Oklahoma Social Studies 2.P.2.3

2.P.2.3 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 2.P.2.3.A

  Ask and answer geographic questions, using geographic information about the student’s community and state.

• 2.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.

• 2.P.2.3.C

  Identify and describe how humans modify and adapt to their physical environment, using its natural and human resources.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students ask questions about places in their community and Oklahoma. They use maps, aerial photos, and simple graphs to describe land, water, roads, and buildings. They explain how people changed places or adjusted to the land and weather, now and in the past.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can find their community on an Oklahoma map and use a map key to identify features. They can read an aerial photo and a simple graph, then explain one way people changed a place or adapted to it.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may call roads and buildings natural features or mistake an aerial photo for a street-level view. They may think a present-day map shows exactly how a place looked long ago.

04

How to Assess It

Give students an Oklahoma map and an aerial photo of the school area. Ask them to mark their community, circle one natural feature in the photo, and write one way people changed or adapted to the area.

1. 01

   Give pairs a printed aerial photo of the school area; have them trace roads and buildings, mark trees, and draw a key.

2. 02

   Show old and new aerial photos of a nearby block; ask, "What changed about the land, and why?"

3. 03

   Play map-key bingo with an Oklahoma map: call out river, road, town, and lake; students point to matching symbols.

4. 04

   Show a photo of an Oklahoma farm; have students name the water, land, and workers it uses and explain one way farming changes the land.

• 3.P.2.3

  The 3rd Grade version of this standard.

• 6.P.2.3

  The 6th Grade version of this standard.

• 5.P.2.3

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.

• 1.P.2.3

  The 1st Grade version of this standard.