Oklahoma Social Studies USH.C.7.2.B
The Standard
- USH.C.7
- Analyze the cause and effects of significant domestic events and policies impacting the lives of American citizens.
- USH.C.7.2
- Examine how the Civil Rights Movement intersected with various other movements for individual rights and liberties.
Explain changes in tribal self-determination gained through legislation, such as the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act, and the American Indian Religious Freedom Act.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USH.C.7.2
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how three federal laws changed tribal control over programs and protections for individual rights and religious practices. They distinguish a tribe's power to run services from protections for people subject to tribal governments.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a short case, students identify the relevant law and describe what changed. They can explain why running a federally funded school differs from protecting a ceremony or setting rules for tribal courts.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think all three laws give tribes the same kind of control. Some assume the 1968 law applies every Bill of Rights guarantee to tribal courts. Others think the 1978 law guarantees access to every sacred site.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Match each case to its law: rights in tribal court, a tribe-run federally funded school, and a request for a sacred-site ceremony. Explain one match.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs three dated law summaries to place on a paper timeline, with one new power or protection written beside each.
Ask students to write: Which law gives a tribe more say over its school, and how is that different from protecting a ceremony?
Read aloud cases about a tribal court, a tribe-run clinic, and a sacred ceremony; teams hold up the matching law card.
Show a tribal health clinic's services webpage; ask students to name one service and explain how tribal management could shape it.
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