Dead Communications · Grades 4–8 · Technology Applications, 19 TAC Ch. 126
These alignments are a good‑faith, paraphrased mapping to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills — they are aligned to, not reproduced from the TEKS. Verify current Student Expectation numbers against the official TAC before adoption; strands are stable but codes are periodically renumbered.
The activity also supports the English Language Proficiency Standards (19 TAC Ch. 89, ELPS) through its seven‑language design and paired visual + text supports for multilingual learners.
| TEKS | Student Expectation (paraphrased) | How this activity aligns |
|---|---|---|
| §126.x — Technology & society | Students describe how communication technologies have changed over time and their impact on society. | Each exhibit links an old communication tool to the technology that replaced it. |
| §126.x — Computational thinking / digital tools | Students compare tools used to create, send, and store information. | Students match past tools to their modern digital equivalents (email, texting, cloud, voicemail). |
| §126.x — Digital citizenship | Students consider issues such as privacy in communication. | Reveals note drawbacks like the lack of privacy on a party line. |
| §113.x — Chronology & change over time (cross-curricular) | Students sequence changes across time. | Each reveal gives the era a tool was common and what came next. |