Geography
Find your county on the Gould Ecoregion map – which ecoregion do you live in?

Identify, locate, and describe the physical regions of Texas (Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, North Central Plains, Coastal Plains), including their characteristics such as landforms, climate, vegetation, and economic activities; and compare the physical regions of Texas (Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, North Central Plains, Coastal Plains).

Identify cities within the Blackland Prairie Ecoregion 
 – explain the geographic factors such as landforms and climate that influence patterns of settlement and the distribution of population in Texas, past and present; and identify and explain patterns of settlement such as the location of towns and cities in Texas at different time periods.
 – identify ways in which Texans have adapted to and modified the environment and explain the positive and negative consequences of the modifications; and explain ways in which geographic factors such as the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the Dust Bowl, limited water resources, and alternative energy sources have affected the political, economic, and social development of Texas.

Within the Blackland Prairie Ecoregion – describe ways people have adapted to and modified their environment in Texas, past and present, such as timber clearing, agricultural production, wetlands drainage, energy production, and construction of dams; explain reasons why people have adapted to and modified their environment in Texas, past and present, such as the use of natural resources to meet basic needs, facilitate transportation, and enhance recreational activities; and compare the positive and negative consequences of human modification of the environment in Texas, past and present.