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Centennial Corner



Join us in commemorating our statehood centennial!

The following lessons and resources are provided to Oklahoma teachers, courtesy of the Oklahoma Council for the Social Studies.

Centennial Conference Resources:
Session: Lesson Ideas: Resources 
(including Primary Sources)
Eye-Witness 
to Oklahoma History 

(Elementary Lesson Ideas)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centennial Banquet Invitation
Centennial Banquet Conversation template
Five Themes of Geography
    Artwork & Photo Analysis
Historical Markers
real samples, Oklahoma Land Run sample, template
Land Rush Poster Project
Oklahoma Statehood Powerpoint
Oklahoma's Legislative Process
Statehood Mock Wedding Ceremony for Elementary Students
Town Claimers of OKC, 
Create a Dialogue
Oklahoma Statehood 
Through Stamps
Oklahoma's Executive Branch chart
Oklahoma's Governors chart
Oklahoma's Courts chart
Harpers Weekly 
Land Run Account
Map of Oklahoma 
Prior to Statehood
Map of Oklahoma, 1890
News Story, Inauguration First Governor
News Story, Statehood
News Story, Swearing in Gov. Haskell
Daily Press Boomer Account
     and Editorial Project
Oklahoma Constitution Bill of Rights, edited
Statehood Proclamation, signature page
Redbird Flyer, Black Settlement of Oklahoma
Tulsa World Statehood 
front page, edited
Dr. Deena Fisher,
Northwestern State University
Statehood Mock Wedding ceremony, written by Molly Griffis
State Seal of Oklahoma, 
What It Means
 
Mary Oppegard,
OCEE
We're Off to the Land Run  

Primary Sources:
Primary Sources Related 
to Statehood Era

 

 

 

 

 

 

Constitution State of Sequoyah, edited
Sequoyah Constitution Bill of Rights, edited
Statehood Political Cartoon

Constitutional Convention Opening
Constitutional Convention,
       recollections by Murray
Map of Oklahoma Prior to Statehood
Map of Oklahoma 1890
Oklahoma Census, 1907
Oklahoma Census, Ethnic Groups, 1907
Oklahoma Census, Indian Territory, 1907
Constitution Ratified, editorial by Murray
Oklahoma Constitution Bill of Rights, edited
Statehood Proclamation
Statehood Proclamation,
    original signature page

Haskell State of Union Address, 1907, edited
Capital Controversy, House Hearings, 1910

Oklahoma Photographs: Primary Source Collection



Click HERE to access the Collection of Primary Source Photographs