Bell Work #59
May 14
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What major event took place between 19141918?
What did the United States slide into in 1929?
What major event took place during 1931 in
parts of the Midwest?
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Objective-Students are going to learn about the
dust bowl.
Bell Work due Friday
Review due Monday
Test on Tuesday
Bell Work #58
May 13
 What
did the Progressive Era represent?
 Who was Dr. Samuel Crumbine?
 What were some educational reforms?
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Objective-Students are going to examine
the affect of the Progressive Era on Kansas.
Bell Due Friday
Final Review due Tuesday
Final Tuesday
Bell Work #57
May 8
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What was the Gilded Age?
Who was Senator Pomeroy?
What was happening in the 1870s to cause
the Populist Party to start to rise up?
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Objective-Students are going to learn about
different reform movements in Kansas.
May 16-Bell Work Due.
May 20-Final
May 21-All late work due.
Bell Work #56
May 5
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The cattle drives from Texas to Kansas took
place after the Civil War. Explain why it was
profitable to take cattle east.
Where a person lived in Kansas, whether in
the country or the city, affected his or her
access to goods and services. Explain why.
Give an example of ways in which
mechanized equipment on the farm saved
time.
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Objective-Students are going to continue to
review for chapter 7 test.
Chapter 7 Test Wednesday.
Bell Work #55
May 2
 What
was the grange?
 What does it mean to have a surplus of
food?
 What would cause Kansas farmers to
dramatically increase their production on
their farms?
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Objective-Students are going to start to
review for the chapter 7 test.
Chapter 7 Test-May 7
Bell Work #54
May 1
 Why
does the cowboy wear cowboy
boots?
 What was the importance of plotting the
towns along the railroads?
 Who was Fred Harvey?
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Objective-Students are going to learn
about the importance of the buffalo for the
railroad.
Bell Work #53
April 30
 How
does the word monopoly and
subsidy fit in with the railroads?
 Why was Cyrus K. Holliday important to
Kansas during the railroad period and it’s
history?
 What were Harvey girls?
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Objective-Students are going to discover
the many uses of the cowboy clothing.
Bell Work #52
April 29
 When
did the first railroad come to
Kansas?
 What was the Pacific Railroad Act?
 How much of the land in Kansas was
given to the railroad companies?
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Objective-Students are going to use
different revision techniques on their essays.
Bell Work #51
April 28
 Why
were local ranches and farmers
against the cattle trade?
 What brought an end to the cattle drive?
 Why was there a quarantine line
established in Kansas?
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Objective-Students are going to write
essays about the old west.
Bell Work #50
April 25
 Who
started the Chisholm Trail?
 At the end of the trail the cows would be
loaded onto train cars in cow towns, what
were some of these cow towns?
 Why wouldn’t you find women or children
in these cow towns?
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Objective-Students are going to write an
essay arguing whether or not the old west
was a dangerous place or not.
Bell Work #49
April 23
 How
did the Cattle Industry get started in
the mid to late 1800s?
 Compare the cost of the cattle if it was
sold in Texas or on the east coast?
 Why was it difficult to get the cattle to the
eastern markets?
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Objective-Students are going to get
background information of the cattle
industry in Texas and Kansas and the
“dangerous” cities along their path.
Bell Work #48
April 17
 What
is the story of Abbie Bright?
 What attracted immigrants to
southeastern Kansas known as the “Little
Balkans?”
 What were Mexican men recruited to do
in Kansas?
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Objective- Students are going to continue
to review information from chapter 6.
Chapter 6 Test Monday.
Bell Work #47
April 16
 What
did you do on the prairie to find
water?
 What type of homes would you live in on
the prairie?
 What helped bring an end to the open
range?
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Objective-Students will start to review the
materials from Chapter 6.
Chapter 6 Test Monday
Bell Work #46
April 15
 What
were some of the issues that Kansas
dealt with when the Exodusters moved to
Kansas?
 What organization was set up to help with
the newly arrived African-Americans?
 Who was Benjamin “Pap” Singleton?
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Objective-Students are going to learn
about the hardships of the prairie?
Chapter 6 Test-Monday
Bell Work #45
April 14
 Why
did the Germans from Germany
move to the United States?
