Oklahoma Social Studies E.P.1.1.C

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Social Studies Practices

The Standard

E.P.1: Apply critical thinking skills to address authentic civic issues.
E.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) · E.P.1.1

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students gather information from several sources about a public problem. They check the evidence behind each claim and compare what individuals and groups have done to address the problem.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can use a water-use chart and a city notice to explain whether watering limits appear to reduce demand. They can compare those limits with shorter showers and say what evidence is still missing.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat a confident opinion as evidence or assume an official source tells the whole story. They may think a drop in water use proves a new rule caused it.
How to Assess It: Give students a before-and-after water-use chart and two claims, one about shorter showers and one about watering limits. Ask which claim the chart supports and what else they would need to know.

Lesson moves

Set out a water-use chart, a city notice, and a homeowner tip sheet; have students mark each source's evidence and missing facts.
Ask: Should a city limit lawn watering during a drought? Have students write a case for or against it using two sources.
Give teams four water-saving claim cards to rank by evidence, then have them challenge another team's ranking.
Have students check their local utility's watering rules and compare them with a household water-saving tip using published water-use estimates.

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