Oklahoma Social Studies 2.C.3.2
The Standard
- 2.C.3
- Describe the physical and human characteristics of their environment.
Describe the relative location of the student’s community to major metropolitan centers of the state, using cardinal and intermediate directions.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 2.C.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find their community, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa on a state map. They describe where their community is compared with each city using compass directions.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student points to each place on the map and gives the correct direction from each city to their community. They use northeast, northwest, southeast, or southwest when a place lies between two cardinal directions.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may reverse the comparison and describe where Tulsa is from their community. They may call northeast simply north or use the direction a road travels instead of the direction shown on the map.
How to Assess It
- Give students a map with their community, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa marked. Ask: “Where is our community compared with each city? Use compass directions when the places differ.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have students place sticky dots for their community, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa on a paper state map, then use a compass rose to name directions.
Ask: “Where is our community from Tulsa? Which marks on the compass rose help you decide?”
Give pairs place-name cards for their community, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa; they draw two cards and name the direction from one place to the other.
Use a state highway map to find a route to Oklahoma City or Tulsa, then name the direction of the trip.
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Related Standards
- 2.P.2.3.A
Ask and answer geographic questions, using geographic information about the student’s community and state.
- 3.P.2.3.A
Ask and answer geographic questions, using geographic information about the student’s community and state.
- K.C.3.4
Identify basic cardinal directions and terms used to describe relative location.
- 3.C.2.2.A
Explain the relative location of the student’s school and the state of Oklahoma to surrounding states and major physical regions of the United States of America...
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