AMERICAN INDIAN HOMES IN KANSAS
Guided Tour - Grade 1
How did people find materials to build homes before there was a hardware store or lumberyard?
This tour introduces students to ways that Native Americans in Kansas bilt shelters using only natural resources found on the prairie.
In the museum they will compare and contrast construction techniques of a full-size Cheyenne tipi, a Wichita grass lodge, and a model of a Pawnee earth lodge.
In the museum classrooms they will set up a tipi, go inside for a "step into the past."
Kansas Standards for History, Government and Social Studies:
Standard #5: Relationships among people, places, ideas, and environments are dynamic.
- 5.1 The student will recognize and evaluate dynamic relationships that impact lives in communities, states, and nations.
Kansas College and Career Ready Standards
- SL.1.3: The student will ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
Admission fees:
View museum admission fees. One adult free with every 10 students, additional adults admitted at student rate.
Length of tour:
Approximately one hour and 15 minutes. Maximum of one tour per hour
Number of students per group:
For the best experience, we recommend approximately 20 students per tour.
Registration and scheduling:
Or contact 785-272-8681, ext. 415; kshs.education@ks.gov
Tours must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance.
