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The Teacher's Resource Desk

This page is intended to provide resources for educators (parents, teachers, caregivers, etc.), with a focus on the formative years of Southeast Kansas. Subject matter includes the history of indigenous people, explorers, traders, pioneers, homesteaders/settlers, regional economic and cultural impact as agriculture and industry developed, and local area nature and science studies - past and present.


Most of the materials provided here are linked (either directly or indirectly) to original-source sites or established educational providers as well as contributions from local historians and educators.  This resource collection represents only a portion of information available on any given subject.


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The Oak Grove School Historical Society, who publishes this website, does not contribute to, or control the content of, the websites included below.  If you have issues regarding any of these sites, please let us know.


These materials fall under the "Fair Use" copyright laws of the United States, which generally allow limited non-profit use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes.  Always comply with your institution's policies regarding use of copyrighted materials.  

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The Osage Indians - The Original Settlers

Recommended resources about the Osage Nation - past and present

The Osage Nation Website

1. https://www.osageculture.com/

2. https://www.osageculture.com/culture/multimedia-collections/osage-ancestral-lands

3. Video - Osage Ancestral Lands video

Osage K - 12 Lesson Plans

https://www.osageculture.com/culture/education/k-12-lessons

Osage Museum and Cultural Center

https://www.osageculture.com/culture/museum


Exploration and Trade

Exploration, settlements, and trade throughout early Kansas

Early Expeditions Through Kansas

https://legendsofkansas.com/kansas-expeditions/

Early Kansas Settlement - K-State - PDF

https://keep.konza.k-state.edu/handbookdocuments/Early%20Kansas%20Settlement%20-%202012.pdf

French Settlers in Kansas

https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/french-settlers-in-kansas/12203

Early Commerce in Southeast Kansas

https://www.acatholicmission.org/3-earliest-commerce.html


Pioneers and Settlers

Westward travel across Kansas Territory and the people who came and stayed

Settlement in Kansas

https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/settlement-in-kansas/14546

Making of the 50 States: Kansas

https://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/usstates/kansashistory1.htm

Coming of the Settlers to Kansas

https://legendsofkansas.com/kansas-settlers/


Slavery and the Civil War

The key role that Kansas held regarding slavery and the Civil War

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/kansas-nebraska-act/

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Education in 1800s Kansas

Early formation of education and schooling in Kansas

Education in Kansas

https://legendsofkansas.com/education-kansas/

One-room, Country, and Historic Schools of Kansas

https://legendsofkansas.com/one-room-country-schools-kansas/

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Agriculture and Industry Development in Kansas

Early development of farming and industry in Kansas

Industries of Kansas

https://legendsofkansas.com/industries-of-kansas/

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Kansas Nature, Science, and Geography

Geography, science and nature studies - past and present

Cornell Lab of Ornithology (Bird Study) - K-12

https://www.birds.cornell.edu/k12/get-started/

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