Oklahoma Social Studies MWH.P.2.3.A
The Standard
- MWH.P.2
- Use interdisciplinary tools to acquire, apply, and evaluate content understanding of the four strands of social studies.
- MWH.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.
Actively engage in asking and answering geographic questions by acquiring, organizing, and analyzing multiple sources of data and information about the world’s past and present.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · MWH.P.2.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students ask a question about how a place has changed. They gather maps, images, or data from different dates, organize what each source shows, and use more than one source to answer.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can compare a 1960 map of the Aral Sea with a recent satellite image and an irrigation map. They use dates, map keys, and specific evidence to explain where the shoreline changed and what may have caused it.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may mistake a change in map scale for a change in the place itself. They may treat a recent image as proof of what caused the change, without checking another source.
How to Assess It
- Give students a 1960 Aral Sea map, a recent satellite image, and an irrigation map. Ask them to write one geographic question and answer it with evidence from two sources.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have students trace the 1960 Aral Sea shoreline onto a clear sheet, lay it over a recent map, and mark three changes.
Ask: Which source best helps explain why the Aral Sea changed, and what can it not tell us?
Play source match: give pairs four map and data cards, then have them choose two that could answer a shoreline question.
Compare old and recent images of a local reservoir with monthly rainfall totals, then ask students to explain one shoreline change.
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