Author: Gibbs Smith, Publisher

Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Published: 2006-09-05

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1586854305

Oklahoma, Our Home is a 4th grade Oklahoma history textbook. The outline for this book is based on the Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS) for social studies and teaches history, people in societies, geography, economics, government, citizenship rights and responsibilities, and social studies skills and methods. The book places the state's historical events in the context of our nation's history. The student edition has many features such as Words to Understand, timelines, Oklahoma Portraits, In-Text activities, Linking the Past to the Present, and What Do You Think? discussion questions deliver the content in an effective and inviting way, making history come to life. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 History Close to Home Chapter 2 The Land We Call Home Chapter 3 The First Oklahomans Chapter 4 The Great Encounter Chapter 5 Indian Territory Chapter 6 War and Peace in Indian Territory Chapter 7 From Open Range to Farmland Chapter 8 Green Pastures and Black Gold Chapter 9 Statehood! The First 40 Years Chapter 10 Modern Oklahoma Chapter 11 Government for All of Us Chapter 12 Making a Living in Oklahoma