Read Kansas!
Are you looking for dynamic materials to teach reading and writing?
Read Kansas!, our award winning curriculum, brings ready-to-use materials to you and your students. The lessons will help students build reading skills as they learn about their state. Each lesson is based on grade specific reading indicators, designed to develop critical thinking skills, and uses primary source materials to teach history. Correlations with Common Core Reading, Writing and Language have been included in each lesson's web page.
The lessons contain attractive student materials and a complete lesson plan, including the assessment. Thirty lessons for grades K-4 are finished. All public elementary schools in Kansas were sent a complete set in 2007. Many of the middle school lessons are finished and available for purchase or online. When all 43 lessons are done, a complete set will be sent for free to every public school that teaches seventh and/or eighth grade. There will be lessons for high school as well.
View completed lessons:
Primary Eighteen lessons developed for K-3 grades
Intermediate Twelve lessons based on fourth grade Kansas history standards but suitable for other grade levels
Middle School These 43 lessons are based on seventh grade Kansas history standards but work well for other grade levels where Kansas history is taught. New lessons are being added as they are completed.
High School Many of these lessons are still in development. When finished they can be used as a supplement that will connect Kansas history to events in American History classes.
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The Read Kansas! project was created by the Kansas Historical Society in cooperation with the Kansas State Department of Education and the Kansas Health Foundation.
