Oklahoma Social Studies 6.C.1.4
The Standard
- 6.C.1
- Analyze data from a geographic perspective using the skills and tools of geography.
Describe and analyze the role of geographic factors on events that impact the people and places of the Western Hemisphere, using both primary and secondary sources.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 6.C.1
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use firsthand photos or accounts and later maps to explain how geography shaped an event in the Western Hemisphere. They connect a landform or location to what happened to people and places, using evidence from both sources.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how Puerto Rico's steep slopes contributed to road-blocking landslides during Hurricane Maria. They use a dated damage photo to show what happened and a relief map to explain why terrain mattered.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think mountains caused the hurricane, rather than affecting its impact. They may treat a later map as a firsthand source or assume one damage photo shows what happened across the whole island.
How to Assess It
- Show a dated photo of a landslide blocking a Puerto Rico road and a relief map. Ask: How did the terrain affect travel after Hurricane Maria? Use one detail from each source and identify the primary source.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Overlay tracing paper on a Puerto Rico relief map, trace Maria's path, and circle mountain areas where landslides could block roads.
Show a 2017 photo of a blocked road and a relief map; ask which source shows damage and which helps explain its location.
Sort Maria photos, firsthand accounts, and later relief maps by source type, then pair two to explain a landslide.
Use a Puerto Rico road and relief map and a marked road-closure photo to sketch an alternate food delivery route.
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