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Located in eastern Oklahoma, Tulsa County took its name from the already established town of Tulsa. Areas of the old Creek and Cherokee nations comprise the county. It is bordered on the north by Osage, Washington, and Rogers counties, on the east by Rogers and Wagoner, on the south by Okmulgee, and on the west by Creek and Osage counties.
The first schools in Tulsa were tribal schools for children of the Creek Indians, the original settlers of Tulsa. Later, mission day schools were established to teach children of the Creek Indians and non-Indian settlers.
As its official Oklahoma Centennial Project, Rotary teamed with the Tulsa City-County Library and the Tulsa Historical Society to quickly provide the public access to this excellent photographic collection of Tulsa history.
Common schools developed in Oklahoma after the Oklahoma Constitution of 1907 mandated a free, public education for all children. Most school districts were "dependent," governed by a county superintendent of schools ("independent" districts were those in incorporated municipalities) and had only one rural common school.
Tulsa Public Schools Video library. Chapter 1: Tulsa Race Massacre; Chapter 2: Vernon AME Church; Chapter 3: The History of Black Americans in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Chapter 4: Historical Racial Trauma in Tulsa 100 Years Later; Chapter 5: Apology and Reparative Justice; Chapter 6: Resilience and Renaissance of Greenwood
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Oklahoma worksheets for primary grades. Includes worksheets for state symbols, history of Oklahoma, craft ideas related to Oklahoma history, and review quizzes. An excellent addition to a Oklahoma unit study! ISBN 0793395984.
