Oklahoma Social Studies 5.P.3.1

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5.P.3
Engage in critical, active reading of primary and secondary sources related to social studies concepts.
Comprehend, evaluate, and synthesize textual sources to acquire and refine knowledge in the social studies. Use information accurately from a text when explaining the text explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Use information from multiple print or digital sources (e.g., timelines, maps, graphs, political cartoons, images, artwork) to answer a question.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 5.P.3

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What Students Need to Do

Students find details in a source and use them to explain what it says. They make reasonable inferences and use information from two or more sources to answer a question.

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can explain why an Oklahoma family might have left during the Dust Bowl, using a detail from an account and a rainfall graph. They can say which detail is stated and which conclusion they inferred.

Common Misconceptions

Students may present an inference as something the source states. They may assume a map showing where people went also explains why they left, or rely on one source when the question calls for two.

How to Assess It

Give students a short Dust Bowl farm account and a 1930s Oklahoma rainfall graph. Ask, 'Why might this family have left? Use one detail from each source, and label your inference.'

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Ways to Teach It

  1. Give pairs a Dust Bowl account and a migration map; have them highlight a reason for leaving and trace a possible route.

  2. Ask, 'What does the account say about leaving, and what does the migration map add?'

  3. Play evidence sort with cards showing account quotes, graph readings, and conclusions; students label each stated or inferred and explain why.

  4. Show a local weather alert and road closure map; ask students to choose a route and support it with both sources.

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