Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site

Manifest Destiny and Its Impact on American Indian Culture

Eighth Grade
To address Kansas standards

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Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway is providing an opportunity for you to combine Kansas standards with a unique educational experience!

Students will rotate through a variety of 25-minute sessions that consist of historic interpretations, presentations, and hands-on activities. Concepts covered are: Manifest Destiny: Clash of Cultures; Indian Relocation and Government Policies; Sectionalism and Secession prior to the Civil War (e.g., Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act – Popular Sovereignty and Bleeding Kansas. Students will be working with primary and secondary sources, and will have the opportunity to experience and learn about Kansas history on the site where events occurred.

This tour fulfills grade specific standards and provides pre- and post-visit materials to help teachers address those standards.

Kansas Standards

History

Benchmark 1: The student understands the significance of important individuals and major developments in history.

Indicator 4: describes how communication and transportation systems connect Kansas to other regions, past and present (e.g., trails, Pony Express, telegraph, steamboats, railroad lines, highway systems, air transportation, Internet).
Indicator 5: (A) compares and contrasts the purposes of the Santa Fe and Oregon-California Trails (e.g., commercial vs. migration).
Indicator 6: (K) describes life on the Santa Fe and Oregon-California Trails (e.g., interactions between different cultural groups, hardships such as lack of water, mountains and rivers to cross, weather, need for medical care, size of wagon).

Economics

Benchmark 1: The student understands how limited resources require choices.

Benchmark 5: The student makes effective decisions as a consumer, producer, saver, investor, and citizen.

Literature

Benchmark 2: The student understands the significance of literature and its contributions to human understanding and culture.

Writing

Benchmark 1: The student writes narrative text using the writing process.

Mathematics

Standard 1, Benchmark 4: Computation – The student models, performs, and explains computation with whole numbers, fractions, and money including the use of concrete objects in a variety of situations.

Length of tour: approximately two hours.

Cost: $2 per participant

Number of students in a group: For the best experience, we recommend no more than 30 students per tour.

For registration and scheduling: Contact Anita Faddis, site administrator, 913-262-0867; shawneemission@kshs.org.

A minimum of two weeks advance registration is needed.