Traveling Resource Trunks

Indian Homes in Kansas

Kansas Curricular Standards Connections

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).

• all lessons

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

Return to the Indian Homes in Kansas Trunk

Request This Trunk

More Traveling Resource Trunks