Oklahoma Social Studies USG.C.3.4.C
The Standard
- USG.C.3
- Analyze the fundamental principles of the American republic, as established in the Constitution of the United States of America.
- USG.C.3.4
- Analyze the system of federalism as established by the Constitution of the United States of America.
Identify powers denied to the national government versus those reserved to the states.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USG.C.3.4
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students tell the difference between powers the Constitution forbids the national government to use and powers it leaves to states or the people. They sort examples, such as taxing exports and setting driver's license rules.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain that the national government cannot grant titles of nobility. They can also explain why states set driver's license requirements.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a power reserved to states is the same as a power the national government is expressly forbidden to use. They may also think every power not given to the national government belongs only to states, leaving out the people.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Label each action as forbidden to the national government or reserved to states: grant a title of nobility; set driver's license requirements. Explain one answer.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards labeled export tax, title of nobility, driver's license rules, and school calendar to sort into two columns.
Ask students to write two sentences explaining how a ban on national export taxes differs from state control of driver's licenses.
Play a quick sort game: read an action aloud and have students hold up a forbidden or reserved card, then explain their choice.
Show driver's license permit age rules from two state DMV websites and ask students why the ages can differ.
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- USG.C.3.4.A
Define and identify the enumerated (expressed) powers found in Article I.
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- 8.C.4.2.E
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- USG.C.3.4.D
Describe the reasons why the Framers established concurrent powers, comparing examples exercised by both the national and state governments.
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