Oklahoma Social Studies E.P.4.2.B
The Standard
- E.P.4
- Develop a variety of evidence-based written products designed for multiple purposes.
- E.P.4.2
- Engage in authentic research to acquire, refine, and share knowledge through written presentations and products.
Integrate quotes and summaries of research findings into written products while avoiding plagiarism.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · E.P.4.2
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use research findings to support a claim in a paragraph or essay. They include short quotes and summaries, mark exact words with quotation marks, and credit the source for both.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student introduces a short quote, cites it, and explains how it supports the claim. They restate another finding in their own words and cite that too.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think changing a few words makes a sentence their own. Some cite direct quotes but leave summaries uncited, or drop a quote into a paragraph without explaining it.
How to Assess It
- Hand out a short source excerpt about the Dust Bowl. Ask students to explain one effect of the drought in three sentences, using a brief quote, a paraphrased finding, and citations for both.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed source and two highlighters; have them mark a useful quote, then write a cited summary beside it.
Ask: 'If you change five words in a source sentence and cite it, is that a paraphrase?' Have students defend their answer.
Give teams three source-based sentence cards; they sort them into quote, paraphrase, or too-close copy, then fix any missing citations.
Using a printed CDC page on teen sleep, have students write a school board comment about start times with a quote and cited summary.
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