Oklahoma Social Studies USH.P.2.3.A
The Standard
- USH.P.2
- Use interdisciplinary tools to acquire, apply, and evaluate content understanding of the four strands of social studies.
- USH.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.
Actively engage in asking and answering geographic questions by acquiring, organizing, and analyzing multiple sources of data and information about the world’s past and present.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USH.P.2.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students ask a question about how a place has changed. They find dated maps and population figures, organize what they find, and use the sources to answer their question.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can compare an old map with a current one and describe where a city grew. They can use census figures to describe population change and explain what the maps alone cannot tell them.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume every feature on an old map was built in the year printed on it. They may compare population totals without noticing that city limits changed, or claim a map proves why growth happened.
How to Assess It
- Give students a 1910 Oklahoma City map, a current map, and population figures for 1910 and 2020. Ask them to chart one change in city extent and one in population, then write and answer a geographic question using two sources.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Align same-scale maps of Oklahoma City from 1910 and today; use tracing paper to mark where the city limits changed.
Ask, 'Do the maps and census counts show the same kind of change in Oklahoma City? What can each source tell us?'
Have pairs match 'city spread west' and 'population rose' claim cards to the dated map or census card pairs that support each.
Compare a 1950 Oklahoma City street map with today's map; trace a route from downtown to the state capitol and mark one new road.
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