Oklahoma Social Studies OKH.C.7.3

OKH.C.7.3 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• OKH.C.7.3.A

  Summarize policies of Governor William H. Murray which impacted the goals of the New Deal in Oklahoma.

• OKH.C.7.3.B

  Describe New Deal programs and projects (e.g., Agricultural Adjustment Act, Tennessee Valley Authority, Works Progress Administration, Civilian Conservation Cor...

• OKH.C.7.3.C

  Analyze how various segments of Oklahoma’s economy and society, such as agriculture, mining, and state politics, were influenced by organized labor and socialis...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students connect lost farm income, dust storms, and job losses to changes in Oklahoma life. They compare Governor Murray's opposition to federal aid with New Deal jobs and conservation work. They explain how miners' unions and farm socialist groups pushed for change.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can explain how AAA payments helped some landowners but could leave tenant farmers worse off. They can name a WPA school project and a CCC park project, then judge who benefited. They can explain how Murray's policies and worker organizing shaped debates over relief.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat the Dust Bowl and the stock market crash as the same event. They may assume AAA payments went straight to tenant farmers or that TVA built projects in Oklahoma. Some assume Murray supported every New Deal program.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Did Depression-era aid help Oklahoma farmers and workers equally? Use an AAA payment, a WPA or CCC job, and one example of labor or socialist organizing to support your answer.

1. 01

   Give pairs cards for AAA crop payments, WPA school jobs, CCC park work, and Murray's opposition to federal aid; sort by who benefited.

2. 02

   Ask: Why might an AAA payment help a landowner but hurt a tenant farmer? Defend an answer using a sample farm contract.

3. 03

   Play a card match: pair miners' unions with wage demands, farm socialists with land reform, AAA with crop payments, and CCC with park work.

4. 04

   Compare a 1930s CCC photo of Roman Nose State Park with a current park map; circle two features people still use.

• OKH.C.8

  Investigate how post-war social, political, and economic events continued to transform the state of Oklahoma from the 1950s through the present.

• OKH.C.6.5

  Examine how agricultural conditions and practices were precursors to the Great Depression by describing the boom-and-bust cycle of Oklahoma’s agricultural outpu...

• OKH.C.7

  Examine the challenges and accomplishments of Oklahomans as they encountered periods of economic depression and engagement in world conflict.

• USH.C.4.2.G

  Analyze points of view regarding the economic and social impact of the Great Depression on individuals, families, and the nation.