The
Oklahoma Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Oklahoma. We have created a
FREE Online Teacher’s Guide for Primary Sources to help you to teach primary sources more effectively and use creative strategies for integrating primary source materials into your classroom. This
FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources is 15 pages. It includes teacher tools, student handouts, and student worksheets. Click
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FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources.
The Oklahoma Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including:
• Analysis
• Critical Thinking
• Point of View
• Compare and Contrast
• Order of Events
• And Much More!
Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials!
The 20
Oklahoma Primary Sources are:
1. Map of Indian Territory in Oklahoma – 1885
2. Lithograph of Oklahoma City – 1890
3. Photograph of a teacher and children in front of sod schoolhouse in Woods County, Oklahoma Territory – 1895
4. Photograph of Will Rogers – cowboy, performer, and humorist known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son" - circa 1900
5. Photomechanical print of the Boomers entering Oklahoma Territory – 1905
6. Replica of telegram from T.H. Marlin of the Indian Territory to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Joseph Cannon – March 13, 1906
7. Replica of the Oklahoma statehood proclamation – November 6, 1907
8. Photograph of an Oklahoma dugout (shelter dug in the ground and roofed over) – 1909
9. Photograph of Jim Thorpe – member of Sac and Fox tribe – named "the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century" by the Associated Press – 1910
10. Advertisement offering "allotted Indian land" for sale as a result of the Dawes Act of 1887 – 1911
11. Photograph of Sequoyah statue in the U.S. Capitol rotunda – donated by the state of Oklahoma in 1917
12. Photograph of a handbill advertising the 1921 film, The Bull- Dogger , starring rodeo performer Bill Pickett – 1921
13. Photograph of an oil well gusher in Okemah, Oklahoma – 1922
14. Photograph of massive dust storm near Beaver, Oklahoma – 1935
15. Photograph of a farmer and his sons walking in the face of a dust storm during the Dust Bowl in Cimarron County, Oklahoma – April 1936
16. Photograph of African American man drinking at segregated water cooler in streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City – 1939
17. Photograph of Oklahoma Cherokee Lt. Woody J. Cochran – earned a Silver Star, Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Air Medal in WWII – 1943
18. Photograph of 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing showing burned cars with the bombed remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in the background – April 1995
19. Replica of President Bill Clinton's eulogy for the bombing victims in Oklahoma City - April 23, 1995
20. Aerial photograph of the Newt Graham Lock and Dam on the Verdigris River in Wagoner County – lock and dam are part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System – 1993
Your students will:
- think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history.
- participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizing facts and a writer's interpretations.
- integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen their understanding of historical events.
- experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.
Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" cardstock.