Oklahoma Social Studies 5.P.3.2.A
The Standard
- 5.P.3
- Engage in critical, active reading of primary and secondary sources related to social studies concepts.
- 5.P.3.2
- Apply critical reading and thinking skills to interpret, evaluate, and respond to a variety of complex texts and perspectives.
Determine an author’s purpose and draw conclusions to evaluate how well the author’s purpose was achieved.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 5.P.3.2
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify what a writer or artist wants an audience to think or do. They use words or images from a historical source to judge how well it serves that goal.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain that a recruitment poster asks people to enlist and point to its direct command and pointing figure. They can judge whether those choices support its goal without claiming the poster actually increased enlistment.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse a source’s topic with its purpose, saying a poster is about war rather than meant to recruit. They may call it effective because they agree with it, or claim it changed behavior without evidence.
How to Assess It
- Show the 1917 “I Want You” Army poster. Ask: Who is it trying to reach, what does it want them to do, and how well do two details support that goal?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed “I Want You” poster and sticky notes; have them label its goal and two details meant to persuade viewers.
Ask: Would the pointing figure persuade a young adult in 1917 to enlist? What can the poster show, and what can’t it prove?
Sort four source cards, a recruitment poster, museum label, campaign flyer, and newspaper notice, by purpose; have students defend each choice.
Bring a school event flyer; students underline its call to action and decide whether the date, place, and wording help it reach families.
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Related Standards
- OKH.P.3.2.B
Evaluate the author’s point of view, potential bias, and how authors can reach different conclusions regarding the same issue.
- 2.P.3.2.A
Determine the author’s purpose, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe in informational texts.
- 3.P.3.2.A
Determine the author’s purpose, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe in informational texts.
- 4.P.3.2.A
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