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KANSAS HISTORY PLANNER Objective QTR. QTR. QTR. Standard 4: Kansas, United States and World History Benchmark 1: Settlement in Kansas before 1854
1. (A) compares and contrasts nomadic and sedentary
tribes in Kansas (e.g., food, housing, art, customs).
2. (A) describes the social and economic impact of
Spanish, French and American explorers and traders on the Indian tribes in Kansas.
3. (K) explains how Stephen H. Long’s classification of
Kansas as the “Great American Desert” influenced later United States government policy on American Indian relocation.
4. ▲ (A) analyzes the impact of the Indian Removal Act
of 1830 on the way of life for Kickapoo, Sac and Fox, Iowa, Delaware, Pottawatomie, Shawnee tribes relocated to Kansas (i.e., ▲loss of land and customary resources, ▲disease and starvation, ▲assimilation, ▲inter-tribal conflict).
5. (K) describes the role of early Kansas forts in carrying
out the United States government’s policies in regards to relocated Indian tribes and travel on the Santa Fe and Oregon-California trails (e.g., Fort Leavenworth, Fort Scott, Fort Larned, and Ft. Riley).
Benchmark 2: Kansas Territory and Civil War 1854-1865
1. (A) describes the concept of popular sovereignty under
the Kansas-Nebraska Act and its impact on developing a state Constitution.
2. ▲ (K) describes how the dispute over slavery shaped
life in Kansas Territory (i.e., ▲border ruffians, ▲bushwhackers, ▲jayhawkers, ▲the Underground Railroad, ▲free staters, ▲abolitionists).
3. ▲ (A) analyzes the importance of “Bleeding Kansas”
to the rest of the United States in the years leading up to the Civil War (i.e., ▲national media attention, ▲caning of Senator Charles Sumner, ▲Emigrant Aid Societies, ▲Beecher Bible and Rifle Colony, ▲poems of John Greenleaf Whittier, John Brown).
4. (K) describes the role of important individuals during
the territorial period (e.g., Charles Robinson, James Lane, John Brown, Clarina Nichols, Samuel Jones, David Atchison, Andrew H. Reeder).
5. (A) analyzes the Wyandotte Constitution with respect
to the civil rights of women and African Americans.
6. (K) describes important events in Kansas during the
Civil War (e.g., Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence, the Battle of Mine Creek, recruitment of volunteer regiments).
KANSAS HISTORY PLANNER Objective QTR. QTR. QTR. Benchmark 3: Kansas 1860’s – 1870’s
1. ▲ (K) describes the reasons for tension between the
American Indians and the United States government over land in Kansas (i.e., ▲encroachment on Indian lands, ▲depletion of the buffalo and other natural resources, ▲the Sand Creek massacre, ▲broken promises).
2. (K) describes the United States government’s purpose
for establishing frontier military forts in Kansas (e.g., protection of people, land, resources).
3. (A) determines the significance of the cattle drives in
post-Civil War Kansas and their impact on the American identity (e.g., Chisholm Trail, cowboys, cattle towns).
4. (A) traces the migration patterns of at least one
European ethnic group to Kansas (e.g., English, French, Germans, German-Russians, Swedes).
5. ▲ (K) describes the reasons for the Exoduster
movement from the South to Kansas (i.e., ▲relatively free land, ▲symbol of Kansas as a free state, ▲the rise of Jim Crow laws in the South, ▲promotions of Benjamin “Pap” Singleton).
6. (K) explains the impact of government policies and the
expansion of the railroad on settlement and town development (e.g., Preemption, Homestead Act, Timber Claim Act, railroad lands).
7. (A) uses primary source documents to determine the
challenges faced by settlers and their means of adaptations (e.g., drought, depression, grasshoppers, lack of some natural resources, isolation).
Benchmark 4: Kansas 1880’s – 1920’s
1. (A) describes the movement for women’s suffrage and
its effect on Kansas politics (e.g., the fight for universal suffrage, impact of women on local elections).
