Oklahoma Counties and County Seats

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Oklahoma Counties and County Seats
Teacher Guide
This activity is designed to familiarize students
with counties and county seats of Oklahoma.
Students also gain experience with Microsoft
PowerPoint.
Overview
NCGE Standards
The World in Spatial Terms STANDARD 1 How to
use maps and other geographic representations,
tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and
report information. STANDARD 2 How to use
mental maps to organize information about people,
places, and environments. Places and Regions
STANDARD 3 How to analyze the spatial
organization of people, places, and environments
on Earth's surface. STANDARD 4 The physical and
human characteristics of places. STANDARD 5
That people create regions to interpret Earth's
complexity. STANDARD 6 How culture and
experience influence people's perception of
places and regions. Human Systems STANDARD 12
The process, patterns, and functions of human
settlement.
High School Oklahoma History STANDARD 1 The
student will demonstrate process skills in social
studies. STANDARD 6 The student will
investigate the geography and economic assets of
Oklahoma and trace their effects on the history
of the state. STANDARD 8 The student will
examine factors that contributed to the
political, economic, and social history of
Oklahoma during the twentieth century. High
School U.S. Government STANDARD 15 The student
will identify and distinguish among the units of
local government in Oklahoma (i.e., counties,
cities, towns, and regional authorities) by
analyzing local public issues. High School World
Geography STANDARD 1 The student will use maps
and other geographic representations, tools and
technologies to acquire, process, and report
information from a spatial perspective. STANDARD
2 The student will use the concepts of places
and regions as the basic units of geographic
inquiry. STANDARD 6 The student will analyze
problems and issues from a geographic perspective
using the tools and skills of geography.
PASS Objectives
Grade Level
Ninth Grade
GIS Skill Level
No GIS knowledge is necessary
Time
One 50-minute class period for completion of
activity.
Materials
This activity requires personal computers with
Microsoft PowerPoint and an Oklahoma map (also
available in Oklahoma History textbooks or
internet).
Sources
Web Atlas of Oklahoma http//www.okatlas.org/okatl
as/cover.htm
Oklahoma Counties and County Seats
Teacher Guide
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Oklahoma Counties and County Seats

• This exercise has three objectives. You may
  complete them in the order of your choice. To
  complete the objectives you will need to open the
  PowerPoint presentation called OKcounty. It is
  located at C\esri\projects\Okcounty.ppt. As
  soon as you open the project, rename the project
  by clicking file, then save as Name the file by
  your initials_OKcounty (for example,
  JCP_OKcounty). Save the file on your M drive.
  Remember to save your work very often.
• OBJECTIVE 1 Fill in the worksheet on the first
  PowerPoint slide with the correct county seat and
  state region.
• You can use the map from your textbook or the
  one at the Web Atlas of Oklahoma
  (www.okatlas.org). Use the Tourist Region map
  from the Recreation and Tourism category of the
  Economic category at the Web Atlas for your
  regions. Label the region with the geographical
  equivalent of its tourist region. Red Carpet
  Country Northwest (NW). Green Country
  Northeast (NE). Great Plains Country Southwest
  (SW). Frontier Country Central (C). Lake and
  Trail Country South Central (SC). Kiamichi
  Country Southeast (SE).
• Fill in your name at the bottom of the
  worksheet.
• Print your worksheet.
• OBJECTIVE 2 Label the Oklahoma Counties map by
  dragging the labels to their correct location.
• Fill in your name at the bottom of the page.
• Print your map.
• OBJECTIVE 3 Label the Oklahoma County Seats map
  by dragging the labels to their correct location.
  
• Fill in your name at the bottom of the page.
• Print your map.

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COUNTY SEAT REGION
COUNTY SEAT REGION
COUNTY SEAT REGION
Adair Stillwell NE
Grant
Nowata
Alfalfa
Greer
Okfuskee
Atoka
Harmon
Oklahoma
Beaver
Harper
Okmulgee
Beckham
Haskell
Osage
Blaine
Hughes
Ottawa
Bryan
Jackson
Pawnee
Caddo
Jefferson
Payne
Canadian
Johnston
Pittsburgh
Carter
Kay
Pontotoc
Cherokee
Kingfisher
Pottawatomie
Choctaw
Kiowa
Pushmataha
Cimarron
Latimer
Roger Mills
Cleveland
Leflore
Rogers
Lincoln
Comanche
Seminole
Coal
Logan
Sequoyah
Cotton
Love
Stephens
Craig
Major
Texas
Creek
Marshall
Tillman
Custer
Mayes
Tulsa
Delaware
McClain
Wagoner
Dewey
McCurtain
Washington
Ellis
McIntosh
Washita
Garfield
Murray
Woods
Garvin
Muskogee
Grady
Noble
Woodward
NAME
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OKLAHOMA COUNTIES
Adair
Osage
Harmon
Alfalfa
Ottawa
Harper
Atoka
Haskell
Pawnee
Beaver
Hughes
Payne
Beckham
Jackson
Pittsburgh
Blaine
Jefferson
Pontotoc
Bryan
Johnston
Pottawatomie
Caddo
Kay
Pushmataha
Canadian
Kingfisher
Roger Mills
Carter
Kiowa
Rogers
Cherokee
Latimer
Seminole
Choctaw
Leflore
Sequoyah
Cimarron
Lincoln
Stephens
Cleveland
Logan
Texas
Love
Comanche
Tillman
Major
Coal
Tulsa
Marshall
Cotton
Wagoner
Mayes
Craig
Washington
McClain
Creek
Washita
McCurtain
Custer
Woods
McIntosh
Delaware
Woodward
Murray
Dewey
Muskogee
Ellis
Noble
Garfield
Nowata
Garvin
Okfuskee
Grady
Oklahoma
Grant
Okmulgee
Greer
NAME
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OKLAHOMA COUNTY SEATS
Ada
Sallisaw
Frederick
Altus
Sapulpa
Guymon
Alva
Shawnee
Hollis
Anadarko
Stigler
Holdenville
Antlers
Stillwater
Hobart
Arapaho
Stillwell
Hugo
Ardmore
Sulphur
Idabel
Arnett
Tahlequah
Jay
Taloga
Atoka
Kingfisher
Tishomingo
Bartlesville
Lawton
Tulsa
Boise City
Madill
Vinita
Beaver
Mangum
Wagoner
Buffalo
Marietta
Walters
Chandler
McAlester
Watonga
Cherokee
Medford
Waurika
Cheyenne
Miami
Wewoka
Chickasha
Muskogee
Wilburton
Claremore
Newkirk
Woodward
Coalgate
Norman
Poteau
Cordell
Nowata
Pryor
Duncan
Okemah
Purcell
Durant
Oklahoma City
Sayre
El Reno
Okmulgee
Enid
Pauls Valley
Eufala
Pawhuska
Guthrie
Pawnee
Fairview
Perry
NAME