Oklahoma Social Studies 8.P.2.2

8.P.2.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 8.P.2.2.A

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

• 8.P.2.2.B

  Describe multiple factors and explain how they can influence the perspectives of individuals and groups on events from history and the modern era.

• 8.P.2.2.C

  Distinguish multiple causation, including immediate versus long-term cause-effect relationships; construct timelines of related events.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students examine who made a source, when and why it was made, and who was meant to see it. They compare accounts of an event, explain why people saw it differently, and put causes in order from long-term to immediate.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can explain why a newspaper account of the 1889 land run might leave out Indigenous perspectives. They can place the 1866 land cessions and the 1889 opening announcement on a timeline and explain how each led to the run.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat a source as a complete account because it was written at the time. They may think two people who saw the same event must describe it the same way. They may also name only the event just before the land run as its cause.

04

How to Assess It

Show an 1889 newspaper account of the land run. Ask students to name its likely audience, one perspective it may leave out, and one long-term cause of the run.

1. 01

   Give pairs cards for the 1866 land cessions, the March 1889 opening announcement, and the April 1889 land run; have them build a timeline.

2. 02

   Read a settler account beside a tribal history excerpt; ask students to write how each writer’s experience shaped what they included.

3. 03

   Play source detective with a land-opening notice and newspaper excerpt; teams label each source’s author, occasion, audience, purpose, and possible bias.

4. 04

   Open an Oklahoma history museum’s land run webpage; have students mark its intended audience and one perspective they would add.

• 4.P.2.2

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.

• TOT.P.2.2

  Develop skills which demonstrate an understanding of historical events and the people who shaped our history.

• AWH.P.2.2

  Develop skills which demonstrate an understanding of historical events and the people who shaped our history.

• 5.P.2.2

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.