 Why did the Germans from Russia move
to the United States?
 What is a class system?
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Objective-Students are going to study the
ESP of the Exoduster movement.
Bell Work #44
April 11
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What were some of the requirements if you
wanted to buy land under the Homestead
Act?
How much money did you need on average
to get your farm started?
What does it mean to be a tenant farmer?
What might happen to make you become a
tenant farmer?
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Objective-Students are going to learn about
why certain European groups to move to
Kansas.
Bell Work #43
April 10
 How
much did the population increase
by, in Kansas, from 1860-1890?
 What lured people into moving to
Kansas?
 How many acres could you get from the
Homestead Act?
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Objective-Students are going analyze
documents and discover where immigrants
came from and where they moved to.
Bell Work #42
April 4
 Who
was Laura Ingalls Wilder?
 Who are squatters?
 Who was Julia Louisa Lovejoy?
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Objective-Students will review for the test.
Chapter 5 Test-Tuesday
Bell Work #41
April 3
 How
many charters were given out to
railroad companies in Kansas?
 How many feeder lines were authorized to
be built in Kansas?
 What did Women do during the Civil War?
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Objective-Students will continue to review
key terms and ideas preparing them for the
test.
Chapter 5 Test-Monday?
Bell Work #40
April 2
 What
was the Sand Creek Massacre?
 Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
 What brought an end to the Frontier?
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Objective-Students are going to review for
the Chapter 5 Test.
Chapter 5 Test- Monday?
Bell Work #39
April 1
 Which
two forts are still in operation
today?
 What are some interesting facts about
Fort Leavenworth?
 What was the purpose of the Medicine
Lodge Peace Treaties?
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Objective-Students will find the cause and
effect of why Kansas forts were opened.
Chapter 5 Test Monday.
Bell Work #38
March 31
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What types of destruction were left behind
after the Civil War?
Before, during, and after the Civil War; what
were the forts in Kansas set up to do?
What happened with Kansas after the Civil
War?
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Objective-Students are going to discover
information about the forts that were in Kansas.
April 7-Chapter 5 Test.
Bell Work #37
March 28
 What
was General Price of the
Confederate Army sent into Missouri to
do?
 What was the Battle of Mine Creek?
 Who won the Battle of Mine Creek?
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Objective-Students will learn about the
importance of the Battle of Mine Creek in
Kansas’ history.
April 7- Chapter 5 Test
Bell Work #36
March 27
 In
what year and month did the Battle of
Gettysburg occur?
 Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?
 What advantages did the Union have
over the Confederates?
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Objective-Students will continue to examine
Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence.
Bell Work #35
March 26
 Who
was William Quantrill?
 What happened during Quantrill’s Raid?
 Why did Quantrill’s Raiders choose to
attack Lawrence?
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Objective- Students will see what Quantrill’s
Raid was like.
Bell Work #34
March 25
 When
did Kansas become a state?
 What are the three different branches of
the government?
 Which side did Kansas fight for during the
Civil War? Why would they fight with
them?
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Objective-Students will review and
remember key terms and ideas for chapter
5. They will also remember the events of
Quantrill’s Raid.
Bell Work #33
March 14
 Why
was Topeka chosen at the capital of
Kansas?
 What was James Lane’s Frontier Guard?
 How many Kansans volunteered for the
Civil War?
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Objective-Students will compare and
contrast the two different point of views of
Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence.
Bell Work #32
March 12
 What
is one of the root causes to the Civil
War?
 When did the Civil War begin?
 Who was the President of the United
States during the Civil War?
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Objective-Students will be able to
determine the difference between Union,
Confederate, and Border State.
Bell Work #31
March 11
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What are some differences between the way
the judicial system treats juveniles and adults?
What does the term “Ad Astra Per Aspera”
mean?
What were some issues that Kansans had to
deal with after Kansas became a state?
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Objective- Students will find out about the
different powers of the state and local
governments in Kansas.
Bell Work #30
March 10
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What are the three branches of government?
How many state Senators and House of
Representative members does the Kansas
State Legislature have?
How is the government funded with money?
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Objective-Students will compare and contrast
how the justice system works for different
people.
