Oklahoma Social Studies WG.P.2.3

WG.P.2.3 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• WG.P.2.3.A

  Actively engage in asking and answering geographic questions by acquiring, organizing, and analyzing multiple sources of data and information about the world’s ...

• WG.P.2.3.B

  Compare and analyze complex maps and mapping technologies to analyze spatial patterns of human and physical environments, explaining relationships between the e...

• WG.P.2.3.C

  Evaluate the extent to which political and economic decisions have had significant impact on human and physical environments of various places and regions.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students compare maps, satellite images, and data to find patterns in where people live and how places change. They ask what caused those changes and use more than one source to explain the effects on people and the environment.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student uses a 1960 Aral Sea map and a recent satellite image to locate where the shoreline receded. They use river-flow and cotton-production data to explain how irrigation decisions affected the sea and nearby fishing towns.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may compare two maps without checking their dates, scales, or legends. They may blame drought alone for the Aral Sea's shrinkage or assume river diversion affected the lake but not nearby communities.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a 1960 shoreline map, a 2020 satellite image, and a short fact card on cotton farming and fishing jobs. Ask: "Was diverting river water for cotton worth its costs? Use evidence from two sources."

1. 01

   Have students trace the Aral Sea's 1960 shoreline onto a 2020 satellite image, then mark irrigation canals using a third map.

2. 02

   Give students a cotton-production chart and fishing-jobs data; ask them to write who gained and who lost from river diversion.

3. 03

   Have teams match separate legend cards to rainfall, canal, cotton, and population maps, then earn a point for a supported claim.

4. 04

   Compare a current drought map with a local water utility report; have students propose one water-use rule and explain its likely effects.

• 3.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.

• 5.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.

• 2.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.

• 1.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.