Oklahoma Social Studies WG.C.2

WG.C.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• WG.C.2.1

  Interpret geographic data measuring population including density, distribution, patterns of composition, and population trends and projections to analyze issues...

• WG.C.2.2

  Examine common characteristics of urban versus rural communities, including the patterns and impact of modern migration to urban centers and megacities.

• WG.C.2.3

  Explain the push and pull theory of migration and its impact on human capital and demographic transitions, including the consequences of major voluntary and inv...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students use maps, age charts, and projections to describe where people live and how populations change. They compare rural areas, cities, and megacities. They explain why people move, by choice or by force, and how migration changes jobs and age groups.

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What Mastery Looks Like

Given a map and age charts, a student identifies a growing city and cites numbers. They distinguish a move for work from displacement by war. They predict changes in housing demand, workforce skills, and age groups.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may mistake total population for density or assume all rural areas are shrinking. They may swap push and pull factors or assume everyone chooses to move. They may treat a population projection as a certain outcome.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: City A has 4 million people on 400 square kilometers. Rural B has 100,000 people on 2,000 square kilometers. Ask which place is denser, then name one reason people might move from B to A and one likely effect on A.

1. 01

   Give pairs a blank grid map, population totals for four districts, and counters; have them model density and mark the densest district.

2. 02

   Ask: A drought drives farmers toward a megacity with factory jobs. Which factor pushes, which pulls, and what changes for both places?

3. 03

   Play migration match: hand out cards labeled drought, new jobs, war, or family ties; teams sort each as push or pull and explain.

4. 04

   Use Census QuickFacts for two nearby counties; compare growth and child shares, then predict which county may need more school seats.

• 7.C.4

  Analyze the interactions of humans and their environment.

• WG.C.5

  Analyze patterns of land use among the world’s people.

• 6.C.3

  Identify the characteristics, distribution, and demographic patterns of human populations and systems of the Western Hemisphere.