Texas State History - Grade 4 - Texas Symbols, Landmarks, Celebrations & Culture - Week 22 Full Curriculum

Teach Grade 4 Texas history through a complete five-day week built around a 6-stop Dynamic History interactive map investigation. Students examine the six flags as a government sequence, investigate official state symbols and how they changed over time, distinguish the 1836 independence event from later commemoration, compare local cultural traditions, study Texas artists, and use monuments and preserved places as evidence of public memory.

This Week 22 resource coordinates the interactive Dynamic History module with Standard and Accessible print alternatives, a Texas Symbols and Landmarks video evidence application, and the complete We the Texans Reader's Theater with Original and Accessible Mini Reader pathways. Complete Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5 assessments are built into the all-in-one Teacher Guide and Answer Key so teachers can use the full five-day sequence or select individual components to fit their schedule.

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What students practice

• Six flags and government sequence: explain that the six flags represent six governments rather than six equal periods of time, and evaluate later choices about how those flags are displayed.
• Official symbols: use evidence about the Lone Star flag, Texas, Our Texas, and the Texas pledge to explain how official symbols are adopted and can be revised over time.
• Event versus remembrance: distinguish the March 2, 1836 declaration from later Texas Independence Day laws, traditions, and local commemorations.
• Texas cultural traditions: compare examples such as Wurstfest, Charro Days, and Panna Maria while avoiding the claim that one local tradition represents an entire cultural group.
• Artists and preservation: connect Lydia Mendoza, Jules Bledsoe, and Elisabet Ney to the places, markers, studios, and institutions that later preserved or recognized their work.
• Landmarks and public memory: use monuments, historic places, and later interpretive additions to ask what a source can prove about an earlier event and what it reveals about later choices to remember it.

The five-day week

• Day 1: Dynamic History Stops 1-3 - Six Flags, One Order; Words Made Official; and Remembering March 2.
• Day 2: Dynamic History Stops 4-6 - Traditions That Repeat; Artists and the Places That Kept Them; and What Texas Chose to Mark.
• Day 3: Texas Symbols and Landmarks Video Evidence Application using the selected Homeschool Pop Texas overview video, source attribution, and a documented flag-timeline comparison.
• Day 4: We the Texans Reader's Theater or one of two equivalent Mini Reader pathways, followed by shared discussion and assessment.
• Day 5: review and a complete standalone Week 22 final assessment.

What's included

• Dynamic History interactive module access with 6 guided stops and 24 guided tasks.
• Clickable place evidence, historical images, source comparisons, Standard and Accessible reading paths, and Accessible Read Intro TTS support.
• 24-page Standard and 35-page Accessible print-module companions with equivalent learning targets for classrooms that need a paper option.
• 38-page all-in-one Teacher Guide and Answer Key with week-at-a-glance planning, substitute-ready daily lesson plans, Days 1-2 Dynamic History guidance, differentiation, Day 3 video support, Day 4 Reader's Theater and Mini Reader guidance, and complete assessment keys.
• Three-page Day 3 Texas Symbols and Landmarks Video Evidence Application with timestamped evidence collection, source checking, and application writing.
• 17-page Day 4 student packet combining a 10-scene We the Texans Reader's Theater, Original Mini Reader, Accessible Mini Reader, shared vocabulary, written response, challenge questions, optional activities, and exit quiz.
• Day 3 assessment with 12 vocabulary terms, 8 short-answer questions, 5 challenge questions, and a 20-question multiple-choice quiz.
• Day 4 assessment with 10 vocabulary terms, 10 short-answer questions, 5 challenge questions, and a 20-question multiple-choice quiz.
• Day 5 final assessment with 10 vocabulary terms, 10 short-answer questions, 5 challenge questions, and a 25-question multiple-choice quiz.
• Printable student worksheets and multiple-choice quiz versions for the Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5 assessments.
• Self-grading Google Forms for the Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5 multiple-choice quizzes through the shared classroom folder.
• Complete model answers, direct answer keys, standards alignment, discussion guidance, optional map links, source-evidence guidance, and performance support inside the single weekly Teacher Guide.

Google Forms note: Self-grading Google Forms are cloud-native and are provided through the shared Google folder. They do not appear inside a downloaded desktop ZIP.

Built for flexible classrooms

Use the complete five-day sequence, shorten the week by selecting one assessment format, or use the Standard and Accessible print modules when devices are limited. Day 4 also offers three equivalent text pathways - Reader's Theater, Original Mini Reader, or Accessible Mini Reader - so students can work at different reading levels while meeting the same core learning targets.

Assessment options

The Dynamic History module uses 24 guided formative tasks across Days 1-2. The Day 3 video assessment, Day 4 Reader's Theater/Mini Reader assessment, and Day 5 final assessment remain separate so teachers can choose the mix of source analysis, performance or reading, written response, challenge questions, printable multiple choice, and self-grading Google Forms that fits their classroom.

Best fit

Designed for Grade 4 Texas Social Studies and aligned to Week 22 learning targets for state symbols, landmarks, the six flags, the Lone Star flag, the state song and pledge, Texas Independence Day, cultural traditions, Texas artists, public memory, source evidence, comparison, and civil discussion. This resource works well for whole-class instruction, partner work, independent practice, social studies centers, substitute plans, review, and blended print/digital classrooms.

Technology note: Dynamic History, the selected video, and Google-native assessment files require internet access. The Standard and Accessible print modules, Day 3 source worksheet, Reader's Theater and Mini Readers, and printable assessment versions provide substantial offline alternatives for the week.