TEKS Correlation

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.

Student Expectations this Relic Room supports

TEKS	Student Expectation (paraphrased)	How this activity aligns
§126.x — Technology & society / trends	Students analyze how emerging technologies change the tools people use.	Each exhibit predicts a successor technology from current trends.
Economics — supply, demand & innovation	Students explain how new technologies change what goods and services people choose.	Reveals explain why cheaper, faster digital options are replacing older items.
§126.x — Digital citizenship	Students weigh trade-offs of digital tools (e.g., security, access).	Examples like passwords vs. biometrics invite discussion of security and fairness.
§113.x — Change over time	Students reason about continuity and change.	Students connect fading items to their likely replacements.

Cross‑curricular & skills

• Critical thinking: a three‑step evidence routine — identify from clues, infer purpose/role, and connect to what followed — practiced across nine cases.
• Reading & academic vocabulary: short informational text, domain terms, and a written reflection.
• ELPS: seven languages, visual anchors, and repeated sentence frames.