Oklahoma. Destinations. Lesson 1: Arbuckle Country

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1 Lesson 1: Arbuckle Country Lern bout Arbuckle Country in south-centrl from the Destint 1. Arbuckle Country is home to the Chicksw Ntion. Using the mp of Indin Territory in vilble in your supplement, locte the Chicksw tribl re. Crete list of enterprises owned by the Chicksw Ntion using the informtion found t 2. Use the Web Atls of t to nswer the following:. Wht color is used for Arbuckle Country (previously known s Lke nd Tril Country)? Why do you think tht prticulr color is used? b. Aquifers re underground wter sources in. Click the hyperlink lbeled Index (locted t the upper right corner of the mp pge). Click on A nd select Aquifers By Nme to show mp of quifers in. Which two mjor quifers occur in Arbuckle Country? The Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer occurs in which four counties? c. Click on the Aquifers - Rock Type option of the quifer mp. Wht is the rock type for the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer? d. Click on the Next Topic link t the top. A wtershed is n re of both lrge nd smll tributries tht fl ow into mjor river. Which two wtersheds occur bove the Arbuckle-Simpson? (Hint: Use your browser s bck nd forwrd buttons to toggle between the two mps.) e. Click the Previous Topic button until you get to the geology mp. Rocks of which geologic ge correspond to the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer? 3. Wht is groundwter? Use household sponge to demonstrte how groundwter works. First, how would you describe the sponge while dry? Next, sok your sponge with wter nd let it drip into bowl. How would you describe wht is hppening with the sponge? Then, use medicine dropper to drw wter out of the sponge. Wht would this demonstrte? Wht cn you lern from this exercise bout the importnce of conserving our nturl resources? Written by Robin Plumb, OKAGE Techer Consultnt, Stte Regents for Higher Eduction, Sulphur

2 Lesson 2: Frontier Country Lern bout Frontier Country in centrl from the Destint 1. Wht re the nmes of the 12 counties in s Frontier Country? Drw the shpe of Frontier Country. Color nd lbel ll of its counties. 2. Fort Reno is locted three miles west of the city of El Reno in Frontier Country. When ws Fort Reno estblished nd why? Wht role did it ply in 1889? Wht purpose did Fort Reno serve during World Wr II? Use the website to explore other forts in s Frontier Country. 3. The historic Chisholm Tril rn long wht is now Highwy 81 going through Cndin nd Grdy counties of Frontier Country. After whom ws the tril nmed? The cttle drovers who followed the Chisholm Tril were tking their cttle to mrket in Knss. Sketch mp of on blnk sheet of pper nd drw in the route of the Chisholm Tril s it mde its wy through. In ddition to the Chisholm Tril, there were other cttle trils tht went through. Looking t the mp t wht were the nmes of some of the other trils? Written by Helen Chney, OKAGE Techer Consultnt, Wilson Public School, Wilson

3 Destint Lesson 3: Gret Plins Country Lern bout Gret Plins Country in southwest from the Destint 1. Using the stte highwy mp of, crete poster of the different lndforms, rivers nd other importnt fetures of Gret Plins Country. 2. Explin how the following counties got their nmes: Comnche, Custer, Jckson, Kiow nd Wshit. Using the mp scle on the stte highwy mp, determine how mny squre miles ech of these five counties contins. 3. Use the website to discover the nswers to the following quest.. Which city, locted in Gret Plins Country, is home to Mount Scott? b. Wht is the newest industry to be locted in Gret Plins Country? c. Wht kinds of jobs re vilble in this new industry? d. Which college (the only one in ) offers degree in this new technology? Written by Robin Plumb, OKAGE Techer Consultnt, Stte Regents for Higher Eduction, Sulphur

4 Lesson 4: Green Country Lern bout Green Country in northest from the Destint 1. Open the Gilcrese Museum website t Explore rtwork by the rtists Remington, Ctlin nd Morn. Look up the term Mnifest Destiny. How do the works of these rtists demonstrte the lure of the West nd the relity of life on the frontier? How re these rtists similr to tody s photojournlists? 2. Green Country hs vried nd interesting topogrphy. Visit red-topo-mps.html nd to lern bout topogrphic mps. Then write down the defi nit for the following terms:. Contour lines or intervls b. Index contour intervls c. Zero elevtion or se level d. Mp scle When looking t topogrphic mp, re you seeing it from side view or top-down view? 3. Look t the following topogrphic mp. Wht re the contour intervls? Where re the index contour lines? Go to org/community/resource_uplods/how to Mke Lndscpe Profi le.pdf to print lrger copy of the mp nd to fi nd instruct on mking lndscpe profi le. Written by Jyne Mrley, OKAGE Techer Consultnt, Lkeview Middle School, Yukon

5 Destint Lesson 5: Kimichi Country Lern bout Kimichi Country in southest from the Destint 1. From the website click on detiled highwy mps. Answer the following quest:. In which county is most of the Tlimen Drive locted? b. Wht is the nme of the ntionl forest tht surrounds the Tlimen Drive? c. How mny interpretive stops re long the Tlimen Drive? d. Which Arknss stte prk is locted ner the Tlimen Drive? 2. Go to the following pge of the Web Atls of t htm nd look for the nme of the mountinous section of Kimichi Country. Click the Next Topic button, which brings you to geology mp. Mny mountins hve been folded or bent over time. Tke sheet of pper nd bend it so it looks like U. This is the prt of fold clled syncline. Now bend the pper the opposite wy, like n upside-down U. This is clled n nticline. See if you cn bend the pper twice so it will show both the nticline nd syncline prts of fold. Click on the Show Folds option. Where do folds occur in Kimichi Country? 3. After reding bout Kimichi Country s nturl resources, crete tourism brochure, concentrting on environmentl issues such s wter, forests nd mountins. Written by Robin Plumb, OKAGE Techer Consultnt, Stte Regents for Higher Eduction, Sulphur

6 Lesson 6: Red Crpet Country Lern bout Red Crpet Country in northwest from the Destint 1. Red Crpet Country hs mny resources, lndforms nd historicl events not found nywhere else in the stte, nd in some cses, in few other plces in the world. In mny wys the northwest prt of is more like wht other sttes, geogrphiclly speking? Now nswer the quest below bout the interesting fetures of Red Crpet Country. Use your supplement nd ingenuity, long with your techer s guidnce where needed, to solve the ctivities. 2. We come from the Permin er nd mke your mom cry when you ply bll in your white uniform. We re, nd nd cn be found in the nd the. 3. You probbly hve me in your house or prtment. I look like glss nd even the smllest person in your group cn pick up huge piece of me. I m nd I cn be found in the or. 4. I m so bright you cn see me from spce. I ws n importnt resource for the fi rst inhbitnts of nd for future explorers nd pioneers. I m nd you cn fi nd me t. 5. I m where the fi rst dinosur fossils were found. In, I m beutiful grygreen color. I m the nd I m found in the. 6. I m poor mn s mrble. You cn fi nd me in krst topogrphy, nd my rre blck color is only found in three plces in the world. I m nd in you cn only fi nd me t. Written by Jyne Mrley, OKAGE Techer Consultnt, Lkeview Middle School, Yukon