Oklahoma Social Studies AWH.P.1.2.A
The Standard
- AWH.P.1.2
- Develop practices which demonstrate an understanding that social studies involves the evaluation of evidence.
Develop, investigate, and evaluate plausible answers to essential questions that reflect enduring understandings across time, real world circumstances, and social studies disciplines.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · AWH.P.1.2
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students turn a broad question into answers they can test. They compare evidence from different times and subjects, then decide which answer holds up best.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can use a Roman aqueduct map and a current drought notice to explain how communities manage water. They can say what each source shows, what it leaves out, and whether their first answer needs to change.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat a reasonable guess as a proven answer. They may assume an aqueduct map shows who was allowed to use the water, or apply today's water rules to ancient Rome.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Who controls access to shared water? Use one detail from a Roman aqueduct map and one from a city drought notice. Name one thing those sources cannot tell you.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a Roman aqueduct map and a city drought notice; have them highlight clues about water access and circle unanswered questions.
Ask students to write: Who should decide how shared water is used? Which source helps your answer, and where does it fall short?
Hand out three claims about water access; teams match each claim to a source detail and discard any claim the evidence cannot support.
Have students read their local water utility's restriction notice and compare its rules with the Roman aqueduct map.
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