How Did People in Oklahoma Experience World War I?

Chapter 12

HOW DID PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA EXPERIENCE WORLD WAR I?

Note: This is the longest chapter in the textbook. Plan accordingly.

Content Standard 4: The student will examine the transformation of Oklahoma during times of boom and bust of the 1920s through the 1940s.

4.1Compare and contrast the successes and failures of the United States policy of assimilation of the Native Americans in Oklahoma including the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 and the effects of the Indian boarding schools (1880s-1940s) upon Native Americans’ identity, culture, traditions, and tribal government and sovereignty.

4.2Examine multiple points of view regarding the historic evolution of race relations in Oklahoma including Senate Bill 1 establishing Jim Crow laws, the growth of all-Black towns, the Tulsa Race Riot, and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan.

4.3Summarize the impact of the national Socialist movement and organized labor on various segments of Oklahoma society including agriculture, mining, and state politics.

4.7Describe the contributions of Oklahomans in 1920s and 1930s including Deep Deuce and African-American jazz musicians, Will Rogers’s and Woody Guthrie’s political and social commentaries, Wiley Post’s aviation milestones, and the artwork of the Kiowa Six (formerly the Kiowa Five).

Day 1: Introduce today’s topics by showing Power Point slides or going over the vocabulary in the workbook.Read pages 232 through top of page 237.

Discuss questions 1, 2 and 4 (skip 3) from end of chapter.

Assignonly vocabulary onworkbook page 33.

Day 2: Read pages 237 through top of 242 (through Tulsa Race Riot).

Discuss questions 3 and 4 from end of chapter.

Assignworkbook pages 33 and 34 (point out that most answers in section II are years). Assign the top of page 35, if time allows.

Day 3: Review key points from Chapter 12 by using some of boldfaced questions.Read pages 242-248.

Discuss questions 5-10 from end of chapter. Remind students there is a chapter test tomorrow.

Assignworkbook page 35, about using Internet resources. If time is short, omit this assignment and go on to the required topics (Day 5) below.

Day 4: Administer chapter test. Read Spotlight on Indian Boarding Schools (following chapter 7) or the Spotlight on the Kiowa Six (following chapter 11).Note: Content Standard 4.1 includes Indian boarding schools and 4.7 includes the Kiowa Six. You have the option to use worksheets for these readings if you assign them in entirety.

Optional activities: Add events to the classroom timeline.Assign worksheet(s) about boarding schools and the Kiowa Six.Assign Towns (matching towns and descriptions). Discuss causes and effects of government scandals.

*** You have completed 12 of 18 chapters. ***

Internet research

Related readings

The Glenn Pool Story: A Documentary(Tulsa, Oklahoma: Schnake Turnbo Frank Inc., 2005) [DVD/Video]

Betty Crow,A History of the Oklahoma Governor's Mansion(“Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,” Oklahoma Heritage Association, 2004)

Encyclopedia of Oklahoma (Somerset Publishers, Inc., 1999)

LeRoy H.Fischer, Oklahoma's Governors, 1907-1929: Turbulent Politics(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1981)

Susan Green,Witness to History: The Roaring ’20

DVD/Video recordings -recommend teacher preview

The Birth of a Nation(Chatsworth, California: Image Entertainment, 1998)

Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored(Los Angeles, California: Republic Entertainment, 1996)

TOWNS

Match each Oklahoma town with its description, as found in Chapter 12. Some descriptions may be used more than once.

____ (1)Ardmore____ (8)Korna.an oil boom town

____ (2)Bismark____ (9)Marthab.first state capital

____ (3)Cushing____(10)McAlesterc.present state capital

____ (4)Dewey____(11)Okarched.state penitentiary location

____ (5)Guthrie____(12)Oklahoma Citye.a governor’s home

____ (6)Kiefer____(13)Sapulpaf.militia was sent here

____ (7)Kiel____(14)Tulsag.changed its name

h.home of a war hero