1. Imperial Teaching American History
The 50 States
5th Grade
Linda Mayhew
Imperial Teaching American History
June 2011

2. Standard
Sub strand 5.9
Students know the location of the current 50 states and the names of their capitals.

3. Objective
Students will research one of the 50 states and create a travel brochure for that state.

4. Information you will need to gather for your state.

5. Map of Oklahoma Capital: Oklahoma City Major cities: Enid Tulsa Lawton
Muskogee

6. Landmarks Cow Chip Throwing Capital of the World Beaver, Oklahoma
Oklahoma National Monument Roadside Landmark
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Catoosa, Oklahoma
Route 66 Monument
Clinton, Oklahoma

7. State Facts

8. Oklahoma’s Geography Oklahoma’s land is flat with low rolling hills.
The landscape is comprised of 10 separate land regions.

9. Climate Oklahoma is part of tornado alley.
The summers are warm, moist, long and usually quite hot.
Winters are shorter and less extreme than those of the more northern Plains states
The average temperature over the state is 58 to 62 degrees F.
The hottest temperature recorded was 120 degrees in
The coldest temperature recorded was -27 degrees in
Oklahoma is part of tornado alley.

10. Ethnicities and Races
1820 : Five Native American tribes relocated in “Indian Territory”. The most famous were the Cherokee along the “Trail of Tears”
: Oklahoma Land Rush brought many European groups as well as African slaves of the Native Americans.
1907: Oklahoma becomes a state and cowboys and oil men come to the state. At this time there were more black only towns in Oklahoma than the rest of the country put together.
Today’s population is 308,745,538

11. Famous People of Oklahoma
Governor: Mary Fallin
Other Famous People:
Johnny Bench (Oklahoma City): Cincinnati Reds catcher
Garth Brooks (Yukon), Vince Gill (Norman), Reba McEntire (McAlester): country and western singers
Gordon Cooper (Shawnee): astronaut
Ron Howard (Duncan): actor and director
Brad Pitt (Shawnee): actor
Shannon Miller (Edmond): Olympic gymnast
Jim Thorpe (Prague): CherokeeKnown as the world’s greatest athlete

12. Brochure Sections

13. Front Flap Title Cover Name of State State Shape Picture
Introductory Slogan
Student Name
Class & Period
Date
Originally known as Indian Territory
After the Oklahoma land rush and statehood it became knows as the Sooner State.

14. Inside Left Flap Information Demographics State Facts Economy
Song: Oklahoma
Tree: Redbud
Agriculture: Cattle, wheat, milk, poultry, cotton.
Industry: Transportation equipment, machinery, electric products, rubber and plastic products, food processing.
2010 Population – 3,751,351
Information
Demographics
State Facts
Economy
Flower: Mistletoe
Bird: Scissor tailed Flycatcher

15. Inside Right Flap Famous Locations Weather Education
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Oklahoma has 4 seasons. It is one of
the 4 states in tornado alley.
Major Universities in Oklahoma
Oklahoma University
Oklahoma State University

16. Rubric
E:\RubricStateBrochure.doc

17. Back Flap Sources Cited www.50states.com Google images
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