Oklahoma Social Studies USH.P.1.2.D
The Standard
- USH.P.1
- Apply critical thinking skills to address authentic civic issues.
- USH.P.1.2
- Develop practices which demonstrate an understanding that social studies involves the evaluation of evidence.
Demonstrate understanding of content through the development of self-driven inquiries and the completion of multi-staged, authentic tasks and assessments.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USH.P.1.2
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students choose a U.S. history question they can answer with evidence. They gather and compare sources, then plan, make, and revise a product such as a museum label.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student turns 'What was the New Deal?' into 'What jobs did WPA workers do in Oklahoma in 1936?' They cite a project record and a local newspaper in an exhibit label. They can explain a change they made after checking a claim.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may ask questions too broad to answer, such as 'Was the New Deal good?' They may treat one photo as proof of what happened everywhere. Some make a poster before checking who made their sources.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Write one narrow question about the New Deal, name two sources you would check, and list two steps to make a museum label that answers it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Hand out a 1930s breadline photo and a WPA poster; students mark what they see and write one question each source raises.
Ask: What question about the New Deal would a museum visitor want answered, and what two records could help answer it?
Run a question clinic: students trade draft New Deal questions, circle vague words, and rewrite each question to name a group and year.
Have students plan a local library display about the Depression, naming one local newspaper item to find and one caption to write.
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