English Natural Texas Presentation

Natural Texas

How can learning about what happened
in the past help us understand the
present?

Texas

Whether you travel north
to south or east to west,
Texas stretches for
nearly 800 miles and
sprawls across 267,000
square miles.

Population (2020) -
29,145,505

Geography

Texas comprises a series of
vast regions.

1.Where would Irving be
located on this Natural
Regions map?

2.Which region would be
Lubbock?

3.Which region would be El
Paso?

Social Studies Skills

What Skills
will you
need to be
successful
in this
course?

●Interpreting a Map

●Interpreting a line graph, bar graph, tables and
charts

●Analyzing Primary Sources

How to Interpret a Map

How to
interpret a
Map?

●Maps give
information about a
specific topic.

●The topic of a map
can be unlimited.
They can provide
information on
population, climate,
landforms, and so
much more.

Example:

●This physical map focuses on the landscape of Texas.

●The key shows what elevation each color represents.

What is the
subject of this
map?

What conclusions
can you draw
about from this
map?

What is the
subject of this
map?

What special
features are on
this map?

How to Interpret

different sources of

information.

How to Interpret a
Line Graph?

●A line graph can be used to
show changes over a period
of time.

●Line graphs are useful
because at a glance, the
reader can tell the trend as
well as the rate of change.

Rate of change - speed with which
the change is taking place.

1. What is the title of this line graph?

2. What is the trend line of this graph?

3. What do you think increased the population of Texas in such a
short amount of time?

How to Interpret a
Bar Graph?

●Bar graphs are useful
for comparing numbers.

●Bar graphs can present
information about
multiple groups of things
at the same time.

●Most commonly used to
present information.

1. What is the title of this bar graph?

2. What stands out in the bar graph?

3. Create a question that the bar graph can help you answer.

How to Analyze
Primary Sources

How to Analyze a
primary Source?

●People who study
history examine pieces
of evidence to
reconstruct events.

●Primary sources are
written, visual, or
physical pieces of
evidence from the past.

●Historians use primary
sources to gather
information about the
past.

Example:
This cave painting made by ancient Native Americans of Texas shows a hunting scene.

Analyzing an image: What suggests that this is a hunting scene?

Text Analysis

General Order No. 3, from Major General Gordon Granger (June, 19,1865)

“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation
from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an
absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former
masters and slave, and the connection heretofore existing between them
becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised
to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages.”

●Read the text.

●Identify the author
of the source.

●When was the
source created.

●What can you learn
from the source?

Making a Connection:
City of Irving Walking Tour
What information can you gather about the History
of Irving, Texas. Go through the City of Irving
Walking Tour to discover Irving’s history.