Oklahoma History Academic Standards

4.4.1 Analyze how humans adapt to and modify their environments in order to survive and grow.

Oklahoma History Center Education Resources

History Alive! Living History
Pioneer Woman, Cowboy/Pioneer

Traveling Trunks
Pioneer Life
OkieTales Pioneer Life

The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

Richard Lowitt, "Environment and Cultural Ecology"
Donald E. Green, "Settlement Patterns"

Research Center Resources

Gene Aldrich, Black Heritage of Oklahoma (Edmond, Okla.: Thompson Book and Supply Co., 1973)
W. David Baird and Danney Goble, The Story of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994)
Albert Perry Brigham, Geographic Influences in American History (Boston: Ginn & Company, 1903)
Berlin B. Chapman, Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1960)
Arrell M. Gibson, Oklahoma: A History of Five Centuries, 2d ed. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981)
Roy Gittinger, The Formation of the State of Oklahoma, 1803–1906 (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1939)

Audio/Visual
Suspension Bridge https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1473817/

Additional Resources

"How Humans Adapted to Their Environments," Study.com
"How People Modify the Environment"
"Human Interactions with the Environment," The Open University

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A. Explain how humans depend upon the physical environment for food, shelter, and economic activities.

The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

Arn Henderson, "Architecture"
Brian Vance, "Water Quality Acts"
Daniel C. Swan, "Architecture, American Indian"
Gilbert C. Fite, "Farming"
Ken Anderson, "Natural Gas"
Kenneth S. Johnson, "Lakes and Reservoirs"
Kenny A. Franks, "Petroleum Industry"
Larry O'Dell, "Mill Towns (Lumber)"
Micah Holmes, "Hunting"
Micah Holmes, "Fishing"
William G. Ross, "Forestry"

Research Center Resources

Kenny A. Franks, The Oklahoma Petroleum Industry (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980)
Kenny A. Franks, The Osage Oil Boom (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Heritage Association, 1989)
Kenny A. Franks, Ragtown: A History of the Greater Healdton-Hewitt Oil Field (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Heritage Association, 1986)
Kenny A. Franks, The Rush Begins: A History of the Red Fork, Cleveland, and Glenn Pool Oil Fields (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Heritage Association, 1984)
Paul Lambert, "Natural Gas: Fuel for the Future," in Drill Bits, Picks, and Shovels: A History of Mineral Resources in Oklahoma, ed. John W. Morris (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1982)
Reginald Laubin and Gladys Laubin, The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction and Use (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957)
Howard L. Meredith and Mary Ellen Meredith, eds. Of the Earth: Oklahoma Architectural History (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1980)
Lewis Henry Morgan, "Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines," Contributions to North American Ethnology, Vol. 4. (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1881)

Audio/Visual

Online Primary Sources

"Pawnee and Home," 1871-1907, DocsTeach.org,

Additional Resources

Bill D. Berger and Kenneth E. Anderson, Mopdern Petroleum: A Basic Primer of the Industry (Tulsa, Oklahoma: PennWell Books, 1992)
Johnson, Kenneth S. and Kenneth V. Luza. "Rivers, Streams, and Lakes of Oklahoma," Oklahoma Geological Survey Informational Series, No 1. (Norman: Oklahoma Geological Survey, 2008)

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B. Distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable resources.

Oklahoma History Center Education Resources

History Alive! Living History
Buffalo Hunter

Traveling Trunks
Oil and Gas

The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

Ken Anderson, "Natural Gas"
Kenny A. Franks, "Petroleum Industry"
Scott Greene and Steve Stadler, "Wind Energy"
T. Lindsay Baker, "Windmills"
William G. Ross, "Forest Conservation"

Research Center Resources

T. Lindsey Baker, A Field Guide to American Windmills (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985)
Kenny A. Franks, The Osage Oil Boom (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Heritage Association, 1989)
Kenny A. Franks, The Oklahoma Petroleum Industry (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980)
Paul Lambert, "Natural Gas: Fuel for the Future," in Drill Bits, Picks, and Shovels: A History of Mineral Resources in Oklahoma, ed. John W. Morris (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Historical Society, 1982)

Audio/Visual

Additional Resources

J. S. Greene and M. Geisken. "Socioeconomic Impacts of a Wind Farm Development: A Case Study of Weatherford, Oklahoma," Journal of Energy, Sustainability, and Society, 2013
"Nonrenewable and Renewable Energy Resources," Kid Quest Ed

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C. Explain how physical environments can provide both opportunities and limitations for human activity.

Oklahoma History Center Education Resources

History Alive! Living History
Dust Bowl Housewife

Traveling Trunks
Dust Bowl and Great Depression

E-Exhibit
The Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and the New Deal in Oklahoma

The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

Derek Arndt, "Drought"
Donald A. Wilhite, "Dust Bowl"
Howard L. Johnson, "Climate"
Kenneth V. Luza, "Earthquakes"
Leo Kelley, "Tornadoes"
William G. Ross, "Forestry"

Research Center Resources

Richard Bedard, In the Shadow of the Tornado: Stories and Adventures from the Heart of the Storm Country (Norman, Oklahoma: Gilco Publishing, 1996)
Michael L. Cooper, Dust to Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930's (New York: Clarion Books, 2004)
Angus Henry McDonald, Erosion and Its Control in Oklahoma Territory (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1938)

Audio/Visual

"Map of Oklahoma Featuring Number of Recorded Tornadoes by County c. 1940.," Natural Disasters, N, Manuscripts (Historic Oklahoma Collection, OHS)

"Union City Tornado, 1973," Documentaries, Specials, and Miscellaneous (WKY-TV Film Collection, OHS)

Additional Resources

"Climate," National Geographic
R. Douglas Hurt, The Dust Bowl: An Agricultural and Social History (Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1981)

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