HIST348: Peoples of Kansas

For those of you who are education majors, here are some descriptions of the standards that pertain to our lecture this past Tuesday (there are some indicators that overlap with other lectures, and I have not listed those here).  The standards are available at the Kansas State Department of Education website as downloadable PDF files.

2nd GRADE

Benchmark 2, Indicator 1: “Compares and contrasts daily life of an historic Plains Indian family, a pioneer family, and a modern family in Kansas.”

7th GRADE

Benchmark 1, Indicator 1: “Compares and contrasts nomadic and sedentary tribes in Kansas (e.g. food, housing, art, customs).”

Benchmark 3, Indicator 1: “Describes the reasons for tension between the American Indians and the United States government over land in Kansas (e.g., encroachment on Indian lands, depletion of the buffalo and other natural resources, the Sand Creek massacre, broken promises).”

Benchmark 3, Indicator 2: “Describes the United States government’s purpose for establishing frontier military forts in Kansas (e.g. protection of people, land, resources).”