Oklahoma Social Studies 7.C.4.3

7.C.4.3 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 7.C.4.3.A

  Explain why places become major hubs of industrial activity by analyzing the relationship between the location of natural resources to various manufacturing ind...

• 7.C.4.3.B

  Describe the importance of transportation infrastructure and its direct impact on people's access to resources and consumer goods.

• 7.C.4.3.C

  Examine how the development of technology meets energy demands, as well as modifies the environment (e.g., extraction of raw materials, offshore drilling, nucle...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students use maps to connect factories with raw materials and transport routes. They explain how roads, rail lines, and ports affect access to supplies and goods. They compare how sources of power meet demand and change land or water.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can place a steel mill near coal, iron ore, and a rail line, then explain each choice. They can explain how rail brings goods to a town. They can describe how a hydroelectric dam supplies power but floods land upstream.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may assume factories can go anywhere if workers are available. They may think railroads move only finished goods, not raw materials. They may think a dam supplies electricity without changing the river or nearby land.

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How to Assess It

Give students a map showing coal, iron ore, a rail line, a town, and a river. Ask where they would put a steel mill, how rail helps the town get goods, and how a river dam would help and harm the area.

1. 01

   Give pairs a paper map with coal, iron ore, a river, and rail lines; have them place a paper steel mill and explain its location.

2. 02

   Ask, 'Should a town build a hydroelectric dam if it floods farmland?' Have students write one benefit and one cost.

3. 03

   Run a route-card game: students match coal, iron ore, and finished steel to rail or barge routes, then explain who receives each shipment.

4. 04

   On a town map, mark a warehouse and grocery store; have students trace a truck route and predict how a closed bridge changes food access.

• 6.C.4.3

  Describe how humans modify the natural environment to support human development, such as subsistence and commercial agriculture, extraction of fossil fuels and ...

• WG.P.2.3.C

  Evaluate the extent to which political and economic decisions have had significant impact on human and physical environments of various places and regions.

• MWH.P.2.3.C

  Evaluate the extent to which political and economic decisions have had significant impact on human and physical environments of various places and regions.

• OKH.P.2.3.C

  Evaluate the extent to which political and economic decisions have had significant impact on human and physical environments of various places and regions.