Bell Work #29
March 7
 How
many Bill of Right Amendments are in
the Kansas Constitution?
 What is the difference between a Juvenile
and an Adult?
 What type of rights do you have in
school?
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Objective-Students will learn about the
different rights that they will have in Kansas.
Bell Work #28
March 5
 Why
did Kansas get the term “Bleeding
Kansas?”
 What four constitutions were written for
Kansas?
 What were all of the compromises that we
learned about that deal with Kansas?
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Objective-Students are going to review key
terms and ideas from chapter 4.
Test Tomorrow.
Bell Work #27
March 4
 Why
did people go west to the Rocky
Mountains?
 What was the Pony Express?
 Why did the Pony Express end?
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Objective-Students will review key terms
and ideas from Chapter 4.
Test Thursday
Bell Work #26
February 28
 What
started the Wakarusa War?
 What happened to Sam Jones to make
him want to destroy Lawrence?
 Who do you think won the Wakarusa
War?
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Objective-Students will review key terms
and events from the “Bleeding Kansas”
period.
Chapter 4 Test March 5.
Bell Work #25
February 27
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Riddle: How could people find Gold in the
Mountains of the Kansas Territory if it doesn’t
have any mountains?
When did Kansas officially become a state?
What was the Pony Express?
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Objective-Students will watch a timeline of
events dealing with Kansas.
Current Event due Tomorrow.
March 5- Chapter 4 Test.
Bell Work #24
February 26
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Why was the Wyandotte Constitution able to
pass in Congress?
Which of the four constitutions allowed
slavery?
What rights did Women gain in the
Wyandotte Constitution?
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Objective-Students are going to be able to
analyze the four different constitutions written
for Kansas.
Current Event due Friday.
Chapter 4 Test- March 5
Bell Work #23
February 25
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Who was Charles Sumner?
What happened to Charles Robinson when
he was elected Governor of the Topeka
Constitution?
Which Constitution does the Kansas state
government follow today?
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Objective-Students will read about some of the
arguments for or against slavery in the Kansas
Territory.
Current Event #3 Due Friday.
Bell Work #22
February 21
 Who
was James Lane?
 What is the story of Ann Clark?
 What was the Marais des Cygnes
Massacre?
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Objective-Students will read primary
sources about John Brown and start to
develop an opinion on the matter.
Bell Work #21
February 20
 What
were the goals of the New England
Emigrant Aid Society?
 What was the Bogus Legislature?
 Why were the anti-slavery forces upset at
the first territorial legislature?
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Objective-Students will continue to analyze
important people of the “Bleeding Kansas”
period.
Bell Work #20
February 19
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Who was the creator of the Kansas-Nebraska
Act?
What did the KNA do with the territory of
Kansas?
Why did people from all over the United
States start to move to Kansas so suddenly?
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Objective-Students are going to learn about the
Wakarusa War and the Siege on Lawrence.
Bell Work #19
February 18
 What
is the Missouri Compromise?
 What is popular sovereignty?
 What is the Compromise of 1850?
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Objective-Students will get an introduction
to key ideas and people of the Bleeding
Kansas Period.
Bell Work #18
February 12
 Who
was Annie Marshall Grinter?
 Why were Mission Schools set up?
 Were Mission Schools similar to what
schools are like today.
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Objective-Students will check for
understanding of knowledge in Chapter 3.
Test Today.
Bell Work #17
February 11
 How
many people traveled on the
Oregon Trail over a 25 year period?
 When would you start your travels on the
Oregon Trail?
 What does the picture on page 64
represent?
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Objective-Students will continue to analyze
important information from chapter 3.
Test Tomorrow.
Bell Work #16
February 10
 What
was the purpose of the Oregon
Trail?
 When did the Oregon Trail Start?
 What is the idea of Manifest Destiny?
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Objective-Students will try and remember
key ideas and terms from before the snow
break.
Chapter 3 Test Wednesday.
Bell Work #15
February 3
 What
year did the Santa Fe Trail open?
 What type of trail was the Santa Fe Trail?
 What were some of the dangers that you
could find on the Santa Fe Trail?
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Objective-Students are going to compare
and contrast the Santa Fe and Oregon
Trails.
