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OAS—Oklahoma educators and content specialists participated in the writing, review and feedback process of the Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS). To view the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (revised in 2019), visit this link.

Oklahoma Social Studies Frameworks
With the adoption of the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (OAS-SS) in Spring 2019, it has been the priority of the Oklahoma State Department of Education to ensure all Oklahoma educators are provided with the opportunity to deeply understand the intent of the standards, while supporting educators with a vision and resources that promote effective implementation of the standards.

GFL—Geography for Life standards includes three major components which together represent the most current conception of what it means to be geographically literate. More information about GFL is available on the National Geographic website at this link.

CC—Some of the OKAGE curriculum from previous years was developed to meet Common Core standards. These standards are no longer used in Oklahoma but are used in many other states. The Common Core is a set of academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA) that provide an outline of what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade to ensure graduation from high school with the skills and knowledge to succeed in college, career, and life. More information about the ELA standards is available on the Common Core State Standards Initiative website at this link.

C3— The result of a three year state-led collaborative effort, the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards was developed to serve two audiences: for states to upgrade their state social studies standards and for practitioners —  local school districts, schools, teachers and curriculum writers —  to strengthen their social studies programs. Its objectives are to: a) enhance the rigor of the social studies disciplines; b) build critical thinking, problem solving and participatory skills to become engaged citizens; and c) align academic programs to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies. More information about the C3 standards is available on the National Council for the Social Studies website as this link.