Oklahoma Social Studies K.P.2.3.A

Social StudiesKindergartenSocial Studies Practices

The Standard

K.P.2: Use interdisciplinary tools to acquire, apply, and evaluate content understanding of the four strands of social studies.
K.P.2.3: Demonstrate a mastery of geographic concepts and the use of geographic tools to understand the impact of geography on the past and present.

Answer geographic questions using geographic information about the student’s own community.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · K.P.2.3

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Children use maps and photos of places in their community. They answer questions such as “What is near our school?” by pointing to a place and explaining their answer.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student finds the school and another local place on a simple map. They can tell which place is closer to the school and use the map to show how they know.
Common Misconceptions: Children may name a familiar place without checking the map. They may think a place is closer because its picture is bigger, even when the map shows it farther away.
How to Assess It: Show a simple map of your school and two real nearby places. Ask, “Which place is closer to our school? Point to it and tell me how you know.”

Lesson moves

Use tape for the street and blocks for the school and a nearby place, then have children match the model to a local map.
Point to two places on a local map and ask, “Which is closer to our school? How can you tell?”
Play “Find It” with photos of local places: name one place, then have children cover its spot on a map.
Show a photo of the street outside school and have children find that street on a neighborhood map.

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