The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for social studies, as amended in 2022, set out what Texas students learn in each grade from kindergarten to grade 8 and in U.S. History Studies Since 1877. Every level is organized into eight strands: history, geography, economics, government, citizenship, culture, science, technology, and society, and social studies skills. Each grade follows its own theme, from the family and community in the early grades to Texas history in grade 4 and U.S. history in grades 5 and 8, and under each knowledge and skills statement are the student expectations teachers plan and assess against.
This guide lists 682 TEKS Social Studies standards across 10 grade and course pages. Choose a grade below to see every standard for it.
Only Texas. The TEKS are the state standards for Texas public schools, adopted by the State Board of Education; Texas did not adopt the C3 Framework or any national social studies standards. The descriptions on this guide are our own summaries; the official text is published by the Texas Education Agency.
Descriptions are AssessmentWiz summaries, not the official TEKS text. TEKS © Texas Education Agency; official standards are in 19 TAC Chapters 110–113.