Traveling Resource TrunksCorps of DiscoveryKansas Curricular Standards ConnectionsThe Corps of Discovery traveling resource trunk connects to the 2004 Kansas History and Government; Economics and Geography Standards in the following ways: First GradeGeography, Benchmark 5, Indicator 2: Describes how the physical environment impacts humans (e.g., choices of clothing, housing, crops, recreation).
History, Benchmark 3, Indicator 1: Recognizes the United States flag, Pledge of Allegiance, and bald eagle as important national symbols. History, Benchmark 3, Indicator 3: Identifies some important United States national holidays (e.g., Independence Day).
Second GradeGeography, Benchmark 5, Indicator 1: Describe how physical systems influence people and their activities.
Third GradeGeography, Benchmark 3, Indicator 1: Compares various ecosystems in the community (e.g., locations and characteristics of plant and animal life).
Geography, Benchmark 5, Indicator 1: Discusses the consequences of human modifications in their community on the environment over time (e.g., flood control, mining, farming, chemical uses, community development, transportation).
Fourth GradeGeography, Benchmark 2, Indicators 1: Identifies and compares the physical characteristics of regions of the United States (e.g., rainfall, location, land and water features, climate, vegetation, natural resources). Geography, Benchmark 2, Indicator 2: Identifies the human characteristics of Kansas and regions of the United States (e.g., people, religions, languages, customs, economic activities, housing, foods).
History, Benchmark 1, Indicator 3: Describes the observations of the explorers who came to what was to become Kansas (e.g., Francisco Coronado, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Zebulon Pike, Stephen H. Long).
History, Benchmark 4, Indicators 3: Identifies and compares information from primary and secondary sources (e.g., photographs, diaries/journals, newspapers, historical maps).
Fifth GradeHistory, Benchmark 1, Indicator 1: Explains how various American Indians adapted to their environment in relationship to shelter and food (e.g., Plains, Woodland, Northwest Coast, Southeast and Pueblo cultures in the period from 1700-1820).
History, Benchmark 4, Indicator 5: Observes and draws conclusions.
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