Grade 4 Academic Standards
4.1.3 Summarize the role of citizens as responsible stewards of natural resources and the environment.
Oklahoma History Center Education Resources
History Alive! Living History
Buffalo Hunter
Dust Bowl Housewife
Traveling Trunks
Dust Bowl and Great Depression
Oklahoma Agriculture
Lesson Plans
"Learning about the Great Depression and Dust Bowl through Primary Sources"
E-Exhibit
The Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and the New Deal in Oklahoma
Government
The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
Brian Vance, "Water Quality Acts"
Gilbert C. Fite, "Agricultural Adjustment Act"
Kenneth S. Johnson, "Mining and Minerals"
Larry O'Dell, "Air Quality Acts"
Larry O'Dell, "Endangered Species"
Richard Lowitt, "Environment and Cultural Ecology"
William G. Ross, "Forestry"
Research Center Resources
Irving Brant, Adventures in Conservation with Franklin D. Roosevelt (Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Pub., 1989)
Robert S. Kerr, Land, Wood, and Water (New York: Fleet Pub. Corp., 1960)
Audio/Visual
Various endangered species are protected in Oklahoma https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc264470/
Bethany Nazarene College Youths Lobby for the Environment https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc320442/
Online Primary Sources
Civilian Conservation Corps – Idaho, 1933, DocsTeach
Letter from Kelli Middlestead About the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, 1989, DocsTeach
Missouri State Conservationist, Cartoon on Erosion, 1935, DocsTeach
Additional Resources
"A Presentation on Environmental Stewardship," National Environmental Policy Act
"Environmental Stewardship," National Institute of Environmental Health Services
A. Describe the benefits of participation in recycling and anti-littering activities.
Research Center Resources
Audio/Visual
"Midwest City, Cash Register, Recycling Glass Bottles," 21412.M658.57, Z. P. Meyers/Barney Hillerman Photographic Collection, OHS)
Picking Up https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc311920/
Additional Resources
"Recycling," The City of Oklahoma City Utilities Department
"Recycling Basics," United States Environmental Protection Agency
B. Identify present-day examples to conserve natural resources and the development of alternative, sustainable energy sources.
The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
D. Chongo Mundende, "Soil and Water Conservation"
D. Chongo Mundende, "Conservation Districts"
Glen Roberson, "Grand River Dam Authority"
Scott Greene and Steve Stadler, "Wind Energy"
Suzanne H. Schrems, "Civilian Conservation Corps"
William G. Ross, "Forest Conservation"
Research Center ResourcesÂ
Laurence Drake, History of Conservation in Oklahoma (Oklahoma: Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts, 1978)
Audio/Visual
Old Windmill May Help Solve Energy Crisis https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc767079/
Workmen Repair Hydro-Electric Generator at Broken Bow Dam Powerhouse https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc318240/
Solar Panels on Satellite Services Office, Michigan https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc607346/
Online Primary Sources
An Act to Establish a National Wilderness Preservation Program, 1964, DocsTeachAdditional Resources
Ken Greenwood, Chapter 11: Conservation. Voices of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at the University of Tulsa
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
"Renewable Energy Explained," U.S. Energy Information Administration
"Renewable Energy," Environmental and Energy Study Institute
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