Oklahoma Social Studies OKH.C.6.3.C
The Standard
- OKH.C.6
- Examine Oklahoma’s political, economic, and social history regarding race during the early decades following statehood.
- OKH.C.6.3
- Examine the evolution of race relations in Oklahoma.
Describe the continued growth of African American communities, including the emergence of “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa’s Greenwood District.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · OKH.C.6.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students describe how African American communities grew in Oklahoma. They explain how Black residents built businesses, churches, and places to gather in Tulsa’s Greenwood District despite segregation.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name examples such as the Stradford Hotel and Dreamland Theatre. They can explain how these places served residents and helped Greenwood become a busy business district.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think Greenwood was only a shopping street, rather than a neighborhood with homes and community institutions. Others assume segregation stopped Black businesses from growing, or that the district began with the 1921 massacre.
How to Assess It
- On an exit ticket, ask: Name two types of places found in Greenwood and explain how each helped the community grow.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups paper cards labeled hotel, theater, church, grocery, and homes; have them build a tabletop neighborhood and explain each place’s role.
Ask students to write three sentences answering: How could segregation and Black entrepreneurship both shape Greenwood’s growth?
Play a card match: pair Stradford Hotel, Dreamland Theatre, and Vernon AME Church with lodging, entertainment, and worship.
Compare a historic Greenwood map with a current Tulsa map; mark one street that remains and one land use that changed.
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