Oklahoma Social Studies OKH.C.7.5
The Standard
- OKH.C.7
- Examine the challenges and accomplishments of Oklahomans as they encountered periods of economic depression and engagement in world conflict.
Describe the contributions of Oklahomans, including the political and social commentaries of Will Rogers and Woody Guthrie, Wiley Post’s aviation milestones, the artwork of the Kiowa Six, and African American jazz musicians.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · OKH.C.7
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify a work or achievement for each person or group. They explain what it said or changed, using details from a column, song, flight record, painting, or recording.
What Mastery Looks Like
- They explain how Rogers joked about politicians and Guthrie sang about Dust Bowl hardship. They identify Post's solo world flight and explain how Kiowa Six paintings shared Kiowa culture. They name Charlie Christian and describe his influence on electric jazz guitar.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat Rogers and Guthrie as entertainers with no message. They may call Kiowa Six paintings ancient artifacts or say Post invented the airplane. Some assume Oklahoma had no jazz musicians because they associate jazz only with New Orleans.
How to Assess It
- Give students five cards: newspaper humor, Dust Bowl songs, solo world flight, Kiowa paintings, and electric jazz guitar. Have them match each card to a person or group and explain one match in a sentence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set up five stations with a Rogers column, Guthrie song excerpt, Post flight map, Kiowa Six painting, and Charlie Christian recording; students make captions.
Ask, 'How did Rogers's jokes and Guthrie's songs criticize problems differently?' Students use one detail from each provided excerpt.
Write five cards: newspaper humor, Dust Bowl songs, solo world flight, Kiowa paintings, and electric jazz guitar; pairs race to match names.
Play a Charlie Christian solo and a recent jazz guitar solo; students note one shared sound and one difference on a chart.
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