Oklahoma Lesson Plans

Students examine the history of the musical "Oklahoma". They choreograph their own segment from the Dream Ballet. They also gather information from listening to media reports.

Sixth graders read a passage about Oklahoma Agriculture and participate in activities based on the article.  In this Oklahoma Agriculture passage, 6th graders define vocabulary, gather additional research to answer questions, interview a family member or create a storyboard. 

Learners create a historical atlas depicting the changes leading up to 1890 and those afterwards in the Indian Territory/Oklahoma region. line.

Read about Oklahoma's first farmers. In this farming lesson plan, learners read about 14 different agricultural workers and their contribution to Oklahoma's farming. They complete several activities such as: researching an agriculturist, creating a wanted poster, and working on an Oklahoma map. 

Students consider various opinions concerning the execution of Timothy McVeigh. They formulate, and share in writing, their own perspectives on his execution and on the lasting impact of the Oklahoma City bombing.

Students continue exploring the history of Oklahoma Agriculture in this activity. They trace several historical migrations to the state of Oklahoma. They simulate the customs and conditions of a chosen migration. Vocabulary and resource links are provided.

Students explore the history of Oklahoma agriculture. They listen to the story "The Story of Oklahoma Agriculture." They are then divided into groups where they act out one or more of the events in the story. Students draw pictures ot illustrate the events, and place them on a timeline in the proper order.

Students read and discuss the backgound and history of agriculture in Oklahoma history. They create a timeline of Oklahoma's agriculture history. They divided their timeline into 50-year increments, beginning with the year 1800.

In this Oklahoma agriculture lesson, 8th graders read and discuss information and vocabulary about new developments in agriculture. Students write essays on the future of agriculture in Oklahoma.

Students study various aspects of the Caddoan culture of the Native American Spiro Mounds remains in Oklahoma and build models, grind corn, research and enact various components of pre-colonial Native Americans.