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Commissioned by the State Capitol Preservation Commission
Dedicated on June 4, 1989
Centenial Memorial Plaza

PASS Objectives

Grade 4- Social Studies

• Standard 5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the unique features which contributed to the settlement of the state of Oklahoma.
  • Describe major events of Oklahoma's past, such as settlements by Native Americans, cattle drives, land runs, statehood, and the discovery of oil.

Grade 4- The Arts

• Standard 2: Visual Art History and Culture - The student will recognize the development of visual art from an historical and cultural perspective.
  • Describe and place a variety of specific significant art objects by artist, style and historical and cultural context.
  • Identify themes and purposes of works of art and artifacts in history and culture.
  • Demonstrate a basic knowledge of several fields of art such as painting, sculpture, drawing, computer graphics, printmaking, architecture, and fiber arts.
  • Identify how visual art is used in today's world including the popular media of advertising, television, and film.

High School- Oklahoma History

• Standard 1. The student will demonstrate process skills in social studies.
  • Identify, analyze, and interpret primary and secondary sources (e.g., artifacts, diaries, letters, art, music, literature, photographs, documents, newspapers, and contemporary media).
• Standard 3. The student will evaluate the social, economic, and political development and contributions of Native Americans from prehistoric settlement through modern times.
  • Trace the movement of other North American peoples into present-day Oklahoma, including the Five Tribes, Plains Tribes, and Eastern Tribes.
  • Compare and contrast cultural perspectives (e.g., land ownership and use, agricultural methods, production and distribution of commodities, and trading practices) of Native Americans and European Americans.
• Standard 5. The student will describe the development of constitutional government in Oklahoma.
  • Examine the work of the Dawes Commission and the distribution of lands to non-Native American settlers.
• Standard 8. The student will examine factors that contributed to the political, economic, and social history of Oklahoma during the twentieth century.
  • Identify significant individuals and their contributions (e.g., Jerome Tiger, Frank Phillips, Kate Barnard, Angie Debo, Ada Lois Sipuel, Clara Luper, George Lynn Cross, Ralph Ellison, Robert S. Kerr, Henry Bellmon, and Reba McEntire).

High School- The Arts

• Standard 1: Language of Visual Art - The student will identify visual art terms (e.g., content, engraving, foreshortening, mosaic, perspective)
  • Describe exhibitions of original works of art seen in the school or community.
  • Differentiate between art criticism and art reviews, recognizing that criticism is positive as well as negative in its evaluation of a work of art.
• Standard 2: Visual Art History and Culture - The student will recognize the development of visual art from an historical and cultural perspective.
  • PROFICIENT: Identify major regional, national, and international collections of art.
• Standard 4: Visual Art Appreciation - The student will appreciate visual art as a vehicle of human expression.
  • Demonstrate respect for their work and the work of others.