Our resources
Find a variety of resources online through the Kansas Historical Society.
Professional development
- Development sessions - designed to incorporate Common Core English Language Arts Standards with Social Studies
Primary sources
- Kansas Memory — Our digital archives of primary sources on Kansas history.
- Territorial Kansas Online —Our virtual repository of primary sources related to Kansas Territory from 1854-1861.
Exhibits
Find a number of online exhibits, many of which offer images for use in the classroom.
- All That Glitters: Dressing Up & Stepping Out
- Beyond Lewis and Clark: The Army Explores the West (higher speed)
- Beyond Lewis and Clark: The Army Explores the West (slower speed)
- Carry A. Nation: The Famous and Original Bar Room Smasher
- Everyone Needs a Hobby: Kansas Collectors and Collecting
- Forces of Nature
- From Far Away Russia: Russian-Germans in Kansas
- Game Faces: Kansans in Sports
- Keep the Flag to the Front: Battle Flags of Kansas
- Lincoln in Kansas
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Marijana: My People's Painter - Moments of Glory: Kansans' Achievements
- Sinners and Saints: Vice and Reform in Kansas
- They're Playing Our Song: Community Bands in Kansas
- Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest
- Willing to Die for Freedom: A Look Back at Kansas Territory
Kansas history, events, traditions, and famous Kansans
- Kansapedia - Thousands of Kansas related topics; contribute your essays
- Famous Kansans trading cards - Sets for the classroom
- Traditions - Folkart traditions from our past
- Food in Kansas - A cookbook for young Kansans with historical and nutritional information
Newspapers
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Chronicling America — Through a grant awarded to the Kansas Historical Society, 100,000 newspaper pages from our collection will be digitized. These pages come from newspapers dated from 1860-1922. A list of the Kansas newspapers that have been digitized can be found at Kansas Digital Newspaper Program.
Collaborate
Share your work - Post images from your classroom activities
Archeology
Archeology resources for teachers — For those teachers interested in archeology check our recommendations.
Archives
History Day - Past Kansas History Day contests
