Oklahoma Social Studies USG.P.2.3.C
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.
Evaluate the extent to which political and economic decisions have had significant impact on human and physical environments of various places and regions.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USG.P.2.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use maps and records to trace how decisions, such as building a highway or dam, changed places. They judge how far the effects reached and support their answer with evidence.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can identify lost housing on a highway map and flooded land on a reservoir map. They use figures on residents or water use to explain who gained, who faced costs, and how large the changes were.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume every change near a project was caused by it, even if the dates do not match. They may notice new jobs but miss displaced residents, flooded land, or changes downstream.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A city highway project removes 200 homes. A dam floods 60 square miles and supplies water to three cities. Which project has broader effects on people and land? Use both facts and name one effect you would need more evidence to judge.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Lay tracing paper over maps from before and after the Cross Bronx Expressway was built, then mark and count street blocks that changed.
Ask pairs who gained and who lost when Hoover Dam was built, using a reservoir map and a water-use chart.
Give groups highway, dam, and mine impact cards to sort by effects on people or land, then defend their two largest impacts.
Compare an older aerial photo with a current one of a nearby shopping center; mark changes to roads and trees, then discuss who benefits.
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- AWH.P.2.3.C
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- OKH.P.2.3.C
Evaluate the extent to which political and economic decisions have had significant impact on human and physical environments of various places and regions.
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