Chapter 3 Test Thursday- Weather
Permitting.
Bell Work #14
January 31
 Where
does the Santa Fe Trail Start?
 Where does the Oregon-California Trail
Start?
 Who started the Santa Fe Trail?
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Objective-Students will understand the
differences between the Santa Fe and
Oregon Trails.
Chapter 3 Test Thursday.
Bell Work #13
January 30
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What two tribes were Native to Kansas before
the emigrant Indian tribes moved into
Kansas?
What is the Native American college in
Lawrence, KS called?
What two trails came through Kansas?
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Objective-Students will examine the Kansas and
the Osage’s viewpoint of the Native American
Relocation Act.
CE #2 Due Tomorrow.
Bell Work #12
January 29
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List three Eastern Tribes that were relocated to
Kansas.
What were some hardships that the Native
Americans faced during relocation?
What did Isaac McCoy try and do for the
Native Americans?
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Objective-Students will examine how the Indian
Relocation Act affected the Kansa and the
Osage.
CE #2 Due Friday.
Bell Work #11
January 28
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Why was Kansas considered a potential home
for eastern Native American tribes?
How much did the population grow in the
United States between 1800 and 1850?
What were missionaries set up for in Kansas?
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Objective-Students will discover textual
evidence supporting the key idea around the
effect of Indian Removal.
CE #2 Due Friday.
Bell Work #10
January 27
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What type of trade items did Tisne take to
trade with the Comanche?
What President sent out Lewis and Clark to
explore the Louisiana Territory?
What did Lewis and Clark write in their
Journals about Kansas?
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Objective-Students will discover how the Indian
Removal Act affected the Native Americans.
Current Event due Friday.
Bell Work #9
January 24
 What
were the seven cities of gold
called?
 What French explorer placed the name
“Kansas” on a map for the first time?
 What type of relationship were the French
trying to set up with the Native
Americans?
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Objective-Students will learn about the
different explorers of Kansas.
Bell Work #8
January 23
 In
what part of the state would you find
the nomadic tribes of Kansas?
 What does the word infer mean?
 When did the historic period begin?
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Objective-Students will check for
understanding of knowledge learned in
chapter 2.
Bell Work #7
January 22
 Where
did the horses from the Native
Americans come from?
 What type of homes did the sedentary
tribes live in?
 What did the Kiowa men paint on their
tipis?
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Objective-Students will discover information
about the Native Americans.
Chapter 2 Test tomorrow.
Bell Work #6
January 21
 What
is the difference between absolute
dating and relative dating?
 What does barter mean?
 What is the difference between the Kaw
and the Kansa people?
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Objective-Students will understand the
different uses of Bison.
January 23-Chapter 2 Test
Bell Work #5
January 17
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We don’t know much about the Native
Americans prior to the Europeans showing up.
Why is that?
What is the difference between a Buffalo and
a Bison?
The Buffalo could be used for many different
reasons in village life. What were three of
those uses?
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Objective-Students will discover the way that
Native Americans interacted with the
environment prior to the Europeans showing up.
January 22- Chapter 2 Test
Bell Work #4
January 16
 Where
did Kansas get it’s name from?
 What is the difference between sedentary
and nomadic?
 What makes a report reliable?
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Objective-The students will define sedentary
and nomadic.
Current Event due tomorrow.
Bell Work #3
January 15
 What
forms Kansas’s only natural border?
 What is a physiographic region?
 What are the environmental differences
between eastern and western Kansas?
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Objective-Students are going to check for
chapter 1 understanding.
Current Event due Friday
Bell Work #2
January 14
 What
is the Ogallala Aquifer?
 What are the dimensions of Kansas?
Height & Length
 What helps the prairie grass survive
drought and fire?
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Objective-Students will continue to work on
Chapter 1 Study Guide
Chapter 1 Test tomorrow
Current Event due Friday
Bell Work #1
January 13
 How
many different physiographic regions
are there in Kansas?
 What is the Permian Sea?
 Why are Native Grasses valuable to soil?
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Objective-Students will use the book to find
answers in Chapter 1.
January 15- Chapter 1 Quiz
Current Event due Friday