Oklahoma Social Studies TOT.P.2.2

TOT.P.2.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• TOT.P.2.2.A

  Gather and evaluate the usefulness of various formats of evidence for specific inquiry, analyzing the broader historical context, and assessing potential bias a...

• TOT.P.2.2.B

  Analyze complex and interacting factors that influence multiple perspectives during different historical eras and contemporary events.

• TOT.P.2.2.C

  Evaluate how multiple, complex events are shaped by unique circumstances of time and place; construct and interpret parallel timelines.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students use dated records to build parallel timelines of events from two eras. They check who made each source, why it was made, and whose view is missing. They explain how time, place, and competing needs shaped people's choices.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can place events in order on two timelines and explain a connection between them without treating the events as identical. They can choose a useful source for a question and explain how its author or purpose limits what it tells us.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat a newspaper headline as a full account or assume an official notice shows how everyone felt. They may also assume similar events had the same causes in different places or eras.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a dated 1918 health notice and a dated 2020 school closure notice. Ask them to place each on a two-track timeline, name one difference in context, and identify one view neither notice provides.

1. 01

   Give pairs three dated 1918 flu clippings and three dated 2020 COVID notices to tape onto parallel timelines.

2. 02

   Ask: How might a nurse and a parent read the same 1918 school closure notice differently? What else would you need to know?

3. 03

   Hand out a 1918 headline, health notice, and diary excerpt; have teams rank them for researching school closures and defend their choices.

4. 04

   Compare a current public health notice with a news headline about it; highlight what each says and whose view is missing.

• 4.P.2.2

  Develop skills which demonstrate an understanding of historical events and the people who shaped our history.

• AWH.P.2.2

  Develop skills which demonstrate an understanding of historical events and the people who shaped our history.

• 5.P.2.2

  Develop skills which demonstrate an understanding of historical events and the people who shaped our history.

• OKH.P.2.2

  Develop skills which demonstrate an understanding of historical events and the people who shaped our history.