Oklahoma Social Studies PS.6.1

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Content Standards

The Standard

PS.6: Evaluate influences, perspectives, and domains of motivation and emotion.

Explain biological, cognitive, and social factors that influence motivation.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · PS.6

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students explain how body needs, thoughts, and other people affect a person's drive to act. They use details from a situation to identify each influence.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can point to lost sleep, an expectation of failure, and peer pressure in a short story. They can explain how each one might change the person's effort or choices.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call someone lazy without considering sleep loss, beliefs, or peer pressure. They may mix up what a person thinks others believe with what those people actually say or do.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Ari slept four hours, thinks studying will not help, and has friends who skip review sessions. Name one biological, one cognitive, and one social influence on Ari's motivation to study.

Lesson moves

Give pairs cards labeled 'slept four hours,' 'expects to fail,' and 'friends practice daily'; have them sort the cards and explain each choice.
Ask students to write why Maya skips basketball practice when she is tired, expects to fail, and hears teammates laugh at her.
Read 'I stayed up late and feel exhausted'; teams hold up biological, cognitive, or social cards, then explain their choice.
Use a cafeteria menu: ask students how hunger, expected taste, and friends' choices might affect what they buy.

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