Oklahoma Social Studies 6.P.2.2.A

Social Studies6th GradeSocial Studies Practices

The Standard

6.P.2: Use interdisciplinary tools to acquire, apply, and evaluate content understanding of the four strands of social studies.
6.P.2.2: Develop skills which demonstrate an understanding of historical events and the people who shaped our history.

Gather and draw conclusions from sources of evidence, identifying plausible author, occasion, audience, purpose, and possible bias.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 6.P.2.2

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students gather sources about the same event or issue. They use clues to infer who made each source, what prompted it, who it was for, and why it was made. They consider possible bias and support a conclusion with evidence.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a park closure notice and a resident's letter, a student can name a likely writer and audience for each. They explain what may have prompted each source, point to wording that shows its purpose or bias, and use both to support a conclusion.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat a writer's opinion as a proven fact. They may assume a source with bias is useless, or guess its audience without checking the wording.
How to Assess It: Give students a mock bus route notice and a parent's email about the change. Ask them to identify each source's likely writer, occasion, audience, purpose, and possible bias, then support one conclusion with evidence from both.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a mock park closure notice and resident letter; have them highlight clues about the writer, occasion, audience, purpose, and possible bias.
Ask, 'Why might the resident describe the park closure differently from the notice?' Have students quote one line from each.
Read short source excerpts aloud; teams hold up author, occasion, audience, purpose, or bias cards and explain the clue they used.
Compare a school lunch menu update with a made-up student complaint; ask what each tells families and what each might leave out.

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