Oklahoma Social Studies WG.P.1.2.B
The Standard
- WG.P.1
- Apply critical thinking skills to address authentic civic issues.
- WG.P.1.2
- Develop practices which demonstrate an understanding that social studies involves the evaluation of evidence.
Evaluate points of agreement and disagreement from reliable information and expert interpretations used to answer supporting questions related to content knowledge.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · WG.P.1.2
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use reliable maps, data, and expert explanations to answer a geography question. They identify where sources agree and differ, then check what evidence supports each claim.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can find a flood cause named by two sources and one highlighted by only one source. They can explain whether the sources conflict or simply focus on different causes.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume that sources naming different flood causes must contradict each other. They may also treat a map as proof of a cause the map does not actually show.
How to Assess It
- Hand out short NASA and World Bank excerpts on Jakarta flooding. Ask: “What cause do both support, what does only one highlight, and what detail supports each answer?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Print the NASA and World Bank excerpts; pairs highlight shared claims in green and different claims in yellow, then underline the evidence.
Ask, “If two experts name different flood causes, must one be wrong?” Students answer using a line from each excerpt.
Give teams cards labeled groundwater pumping, heavy rain, and sinking land; they sort them by source and read evidence for each choice.
Use a Jakarta flood map and both excerpts; students choose a site for a new clinic and explain how each source informs their choice.
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