Oklahoma Social Studies MWH.P.2.3

MWH.P.2.3 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• MWH.P.2.3.A

  Actively engage in asking and answering geographic questions by acquiring, organizing, and analyzing multiple sources of data and information about the world’s ...

• MWH.P.2.3.B

  Compare and analyze complex maps and mapping technologies to analyze spatial patterns of human and physical environments, explaining relationships between the e...

• MWH.P.2.3.C

  Evaluate the extent to which political and economic decisions have had significant impact on human and physical environments of various places and regions.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students ask questions about how people and places affect each other. They compare maps, satellite images, and data from different dates to explain how decisions changed land, water, and communities.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can use map legends and scales to identify where the Aral Sea shoreline moved. They can explain how decisions to divert river water for cotton farming affected the lake and nearby communities, using map and water-use data.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may mistake a change in map scale for a change in lake size. They may assume dry weather alone explains the shrinking lake. A canal on a map shows its location, not how much water it carried.

04

How to Assess It

Show a 1960 Aral Sea shoreline map, a current map, and a cotton irrigation map. Ask: What changed, and how did diverting water for cotton contribute? Cite two map details.

1. 01

   Have students trace the Aral Sea shoreline from a 1960 map and a current map onto clear sheets, then overlay them to mark changes.

2. 02

   Ask students to explain how cotton irrigation changed the Aral Sea, using one map detail and one figure from a water-use chart.

3. 03

   Give pairs two unlabeled Aral Sea satellite images and have them order the images by date using shoreline clues.

4. 04

   Open a current satellite view of the Aral Sea, find a town near the exposed lakebed, and discuss how dust might affect residents.

• 3.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.

• 2.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.

• 1.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.

• AWH.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.