Resources

Resources for Classroom Use

One of the primary goals of the Oklahoma Council for Social Studies is to serve the needs of Oklahoma's classroom teachers through the collection and offering of instructional resources and research-based effective strategies to enhance learning. We hope this repository will assist you and your students in their academic endeavors.

NEW U.S. Naturalization Test Prep Resources:
Preparing Students for Success
Enjoy new resources for reviewing student learning and practicing for success on the U.S. Naturalization Test, as required by Oklahoma State law. The set of resources, provided by the Oklahoma Council for Social Studies includes classroom presentations for whole-class instruction and review, various printable and online practice tests including all 100 questions from the U.S. Naturalization Test, and printable or online sets of Flash Cards for students and parents to access from home. Compliments of the Council, all resources may be edited and/or revised over time, as necessary or desired by districts and classroom teachers. A chart of the available resources can be found HERE with live links to each individual learning tool.

Oklahoma Council of Social Studies Committed
to the "Oklahoma Standard"
The leadership and educators of the O.C.S.S. would like to express our fullest support and commitment to the "Oklahoma Standard" campaign. Be believe that our students are the citizens of the future; As citizens they are also stewards of our environment, collaborators in community problem-solving, and the source of healing and resiliency in the face of hardships. We encourage all of our social studies teachers and their students to make their personal and professional commitment to the "Oklahoman Standard". For more information, check out resources from the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
To commemorate the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, the Oklahoma Council for Social Studies offers this new classroom resource (videoclip) for our educators: What is the Oklahoma Standard?

Instructional Strategies for Educators
The Oklahoma Council for Social Studies was pleased to collaborate with the Oklahoma State Department in sharing a collection of Instructional Strategies for Reading, Writing, Critical Thinking in the Social Studies. The collection can be found in the Oklahoma Curriculum Frameworks and is the result of research and classroom experience, all of which is offered for new and veteran teachers seeking new ideas.

Literacy Lessons-on-the-Go

Enjoy accessing sample lessons modeling reading and writing instructional strategies, including comprehensive units using the Declaration of Independence and its related documents to model critical reading and writing skills. Courtesy of Edmond Public Schools.

Oklahoma Studies Resources for Elementary Students

The new Oklahoma Standards for Third Grade Social Studies focus on the study of our state's geography, economics, history, and culture. Enjoy these resources provided for all of Oklahoma's elementary teachers, courtesy of the Oklahoma Council for Social Studies!

Oklahoma My State: Livebinder Library for Students

Primary Source Documents Libraries
for United States History

The Oklahoma Council for Social Studies collaborated with the Oklahoma State Department of Education to provide edited and classroom-ready primary sources for United States History, which can be found in the Oklahoma Curriculum Frameworks, correlated to each Standard for Learning. In addition, teachers and students are welcome to access the library collections for secondary United States History below.

8th Grade U.S. History and Government Library
 High School U.S. History Library (Revised Collection!)

Celebrating Oklahoma History! Oklahoma Moments Video Collection

Through a generous sharing of OETA's outstanding effort to commemorate the uniqueness of our state's history and culture, we are proud to host a special You Tube link to a collection of over 90 viedoclips entitled "Oklahoma Moments." You will find these clips to be engaging to most any age of student. We hope that members of OCSS will enjoy having such a resource available. You can access the collection at:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTL-i84hEnLyiZrKjfkBxuQ/feed?view_as=public

Primary and Secondary Sources for Oklahoma History

Enjoy using firsthand accounts of the major turning points in our state's history. Such resources are a vital supplement to the textbook by offering insight through the eyes of Oklahomans who actually lived the events we study today. One resource for Oklahoma History Teachers provides a correlation of our state standards to concise and easy to use encyclopedia entries, provided by the Oklahoma Historical Society. The following link will take you to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.

Notable TRADE BOOKS for Young Learners

The National Council for Social Studies publishes an annual list of recommended books for teaching social studies concepts and content to young learners, grades k-8. The books that appear in these annotated lists were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). NCSS and CBC have cooperated on this annual bibliography since 1972. The selection committee looks for books that represent a diversity of people, present an original theme, are easily readable. and of high literary quality. The current list and all archived lists can be found at: http://www.socialstudies.org/notable.