Oklahoma Social Studies 1.C.3.3
The Standard
- 1.C.3
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic geographic concepts.
Construct maps of specific places, such as the community and state, and describe the relative location of physical and human features.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 1.C.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students draw simple maps of a community and Oklahoma. They place natural features, such as rivers, and built features, such as roads and schools. They use words like near, next to, and north of to tell where places are.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can draw a map that shows where several places are in relation to each other. Using a reference map, they can place their town and a river on an Oklahoma outline and describe where one is compared with the other.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may draw places in a row rather than show where they sit in relation to each other. They may also treat a road or building as a natural feature, or think a river must run straight across a map.
How to Assess It
- Give students an Oklahoma map and a blank state outline. Ask them to mark their town and one river, then finish: “The river is ___ of my town.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs paper cutouts of a school, road, park, and river; have them arrange the pieces and draw a map.
Show a simple community map and ask, “What would you pass on a walk from the school to the park?”
Play map directions: one partner places three feature cards, then gives clues so the other can copy the layout.
Use a printed Oklahoma map to find your town and a river, then tell which direction you would travel to reach it.
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Related Standards
- 1.P.2.3.B
Identify and describe the community’s human and physical environment through the use and creation of simple maps and photographs of the community.
- K.P.2.3.B
Identify and describe the community’s human and physical environment through the use and creation of simple maps and photographs of the community.
- 3.P.2.3.B
Describe the community and state’s human and physical environment by creating and using maps, graphs, and other geographic models, including aerial photography.
- K.C.3.3
Construct basic maps of the classroom, school, and neighborhood.
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