Oklahoma Social Studies WG.P.2.3.A
The Standard
- WG.P.2
- Use interdisciplinary tools to acquire, apply, and evaluate content understanding of the four strands of social studies.
- WG.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) · WG.P.2.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students ask a question about where people or places have changed over time. They gather maps, data tables, or other sources, sort the evidence by place and date, and use it to answer the question.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can identify an area that changed using maps from two dates and a data table. They point to evidence from both sources and notice when the sources cover different dates or areas.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume a map showing change also explains why the change happened. They may compare map colors without checking the legends, or use current data to make a claim about the past.
How to Assess It
- Give students population maps from 2000 and 2020 and a table of neighborhood populations for those years. Ask: Which neighborhood grew most, and what evidence from each source supports your answer?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs two dated city maps and a census table; have them circle changes and label each claim with its source.
Ask students to write: What can these maps show about population change, and what else would you need to explain its cause?
Play Source Match: give teams three geographic questions and six source cards, then have them choose two sources for each question.
Compare a current bus route map with dated neighborhood population maps; ask where one added stop could serve a growing area.
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