael Acuff, Fort Worth ISD, and Pat Hardy, Weatherford ISD
Download the supporting activities.

Application of Geographic and Historical Information
Presenter: Jo Beth Oestreich, University of Texas at Austin

Teaching the TAKS through the European Union
Presenter: Sarah Witham Bednarz, Texas A&M University
TAKS-EU Website