Oklahoma PASS Correlations

Following are the correlations between the Oklahoma Social Studies PASS for Oklahoma and the Key to Oklahoma. After each standard are those pages in the Key to Oklahoma that address that particular standard.

The student will:

A. Explain the significance of early Spanish and French expeditions (e.g., Coronado, Oñate, and LaHarpe).

B. Evaluate the lasting impact of American exploration including the Pike, Wilkinson, and Long expeditions.

C. Analyze the impact of territorial claims on the development of the state of Oklahoma, including the Louisiana Purchase and Adams-Onís Treaty.

II. Evaluate the social, economic and political development of Native Americans from prehistoric settlement through modern times.

A. Identify and describe significant phases of prehistoric cultures, including the Paleo Indians (Clovis points), Archaic Indians (Folsom points), the Mound Builders, and the Plains Tribes.

B. Trace the movement of other North American peoples into present-day Oklahoma, including the Five Tribes, Plains Tribes, and Eastern Tribes.

C. Compare and contrast cultural perspectives (e.g., land ownership and use) of Native Americans and European Americans.

D. Identify significant historical and contemporary Native Americans (e.g., John Ross, Sequoyah, Quanah Parker, Will Rogers, the Kiowa Five, and Wilma Mankiller).

III. Evaluate the major political and economic events prior to statehood.

A. Analyze tribal alliances and battles pertaining to the Civil War, fur trade and early mercantile settlements.

B. Assess the impact of the cattle industry on transportation routes (e.g., cattle trails and location of railroad lines).

A. Examine the work of the Dawes Commission and the dispersal of lands to non-Native American settlers through land runs and lotteries.

B. Analyze the development of governments among the Native American tribes; the movement towards the all-Indian state of Sequoyah; the movement for single statehood; and the impact and influence of the Enabling Act and the Constitutional Convention.

V. Investigate the geography and economic assets of Oklahoma and trace their effects on the history of the state.

A. Locate the significant physical and human features of the state on a map (e.g., major waterways, cities, natural resources, military installations, major highways, and major landform regions).

B. Examine how economic cycles (e.g., oil boom and bust) have affected and continue to affect major sectors of state employment (e.g., fossil fuels, timber, mining, tourism, the military, and agriculture).

VI. Identify major cultural and ethnic groups in Oklahoma (e.g., African Americans, Eastern Europeans, Italians, Germans, and Vietnamese) and their settlement and immigration patterns, and trace their cultural, political, and economic contributions to the state.

A. Identify significant individuals and their contributions, (e.g., Will Rogers, Jerome Tiger, Kate Barnard, Angie Debo, Ada Lois Sipuel, Clara Luper, George Lynn Cross, Ralph Ellison, Robert S. Kerr, Henry Bellmon, and Reba McEntire).

B. Analyze the impact of the Populist Movement, the Temperance Movement, the Dust Bowl, and political corruption (e.g., Ku Klux Klan activities; the prosecutions and convictions of Governor David Hall and the county commissioners) on Oklahoma history.

C. Examine the historical evolution of race relations in Oklahoma, (e.g., the significance of Jim Crow laws, the Tulsa Race Riot, the contributions of Governor Raymond Gary, and racial segregation, desegregation, and integration).