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Discover Oklahoma's first farmers. Read about 14 different agriculture workers and their contribution to Oklahoma's farming. After reading, have your class complete several activities such as researching an agriculturist, writing a research paper, creating a wanted poster, and working on an Oklahoma map. Note: There are a variety of cross-curricular applications provided in this resource.

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supporting details, details, informative writing, explanatory writing, crops, farming, oklahoma, sequences, patterns

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Agriculture, crops, farmers, fields, oklahoma, historical events, Informational Text, main event, sequence, supporting details, integrate information, informative writing, science
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3rd - 8th
Subjects
Science
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