The
Kansas Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Kansas. We have created a
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The Kansas Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including:
• Analysis
• Critical Thinking
• Point of View
• Compare and Contrast
• Order of Events
• And Much More!
Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials!
The 20
Kansas Primary Sources are:
1. Portrait of Chief White Plume, chief of the Kaw (Kansa) Indians – 1822
2. Illustration of Constitutional Convention – Topeka, Kansas Territory – 1855
3. Political map of the United States showing slave states in gray, free states in pink, and Kansas in the center – 1856
4. Political cartoon entitled "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler" - 1856
5. Poster advertising the Pony Express cross-country mail delivery service – more than a dozen Pony Express stations were located in Kansas – poster dated 1860
6. Illustration of shoppers in Sutler’s Store – Fort Dodge, Kansas – 1867
7. Map of the Kansas Pacific Railway lines in the western U.S. – 1869
8. Photograph of the High Plains in Haskell County, Kansas – treeless grassland with a "buffalo wallow" in the level ground – 1897
9. Photograph of scientist George Washington Carver – spent formative years in Kansas – 1906
10. Map of Oregon Trail crossing Kansas and five other states – 1907
11. Cover of railroad promotional booklet promoting Kansas settlement – 1907
12. Photograph of sod schoolhouse – Oberlin, Kansas – circa 1908
13. Dust storm bearing down on Rolla, Kansas, during Dust Bowl – 1935
14. Photograph of Kansas Governor Alf Landon on cover of TIME Magazine, May 18, 1936 – Landon was candidate for U.S. President in 1936 election
15. Photograph of Amelia Earhart – born in Atchison, Kansas – first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean – 1937
16. Photograph of General Dwight Eisenhower speaking to American paratroopers as they prepared for the Battle of Normandy in June 1944 – Eisenhower grew up in Kansas; elected 34th President of the United States in 1952
17. Photograph of car wrapped around a tree by tornado in Udall, Kansas – Kansas is located in Tornado Alley – 1955
18. Photograph of Kansas Senator Bob Dole (center) meeting with President Richard Nixon in 1971 – Dole represented Kansas in the U.S. Congress for 35 years
19. Photograph of Big Brutus coal strip-mining shovel in southeastern Kansas – circa 1980
20. Population density map of Kansas – 2010
Your students will:
• think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history.
• participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizing facts and a writer’s interpretations.
• integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen their understanding of historical events.
• experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.
Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" cardstock.