Oklahoma Social Studies OKH.C.8.2.E
The Standard
- 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.8.2
- Analyze the impact of growth in various sectors of the state economy.
Evaluate the impact of tourism as an industry, boosted by the construction of Route 66, state parks, and museums.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · OKH.C.8.2
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how Route 66 made travel easier and how parks and museums gave people reasons to stop in Oklahoma. They weigh visitor spending and jobs against costs such as road and park upkeep.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a map and visitor-spending figures, students can connect a tourist stop to spending at nearby businesses. They can judge the industry's impact using a benefit, a cost, and evidence.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students assume Route 66 was built only for vacationers or that every tourist dollar stays in the town. Others treat ticket sales as profit and overlook upkeep costs.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A Route 66 town reports $500 in visitor sales and $200 in park upkeep. Does that prove tourism made a $300 profit? Explain your answer.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
On a printed map, trace Route 66, mark the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum and Roman Nose State Park, and label places tourists might spend money.
Discuss who gains from tourist spending in a Route 66 town and who pays for road repairs, using two specific examples.
Give groups cards labeled hotel, gas station, museum ticket, road repairs, and litter cleanup; have them sort the cards into benefits and costs.
Check the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum admission page, calculate ticket revenue for 50 visitors, then name two nearby businesses that might benefit.
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