Oklahoma Social Studies MWH.C.6.2.A
The Standard
- MWH.C.6
- Evaluate the global transformation created by the World Wars.
- MWH.C.6.2
- Evaluate the lasting effects of World War I.
Describe the economic destruction and unprecedented loss of life, including the Armenian genocide.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · MWH.C.6.2
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students describe how World War I destroyed farms, factories, railways, and government finances. They explain the huge loss of life, including the Ottoman government's deportation and mass killing of Armenians.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how a broken rail line could stop food shipments and cost people their jobs. They distinguish deaths in battle from the deliberate killing of Armenian civilians.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may count only soldiers and overlook civilian deaths. They may mistake the Armenian genocide for a battle or assume those deaths were accidental.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Name two ways the war damaged economies. Then explain why the Ottoman government's killing of Armenian civilians was not a battle death.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a map and three cards: ruined Belgian farm, broken French railway, Armenian deportation from Anatolia; place each and explain its impact.
Ask students to write three sentences explaining why deaths in battle and the killing of Armenian civilians must be recorded separately.
Sort four cards into economic damage, combat deaths, or genocide: wrecked railway, dead soldiers, burned crops, mass killing of Armenian civilians.
Read a current rail closure notice and list two ways losing that route could affect food deliveries and jobs.
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