Videos
A variety of videos can be found on the Kansas Historical Society Education YouTube channel. Created for use in teaching about Kansas, many are under 5 minutes and all are on topics requested by teachers. New videos are added to this channel as they are created.
Playlists on the Kansas Historical Society Education YouTube channel include:
- Archeology - short videos about archeology and what we can learn from it
- Bleeding Kansas Series - series that breaks the topic of Kansas Territory into smaller subtopics (under development)
- Educational Resources - short videos explaining the resources we offer
- History Lab Series - fun ways to explore Kansas history
- Kansas State Capitol - tours and highlights of the Capitol
- Kaw Mission - tours and highlights at Kaw Mission and Last Chance Store in Council Grove
- Museum Memories - highlights from the earlier exhibits at the Kansas Museum of History
- Read-alongs - let our staff read to your class
- Read Kansas! - audio versions of some Read Kansas! cards
- Santa Fe Trail - videos using primary sources and living history to explore the Santa Fe Trail
- Sing-alongs - students can sing along as they learn about Kansas
- Video Tours - recording of tour guides at the Kansas Museum of History and Kansas State Capitol
Other videos are available in addition to those that can be found in the Kansas Historical Society Education YouTube channel playlists.
- How to Make an American Indian Pumpkin Mat (2:31) intermediate, middle school
- The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 (1:33) middle and high school lesson plan) Kansas Museum of History curator Blair Tarr explains the history of the influenza epidemic of 1918 and how it started in Kansas.
- Kansas State Symbols (11:05) primary and intermediate
- A Legacy of Excellence: The William Allen White Family (8:43) middle and high school
- Museum After Hours - Archived recordings of this monthly lecture series offers indepth information on a variety of Kansas related subjects. - high school and adult
- The Oregon Trail (1:58) intermediate
- The Potawatomi Baptist Manual Labor School (13:45) middle and high school
