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(7.19) Culture. The student understands the concept of diversity within unity Texas.

The student is expected to:	*Related Handbook of Texas Online* articles:**
A: explain how the diversity of Texas is reflected in a variety of cultural activities, celebrations, and performances;	Folk Arts and Crafts Folk Belief Folk Building Folk Dance Folk Games Mexican Americans Mexican-American Folk Arts Mariachi Music Tejano Conjunto Festival African Americans African-American Churches Juneteenth Anglo-Americans See paragraph 30 or use edit/find to locate the word "culture". Czechs English Includes how the English came to Texas, although the English empresarios failed to develop communities. French Willow Creek Germans Sunday Houses Germans German Music Irish (empresarios) Poles Swedes
B: describe how people from selected racial, ethnic, and religious groups attempt to maintain their cultural heritage while adapting to the larger Texas culture; and	See 7.19.A above
C: identify examples of Spanish influence on place names such as Amarillo and Río Grande and on vocabulary in Texas, including words that originated from the Spanish cattle industry.	Some selected places: Rio Grande River Neches River Colorado River Balcones Escarpment Llano Estacado Guadalupe Mountains San Antonio, Texas El Paso, Texas Del Rio, Texas Amarillo, Texas Bexar County San Saba County

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