Oklahoma Academic Standards Computer Science vs. CSTA: What the Crosswalk Shows We recently published a unit-by-unit comparison of Texas's Computer Science TEKS against the CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards and found that half of Texas's content had no CSTA counterpart at all. Naturally, the next question was: what does the same comparison show for Oklahoma?…
Grade 1 Oklahoma Computer Science Standards vs. CSTA National Standards: The Full Comparison Oklahoma's Grade 1 computer science standards draw from CSTA's Level 1A band (Grades K-2, ages 5-7) — the national standards published by the Computer Science Teachers Association. Here is every OAS Grade 1 CS standard mapped to its CSTA 1A correlation, with…
Teaching the Road to the Civil War: A Complete OAS 8.C.10-8.C.11 Bundle for 8th Grade US History The decades before the Civil War don't have a single battle or election to organize a unit around — they have an economy, a moral movement, and a series of political compromises that all failed in slightly different…
Teaching the Early Republic: A Complete OAS 8.C.5-8.C.6 Bundle for 8th Grade US History Governing a brand-new country turned out to be a different problem than winning independence from one. The Early Republic Bundle from Sooner Standards covers exactly how the young United States figured that out — seven resources mapped directly to Oklahoma Academic…
Teaching the Civil War and Reconstruction: A Complete OAS 8.C.11-8.C.13 Bundle for 8th Grade US History The Civil War and Reconstruction cover more academic standards than almost any other unit in 8th grade US History — and Reconstruction in particular is the half of the story most likely to get rushed at the end of…
Teaching National Growth and the Jacksonian Era: A Complete OAS 8.C.7-8.C.9 Bundle for 8th Grade US History The decades between the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War don't get a single dramatic event to anchor them the way the Revolution or the Civil War do — which is exactly why they're hard to teach…
Teaching the Constitution's Founding: A Complete OAS 8.C.3-8.C.4 Bundle for 8th Grade US History Between the end of the Revolutionary War and the Constitution students recognize today sits a messier, less-taught story: a national government under the Articles of Confederation that couldn't tax, couldn't regulate trade, and nearly collapsed under a farmers' rebellion in Massachusetts….
Teaching the American Revolution: A Complete OAS 8.C.1-8.C.2 Bundle for 8th Grade US History The American Revolution is one of the most content-dense units in the 8th grade US History curriculum — and one of the easiest to teach either too shallowly (a highlight reel of famous names and dates) or too broadly (losing the…
Teaching Civil War & Reconstruction: A Complete 8th Grade US History Bundle The Civil War and Reconstruction is the unit where 8th grade US History stops being background reading and starts being an argument — about union, about freedom, about who gets to vote and whose labor gets paid. Teaching it well means covering a…
Teaching Treasure Island in High School: Oklahoma Standards 9.3.R.1, 9.3.R.2 & 9.4.R.1 Long John Silver is one of literature's great puzzles: is he a villain, a mentor, or both at once? That question is exactly what makes Treasure Island such a durable classroom text — a pirate adventure on the surface, and underneath it, a…
