Oklahoma Social Studies USH.C.7.3.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.7.3
- Analyze the ongoing social and political transformations within the United States of America , affecting domestic and foreign policy.
Assess the rise of liberalism in the 1960s and the lasting impact of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty and the Great Society by expanding the role of the federal government in economic and social issues.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USH.C.7.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how 1960s liberalism favored federal action on poverty, health care, and education. They connect Johnson’s programs to government responsibilities that continue today.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can distinguish Medicare for older adults from Medicaid for eligible people with limited income. They can explain how federal support for health care and preschool continues today.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often mix up Medicare and Medicaid or assume both cover everyone. Some think the War on Poverty was one cash payment, or that its programs ended when Johnson left office.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Why did 1960s liberals support a larger federal role? Use Medicare or Head Start to name who benefited and one effect still visible today.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Pairs build a paper timeline with the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act, 1965 Medicare, Medicaid, and Head Start, and today.
Write three sentences: Why did 1960s liberals support federal poverty programs, and what does Head Start’s continued operation show?
Play “Name That Program”: read four beneficiary clues aloud; students hold up Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, or Job Corps cards.
Use current Medicare and Medicaid eligibility pages to match a 67-year-old and a low-income child to likely coverage.
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