Oklahoma Social Studies E.P.1.2.A
The Standard
- E.P.1
- Apply critical thinking skills to address authentic civic issues.
- E.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) · E.P.1.2
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students ask a question that applies across times and places, such as why people move. They propose several answers, check them against sources, and decide which answers the evidence supports.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can compare Dust Bowl migration with moves after a recent flood. They use maps and personal accounts to explain what caused each move and what the sources cannot prove.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat the first reasonable answer as proven. They may use one person's story to explain everyone's choices or assume the same cause applies in every place and time.
How to Assess It
- Show a 1930s Plains drought map and a short migrant letter about lost work. Ask: 'Give two possible reasons a family moved, one detail supporting each reason, and one fact you still need to check.'
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups a drought map, a migrant letter, and a recent flood map to sort by which answers about migration each source could test.
Ask students to write: 'Why do people move, and does the strongest reason change across times and places?' Require two examples.
Play Claim Check: pairs match four migration claims to source cards, then identify one claim the cards cannot support.
Use local rent listings and a transit map to predict where a new worker might live, then defend the prediction with two details.
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