Oklahoma Social Studies OKH.P.2.3

OKH.P.2.3 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• OKH.P.2.3.A

  Actively engage in asking and answering geographic questions by acquiring, organizing, and analyzing multiple sources of data and information about the world’s ...

• OKH.P.2.3.B

  Compare and analyze complex maps and mapping technologies to analyze spatial patterns of human and physical environments, explaining relationships between the e...

• OKH.P.2.3.C

  Evaluate the extent to which political and economic decisions have had significant impact on human and physical environments of various places and regions.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students ask why places changed, then compare old and current maps with data such as rainfall and population counts. They explain how weather, farming, and government decisions affected people and the land.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can use a map key and scale to compare where drought, cropland, and population loss occurred. They can support an explanation with two sources and separate the effects of drought from choices about land use.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may assume every place inside a shaded county had the same conditions. They may blame Dust Bowl migration only on drought or compare map colors without checking the keys.

04

How to Assess It

Give students 1930s Oklahoma drought, cropland, and population change maps. Ask: “Where did drought and population loss overlap, and how might farming choices explain the pattern? Use two maps as evidence.”

1. 01

   Give pairs printed drought and cropland maps; have them trace the areas of overlap and check both map keys.

2. 02

   Ask: “Did drought alone cause Dust Bowl migration?” Have students cite a rainfall map, a cropland map, and county population figures.

3. 03

   Race to find the driest counties and largest population losses on two maps, then have pairs check each other’s answers against the keys.

4. 04

   Open the current U.S. Drought Monitor map; have students locate their county and write one question for a local farmer about land use.

• 4.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.

• 7.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.

• E.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.

• 8.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.