Oklahoma Social Studies USG.P.2.3.A
The Standard
- USG.P.2
- Use interdisciplinary tools to acquire, apply, and evaluate content understanding of the four strands of social studies.
- USG.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.
Actively engage in asking and answering geographic questions by acquiring, organizing, and analyzing multiple sources of data and information about the world’s past and present.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USG.P.2.3
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students ask where something is located or how a place has changed. They gather maps and data from multiple sources, organize what they find, and use the evidence to answer their question.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can identify which nearby county grew fastest by percentage, using population figures from two years and a county map. They show their calculation and do not treat population growth as proof of why people moved.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a map showing population growth also explains why people moved. They may confuse a gain in people with a percentage gain, or treat older figures as current.
How to Assess It
- Give students a county map and 2010 and recent Census population tables. Ask, 'Which nearby county grew most by percentage?' Have them point to it on the map, show the calculation, and name both data sources.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups a county map and 2010 and recent Census population tables; have them calculate percent change and shade three neighboring counties.
Ask, 'Which shaded county grew fastest, and what evidence would you need before explaining why?' Have pairs write two sentences.
Hand pairs three growth claims; they race to match each claim to the correct county and figures in both tables.
Use the shaded map to choose a county for a bus route study; write one question for the local transit agency.
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