April
Go outside and plant something!
Featured Teacher: Anna Wofford, Frederick
Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom (AITC) has many outstanding teachers using AITC lessons in their classrooms. We are pleased and proud to spotlight some of them monthly.
- National Gardening Month
- April Fools' Day
- Easter
- Thomas Jefferson
- Last Frost Date
- Earth Day
- Made in Oklahoma Month
- Floriculture
- Goats
- National Soy Foods Month
- National Poetry Month
- Oklahoma Vegetable of the Month: Green Garden Peas
- Oklahoma Fruit of the Month: Strawberries
- Agriculture in Art
A Handy Measure
What Oklahoma farm animal played a key role in Oklahoma's land runs? Find out here.
Writing Prompt
Pretend you are a newspaper reporter at the Oklahoma land run of 1889. Write a first-hand account.
- Land Run of 1889 (Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture)
- Photographs of the American West (National Archives, includes many photos from land runs and early Oklahoma. Scroll down to "The Scramble for Newly Opened Lands")
- Agriculture-Related Books about Oklahoma History