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Indian Homes in Kansas Trunk - Kansas Curricular Standards

The Indian Homes in Kansas traveling resource trunk correlates to the first grade Kansas Curricular Standards in the following areas:

Geography (2004):

Benchmark 5, Indicator 2: The student describes how the physical environment impacts humans (e.g., choices of clothing, housing, crops, recreation).

  • Lesson 3: Building a Grass House
  • Lesson 4: Building an Earth Lodge
  • Lesson 5: Building a Tipi
  • Lesson 6: The Kansa: Adapting to the Environment
  • Lesson 8: American Indian Homes in Kansas

History (2004):

Benchmark 2, Indicator 4: The student will compare types of shelter used by American Indians in Kansas over time (e.g., grass lodge, tipi, earth lodge, frame house).

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Benchmark 4, Indicator 3: The student asks questions, shares information, and discusses ideas about the past using resources such as maps, photographs, books, and people.

  • Lesson 3: Building a Grass House
  • Lesson 4: Building an Earth Lodge
  • Lesson 5: Building a Tipi
  • Lesson 6: The Kansa: Adapting to the Environment
  • Lesson 7: Comparing the Grass House, Earth Lodge and Tipi

Math (2003):

Benchmark 3, Indicator 1: The student estimates whole number quantities from 0 through 100 using various computational methods including mental math, paper and pencil, concrete objects, and appropriate technology.

  • Lesson 4: Building an Earth Lodge

Reading (2003):

Benchmark 2, Indicator 3: The student reads expressively with appropriate pace, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of speech with familiar text.

  • Lesson 3: Building a Grass House
  • Lesson 4: Building an Earth Lodge
  • Lesson 5: Building a Tipi

Benchmark 2, Indicator 4: The student uses knowledge of sentence structure to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

  • Lesson 8: American Indian Homes in Kansas

Benchmark 4, Indicator 1: The student participates in discussions about expository texts read to them or text read independently.

  • Lesson 1: Indians in Kansas Today

Benchmark 4, Indicator 5: The student uses picture clues, text, and prior knowledge to make inferences and draw conclusions.

  • Lesson 1: Indians in Kansas Today

Science (2005):

Science as Inquiry - Standard 1, Benchmark 1, Indicator 2: The student classifies and arranges groups of objects by a variety of properties, one property at a time.

  • Lesson 2: Building With Natural Resources

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