Oklahoma Social Studies E.P.1.2

E.P.1.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• E.P.1.2.A

  Develop, investigate, and evaluate plausible answers to essential questions that reflect enduring understandings across time, real world circumstances, and soci...

• E.P.1.2.B

  Evaluate points of agreement and disagreement from reliable information and expert interpretations used to answer supporting questions related to content knowle...

• E.P.1.2.C

  Reinforce critical thinking by evaluating and challenging ideas and assumptions, analyzing and explaining inconsistencies in reasoning.

• E.P.1.2.D

  Demonstrate understanding of content through the development of self-driven inquiries and the completion of multi-staged, authentic tasks and assessments.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students ask a question about a public issue, then break it into smaller questions they can research. They compare reliable sources, test competing answers against the evidence, and explain where the sources agree or conflict.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can use a past example and a current case to make a supported claim. They can explain which evidence is strongest, address a reasonable objection, and revise their answer when new evidence challenges it.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat every published claim as equally reliable or mistake an expert’s opinion for a proven fact. They may ignore evidence that challenges their first answer or call two sources contradictory when they address different questions.

04

How to Assess It

Give students two short, conflicting excerpts about water restrictions and a drought chart. Ask: Which answer does the evidence support, where do the sources disagree, and what else would you check?

1. 01

   Give pairs a printed drought chart, a past newspaper clipping, and a current city water notice; have them sort claims from evidence.

2. 02

   Ask, “When should a city restrict water use?” Have students write two supporting questions and name evidence that could answer each.

3. 03

   Run a claim-check relay: teams match four water-policy claims to source excerpts, flag one weak source, and explain one contradiction.

4. 04

   Have students read their city’s water-use rules, then draft a council memo with two sources and a response to one objection.

• 5.P.1.2

  Develop practices which demonstrate an understanding that social studies involves the evaluation of evidence.

• 2.P.1.2

  Develop practices which demonstrate an understanding that social studies involves the evaluation of evidence.

• 4.P.1.2

  Develop practices which demonstrate an understanding that social studies involves the evaluation of evidence.

• TOT.P.1.2

  Develop practices which demonstrate an understanding that social studies involves the evaluation of evidence.