Oklahoma Social Studies USG.P.1.1.C
The Standard
- USG.P.1
- Apply critical thinking skills to address authentic civic issues.
- USG.P.1.1
- Demonstrate an understanding of the virtue of civil discourse to analyze and address real-world problems.
Gather and evaluate information regarding complex problems, assessing individual and collective actions taken to address them.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USG.P.1.1
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find and compare water test results, resident accounts, and city notices about lead in drinking water. They check what each source can show, then judge how household and city actions address the problem.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student uses tap test results to support a claim without assuming three homes represent the whole city. They explain that a filter helps one household now, while replacing lead pipes reaches more homes but takes longer.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat a city notice as proof that every tap is safe, or one resident's account as proof that every home has lead. They may think a household filter fixes the pipes causing the problem.
How to Assess It
- Give students three tap tests, two marked 'lead detected,' and a city notice saying the water system meets legal limits. Ask them to write one supported claim, one missing fact, and one difference between a filter and pipe replacement.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed tap tests, a city notice, and a resident's statement; have them sort claims into supported, uncertain, and contradicted piles.
Ask students to write: 'Should a family buy a filter while the city replaces lead pipes?' Require two sources and one trade-off.
Play Evidence Match: teams match claims about lead exposure to source cards, then identify one claim the cards cannot prove.
Using the local utility's annual water quality report, have students identify one result and decide what residents and city officials could do.
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