Oklahoma Social Studies AWH.P.1.1.C

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Social Studies Practices

The Standard

AWH.P.1.1: Demonstrate an understanding of the virtue of civil discourse to analyze and address real- world problems.

Gather and evaluate information regarding complex problems, assessing individual and collective actions taken to address them.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · AWH.P.1.1

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students gather maps, accounts, and data about a historical problem. They check who made each source and what it can show. They use that evidence to judge actions taken by individuals and groups.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student uses a cholera map to explain why John Snow focused on one water pump. They compare his response with London's later sewer work and explain why falling deaths alone do not prove which action worked.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat a map showing deaths near a pump as proof that removing the pump ended the outbreak. They may credit Snow alone and overlook the city's later work on its water and sewers.
How to Assess It: Show a cholera deaths graph from 1854 to 1900 beside cards describing Snow's pump removal and London's sewer construction. Ask which response has stronger evidence of lasting impact and what the graph alone cannot prove.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a printed 1854 Soho cholera map and counters; mark deaths near the Broad Street pump, then label what the map cannot prove.
Ask, “Did Snow's pump removal or London's later sewer construction do more to reduce cholera, and what evidence would help you decide?”
Rank four cards, Snow's map, a resident's letter, a sewer budget, and a cholera graph, by usefulness for judging results.
Read a local boil-water notice; compare what one household can do with what the water department must do, using the notice as evidence.

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