My State

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*