Kansas
City History
Title: Kansas City
History
Teacher: Brad Peck
School: Truman High School
Grade Focus: 11-12
Time Frame: 2-3 Class periods
Show Me standards
covered
SS2:Continuity
and change in the history of Missouri, the United States, and the world
Goal 1:
Students will acquire the knowledge and skills to gather, analyze and apply
information and ideas.
Goal 2:
Students will acquire the knowledge and skills to communicate effectively
with and beyond the classroom.
Unit Introduction:
Kansas
City Public Library
The Local History
collection is the strongest segment of the Special Collections Department
holdings. It encompasses an extensive selection of materials covering
all aspects of the history of Kansas City, Missouri in particular and
the metropolitan region in general. Significant holdings include books,
pamphlets, and other types of late 19th-and early 20th-century publications
of the city in addition to a variety of materials depicting the civic,
educational, business, and cultural development of Kansas City, Missouri.
In addition, there are special archival collections containing a variety
of material types including photographs, scrapbooks, letters, personal
papers, diaries, postcards, and ephemeral. Students will choose a particular
part of Kansas City history, i.e. biography, architecture, local history,
ethnic history, western Americana, photographs, maps, Civil War and
genealogy, and produce a product to present to the class.
Goals or objectives
leading toward results:
- Students conduct
research to answer questions and evaluate information and ideas.
- Students will
develop questions and ideas to initiate and refine research.
- Students will
use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize
information.
- Students will
evaluate the accuracy of information and the reliability of its sources.
Preparation for the
Learning Adventure:
Students will be
presented with an overview of Kansas City History.
Anticipatory set
would be short clips from movies such as: HBO's "Truman," "Mr. and Mrs.
Bridge," starring Paul Newman "Kansas City" by Robert Altman. "Bird" Charlie
Parker Story. "Ride With the Devil" etc. Class discussion to follow as
to the contribution of Kansas City to American History.
Scope of Student
Work:
Students will produce
a "product" to teach the class about his or her chosen topic in Kansas
City History
Products include:
poster board display
video presentation
multimedia slide show
hands on presentation with historical artifacts
dramatic interpretation
diorama
etc.
any instructor approved product
Students will be
responsible for a typed essay explaining their chosen topic and presentation
detailing how their topic fits within an larger historical context.
Resources and Technology
Used:
Computers with Internet
Access
Smart Board
Assessment and Reflection:
Students will be
evaluated by their peers for their presentation and on the quality of
the written explanation of the subject.
(Essay) Evaluated
by instructor.
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