Oklahoma Social Studies 1.P.1.2.B

Social Studies1st GradeSocial Studies Practices

The Standard

1.P.1: Apply critical thinking skills to address authentic civic issues.
1.P.1.2: Develop practices which demonstrate an understanding that social studies involves the evaluation of evidence.

Use supporting questions to help guide learning of specific social studies content.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 1.P.1.2

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use small questions to learn about a community place. They look at a photo, simple map, or short read-aloud to find answers. Then they use those answers to tackle a bigger question.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can answer 'Where can people borrow books?' using a library photo. They can explain how that answer helps show what the library does for the community.
Common Misconceptions: Students may answer from memory without checking the photo or map. They may share an interesting fact about a place that does not answer the question asked.
How to Assess It: Write 'How do community places help us?' and show a photo of a library. Ask, 'Where can people borrow books? What in the photo helps you answer?'

Lesson moves

Give pairs photos of a library, grocery store, and fire station; have them match each photo to a question about that place.
Ask, 'How does the library help people?' Have students point to one detail in a library photo before answering.
Play question-and-picture match: read 'Where can we buy food?' and have students hold up the grocery store card.
Bring a grocery receipt and ask, 'Where did this food come from?' Have students find the store name on the receipt.

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