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My State

These resources are provided for all elementary teachers in the state of Oklahoma,
courtesy of the Oklahoma Council for Social Studies.
Please use them and enjoy them as your students explore the uniqueness
of our state's heritage, the richness of our state's resources, and the
strength of our state's peoples.

Biographies of Oklahoma's
Favorite Sons and Daughters

Admiral Crowe Carl Albert Lucille Mulhall The Indian Ballerinas
Alfalfa Bill Murray Chief Kickingbird Marshal Tilghman Thomas Gore
Allen Wright Indian Codetalkers Nathaniel Pryor White Eagle
Angie Debo Jesse Chisholm Pistol Pete Wiley Post
Bass Reeves Jim Thorpe Robert S. Kerr Will Rogers
Bill Pickett Kate Barnard Roscoe Dunjee Wilma Mankiller
Black Kettle Kiowa Artists Sophia Byington Woody Guthrie

Oklahoma Studies
Powerpoint Presentations

Dust Bowl Days Kiowa Art Military Leaders
& Heroes
Oklahoma Statehood
Early Trails Land Run of 1889 Moundbuilders OK Atlas:
Human Features
Five Themes of Geography in Oklahoma Life in Indian Territory Native Americans
& the Buffalo
OK Atlas:
Physical Features
Three Branches of Government Three Explorers Trail of Tears Black Gold
Using
Primary Sources
Soddies State & National Leaders Teachers & Writers
Mineral Wealth Native Peoples Poor Times Pow Wow
Oklahoma Lakes
& Rivers
State Symbols African-American Communities Oklahoma's Crops
Buffalo Soldiers Athletes Cowboys & Lawmen Native American Leaders
Historic & Modern Explorers Livestock in Our State OKC Memorial's Symbols Oklahoma Jeopardy

Oklahoma Moments
Video Clips

Alice Robertson Clara Luper OKC Oil Field Tom Mix
Angie Debo Fort Gibson OKC Stockyards Turnpikes
Apollo 10 Gene Autry Pawnee Bill Wild Mary Sudik
Black Mesa Geronimo Pioneer Woman Wiley Post
Boomers Gordon Cooper Red Earth Will Rogers
Braniff Air Indian Territory Outlaws Sequoyah Wilma Mankiller
Braums Dairy Jim Thorpe Sod House Tinker Air Depot
Capitol Dome John Ross Spiro Mounds OKC Community Camp
Carl Albert Judge Fish State Flag Cherokee Phoenix
Charlie Christian Kerr-McClellan Navigation System Statehood Celebrations Thomas Stafford
Cherokee Outlet Run Land Run 1889    

Eyewitness Accounts About Our State:
Primary Source Documents for Elementary Readers

Cherokee Women's Petition, 1818 Indian Territory Map LaHarpe's Account
of the Wichita
Swearing In First Governor news
General Arbuckle's Report Jim Thorpe news article Coronado's Letter
to the King
Boomer News Account
Geo Duffield's Diary, 1866 Kendall Describes Cross Timbers First Governor Inaugural 
news account
White House Press Release, OKC Bombing
Oklahoma Hills lyrics Old Chisholm Trail lyrics Sequoyah's Alphabet Sibley's Journal, 1811
The Comanche The Osage Trails of Tears Reports Tulsa World Statehood Edition
Wiley Post news article      
Home on the Range lyrics Kendall Describes Prairies Statehood news account Nuttal's Journal

Lesson Plans & Supplemental Resources
for Oklahoma Studies

About My Rights Bill Pickett Citizenship
Read & Write
Fresh From the Farm
State Folk Dance Build a Sod House Historic Markers Hit the Trail
Agriculture Counts Cattle & RR Map Crops of OK map How Laws are Made chart
Agriculture
 in the Outfield
Celebration Projects Don't Fence Me In Land Rush posters
Poem for Two Voices Santa Fe Trail map Statehood Wedding Ceremony Timeline of the Land
Railroads map State Song State Symbols Trail of Tears Map
Native Americans
& Our Food
OKC Memorial OK Cities map Oklahoma Treasures Project
Oil & Gas Fields map OKC Terrorism OK Population Centers Plows on the Hunting Grounds
State Amphibian Centennial Banquet Drainage Systems map Major Highways map
At Home on the Range Cities and Towns chart Farmer & Cowman Mountains of OK map
Traveling Together Wheat from the Field Five Nations map Cereal Box Heroes
Bill Pickett Bulldogger Cities & Distances My Government Leaders Five Themes of Geography in Art

Strategies for Critical Thinking, Reading, & Writing
About Our State

Bucket Art DOGTAILS KWL adapted Sneak Peeks
Five Ws Organizer Five Themes Organizer PIE photo analysis What Are They Saying
Anticipation Guide adapted Five Ws in
Primary Sources
Quick Writes What Do You See
Big Idea Note-Taking Human Timeline RAFT Writings Word Walls
Concept Ladder It's A Wrap Role Cards Sequence Strips