Oklahoma Social Studies 6.C.7.6
The Standard
- 6.C.7
- Analyze the common characteristics of regions which create a sense of identity and unity, influencing the interactions among people and nations of the Western Hemisphere.
Explain reasons for conflict between regions of the Western Hemisphere, such as territorial disputes, access to natural resources, and ethnic differences (e.g., boundary and mineral claims of the Arctic, Indigenous sovereignty over oil and gas reserves in Bolivia, immigration across the United States of America -Mexico border).
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 6.C.7
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify who is involved in a conflict between regions of the Western Hemisphere and what each group wants. They explain how land claims, access to resources, or ethnic differences can cause disagreement, sometimes at the same time.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can use an Arctic map to explain why overlapping claims matter when minerals may lie beneath the seabed. They can read a short account from Bolivia, name the groups involved, and explain the disagreement over gas using a detail from the account.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume everyone in a country shares the same view. They may also label every border disagreement an ethnic conflict, even when the evidence points to a dispute over a rule or a resource.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: “An Indigenous community in Bolivia opposes drilling on land it uses, while officials want access to gas. Who disagrees, and what two issues are at stake?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a blank Arctic map and a labeled reference map; have them color overlapping claims and mark nearby mineral deposits.
Read a short case card about gas drilling in Bolivia, then write who should help decide whether drilling happens and why.
Sort nine case cards into land claims, resource access, or ethnic differences; explain one card that fits two groups.
Put two printed headlines about US-Mexico immigration policy side by side; circle the disputed rule and underline each side's stated concern.
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