The Oklahoma Centennial Commission is inviting K – 12 teachers to submit their ideas and materials for Oklahoma Centennial lesson plans and classroom activities. We will then post a brief description and a link to a PDF file of the submitted materials on this webpage. Click here for a submission form.

Centennial in the Classroom Units and Activities

Book of Native Words Grades K-12

CenTOONial Activity Sheets for K-3rd

Oklahoma is Home to Me Kindergarten

Centennial Stamp Coloring Book

O is for Oklahoma 4th Grade

Changing Face of Oklahoma Grade 4-5th

Oklahoma Land Run Towns PowerPoint4th Grade

Chipardy Featuring Oklahoma Grades 4 - 6

Oklahoma Facts Activity Grades 4-6

Cross Word Puzzle Grade 6-12

The Oklahoma Centennial Commission is pleased to announce the thirty winners of the Oklahoma Centennial Poster Contest. The contest was open to all Oklahoma students in grades 4-12, and over 1,800 posters were submitted. Posters reflect the theme: Celebrate Oklahoma! A Unique History. An Extraordinary Future. The posters will be on display in the Creative Arts Building during the Oklahoma State Fair Centennial Expo from September 13-23, 2007. Click the grade category below to see the winning posters.

Grades 4-6

Grades 7-9

Grades 10-12

The Centennial Band performance dates are:

August 22, 2007 Centennial Parade (Bartlesville)

September 15, 2007 Oklahoma Expo (Oklahoma City)

October 14, 2007 Centennial Parade (Oklahoma City)

November 9, 2007 Veterans Parade (Chandler)

November 16, 2007 Statehood Day Parade (Guthrie)

November 16, 2007 Spectacular (Oklahoma City)

Click here for more information.

This statewide reading initiative offers a unique opportunity for citizens to read and discuss books that explore the Oklahoma experience. Through this program, Oklahomans select one book each year for a statewide reading and discussion program. Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma is modeled after the successful "One Book, One Community" programs that are now present in all 50 states. Unlike the others, this initiative focuses on literature with an Oklahoma theme or that is written by an Oklahoma author. Participants can also help select the title for the following year. The 2007 Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma selection is Fire in Beulah by Rilla Askew. To learn more about this book or other selections, visit:

http://www.okreadsok.org

To encourage school age children in the Pioneer Library System service area to read and celebrate the State of Oklahoma. To promote the reading of books with Oklahoma themes or by Oklahoma authors or illustrators. After earning the required 100 points children will be awarded an official Oklahoma Centennial coin and be eligible for other Oklahoma related prizes.

http://www.pioneer.lib.ok.us/

The Oklahoma Museum of History provides a living history presentation of a delegate to the constitutional convention. He is dressed as the delegate and speaks as though he were that individual. He tells of his experiences there, what the major issues were, how he felt about them and why. People can ask the delegate questions about the convention, statehood, and his background. Click here for more information on living history presentations and education programs of the museum.

Click here for a complete listing of Centennial Summer Reading Programs.