Oklahoma Social Studies 5.C.4.5.C
The Standard
- 5.C.4
- Examine the struggles of the Revolutionary War and ultimate victory to gain independence.
- 5.C.4.5
- Identify the contributions of key individuals influential to the American Revolution in the fields of
military service (e.g., Nathan Hale, John Paul Jones, Daniel Morgan, Ethan Allen, Nathanael Greene, Benedict Arnold, Marquis de Lafayette)
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 5.C.4.5
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify how people served during the American Revolution. They connect a person's action to its effect on the war.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a name or short account, students can describe a wartime action and explain why it mattered. They can explain that Benedict Arnold fought for the Americans before changing sides.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think Arnold was always on the British side. They may mistake John Paul Jones for an army general or assume Lafayette was born in the colonies.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Choose two people from John Paul Jones, Daniel Morgan, and Benedict Arnold. For each, name one wartime action and explain how it affected the American cause.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a blank colonies map and event cards; have them place Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga, Daniel Morgan at Cowpens, and Lafayette at Yorktown.
Ask students to write why both Arnold's early service and his later betrayal belong in an account of his role in the war.
Read clues about wartime actions and have teams hold up the matching person's name card.
Show a photo of a veterans' memorial; students write a two-line plaque describing Nathan Hale's work as a spy and the risk he took.
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Related Standards
- 1.C.1.6.B
Military Service (e.g., John Paul Jones, Nathan Hale)
- 1.C.1.6.D
Public Service (e.g., Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, James Madison).
- 5.C.4.5.A
patriot leadership (e.g., Samuel Adams, Benjamin Rush, Paul Revere)
- 2.C.2.6.B
Military Service (e.g., Davy Crockett, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Colin Powell)
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