Oklahoma Social Studies USH.C.4.1.F
The Standard
- USH.C.4
- Analyze the cycles of economic boom and bust of the 1920s and 1930s on the transformation of the United States of America’s government and society.
- USH.C.4.1
- Examine the transformations between the World Wars.
Describe the rising racial tensions in American society, resulting in the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, lynchings, violence typified by the Tulsa Race Massacre, and the continued efforts to disenfranchise African Americans, including responses by African American leadership, such as Marcus Garvey.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USH.C.4.1
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how the revived Klan, lynchings, and voting barriers restricted Black Americans after World War I. They describe the white mob attack on Tulsa’s Greenwood district and Garvey’s call for Black pride and economic independence.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student connects white backlash to the Klan’s revival, lynchings, and the attack on Greenwood. They name a voting barrier, explain how it blocked Black voters, and describe Garvey’s push for Black-owned businesses.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may describe Tulsa as a fight between equal sides rather than an attack by a white mob. They may treat poll taxes and literacy tests as neutral rules instead of tools used to block Black voters.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: In four sentences, explain the Klan’s revival, a lynching or the Tulsa attack, one voting barrier, and one response Garvey promoted.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a map of Greenwood’s burned blocks and two survivor accounts; have them mark locations and underline evidence of who attacked.
Ask, “Why might Garvey’s call for Black-owned businesses appeal to people facing lynchings and blocked voting?” Require one detail from a speech excerpt.
Hand out six cards labeled Klan intimidation, lynching, poll tax, literacy test, Tulsa, and Garvey’s UNIA; sort them into violence, voting barriers, and resistance.
Look up your state’s current voter registration requirements, then compare them with a Jim Crow poll tax receipt to identify how rules affect access.
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- OKH.C.6.3.E
Analyze the causes of the Tulsa Race Massacre, including its continued social and economic impact.
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- USH.C.1.2.C
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- OKH.C.6.3.D
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