What is the Curriculum Library?

The curriculum Library contains all Oklahoma state-adopted textbooks and curriculum materials for grades K-12. We are open to the general public. The materials in our collection are reference only.

Most of our visitors are education students, school teachers, and parents. Education students use our collection to learn about the various kinds of curriculum materials and the different approaches to teaching. Teachers browse when they want fresh ideas for teaching a particular subject. Parents visit when they want to learn more about their children's education or when they want ideas for helping their children to learn.

Oklahoma adopts new textbooks every year on a six-year schedule that rotates by subject. We update the curriculum library's collection accordingly. For instance, in the fall of 2005, we will receive new Language Arts textbooks and materials. We will then remove from our shelves the old Language Arts items, which have been in adoption since 1998. In the fall of 2006 we will receive new Science & Computer Education/Instructional Technology; and so forth. For the complete subject rotation schedule, click on "subject cycle."