Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889

• Designed for grades 3-5.  To be used primarily as a social studies lesson, but could be used as a math lesson or life issues lesson as well.

Website resources follow:

www.okhistory.org/outreach/museums/cherokeestrip.html:

www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/landrush.htm:

www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/landrush.htm:

 

Additional websites and topics which could be used for enrichment or extension learning are as follows:

• Oklahoma land rush
• Indian Affairs
• Indian Territoy Maps
• Trail of Tears--1840's -http://www.nps.gov/trte/historyculture/stories.htm-
• Memoirs from a poineer --page eight
• A cowboys memory--page 5

 

ISTE Standards are as follows:

• Creativity and Innovation-students will use this while creating their timeline, presentation, and diary.
• Communication and Collaboration - students will use a wiki page to collaborate their ideas in their teamwork.
• Research and Information Fluency - students will use the worldwide web as well as other digital media to gather information to support their learning experience.
• Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making - students will utilize critical thinking skills to plan the journey to the land rush, and will solve problems their characters face as they interpret their roles.
• Digital Citizenship - students will encounter societal issues faced in a previous century, as well as in our digital society.
• Technology Operations and Concepts - students will learn to navigate the worldwide web.