2. ▲ (K) describes the development of Populism in
Kansas (i.e., ▲disillusionment with big Eastern business, ▲railroads, ▲government corruption, ▲high debts and low prices for farmers).
3. (K) explains the accomplishments of the Progressive
movement in Kansas (e.g., regulating the sale of stocks and bonds, workman’s compensation, inspection of meat processing plants, public health campaigns, prohibition).
4. (K) analyzes the impact of Kansas reformers on the
nation (e.g., populists: Mary E. Lease, Annie Diggs, William Peffer, “Sockless” Jerry Simpson; progressives: Carry A. Nation, Samuel Crumbine, William Allen White, socialists: J.A. Wayland, Kate Richards O’Hare, Emanuel and Marcet Haldeman-Julius).
KANSAS HISTORY PLANNER Objective QTR. QTR. QTR.
5. (K) describes the significance of farm mechanization in
Kansas (e.g., increased farm size and production, specialized crops, population redistribution).
6. (A) explains the significance of the work of
entrepreneurial Kansans on the aviation industry (e.g., Alvin Longren, Clyde Cessna, Walter and Oliver Beech, Lloyd Stearman).
7. (A) describes the contributions made by Mexican
immigrants to agriculture and the railroad industry.
Benchmark 5: Kansas 1930’s -1940’s Great Depression; WWII
1.▲ (A) compares agricultural practices before and after
the dust storms of the 1930s (i.e., ▲rotation of crops, ▲shelter belts, ▲irrigation, ▲terracing, ▲stubble mulch).
2. (A) uses local resources to describe conditions in
his/her community during the Great Depression.
3. (A) researches the contributions of Kansans during the
1930s & 1940s (e.g., Amelia Earhardt, Osa and Martin Johnson, Glenn Cunningham, Walter Chrysler, Langston Hughes, John Steuart Curry, Dwight Eisenhower, Alf Landon, Arthur Capper, Birger Sandzen).
4. (K) summarizes the effects of New Deal programs on
5. (K) explains how World War II acted as a catalyst for
change in Kansas (e.g., women entering work force, increased mobility, changing manufacturing practices).
Benchmark 6: Contemporary Kansas since 1950
31 SS7-4.6.1 1. (K) analyzes how the concept of “separate but equal
is inherently unequal” in regards to the Supreme Court case Brown v. Topeka Board of Education and how it continues to impact the nation.
32 SS7-4.6.2 2. (K) describes major flood control projects in the
33 SS7-4.6.3 3. (A) describes the role of Kansas culture in the
dramas of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright William Inge and the writings, photos, and films of Gordon Parks.
34 SS7-4.6.4 4. (A) analyzes the effect of rural depopulation and
increased urbanization and suburbanization on Kansas.
35 SS7-4.6.5 5. (K) explains the reasons Southeast Asians
immigrated to Kansas after 1975 (e.g., church, community, organizations, jobs, the fall of Southeast Asian governments).
6. (K) identifies issues facing Kansas state government
in the 2000s (e.g., economic diversity, global economy, water issues, school funding).
Benchmark 7: Engages in historical thinking skills
1. (A) analyze changes over time to make logical
inferences concerning cause and effect by examining a topic in Kansas History.
KANSAS HISTORY PLANNER Objective QTR. QTR. QTR.
2. ▲ (A) examines different types of primary sources in
Kansas history and analyzes them in terms of credibility, purpose, and point of view (i.e., ▲census records, ▲diaries, ▲photographs, ▲letters, ▲government documents).
3. (A) uses at least three primary sources to interpret the
impact a person or event from Kansas history to develop an historical narrative.
4. (A) compares different descriptions of the same event
in Kansas history to understand how different people might interpret historical events differently.
A notation (8-8.5.4A) indicates that this objective is tested on the Kansas Social Studies assessment. The 8 before the dash indicates it is tested at the 8th grade. The 8.5.4 indicates the grade level, benchmark, and indicator where the objective is found in the standards. K indicates it is at the knowledge level; A indicates application level.
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