Geography
About this Resource
Geography generally helps students understand the world in spatial terms with maps, tools and technologies. It also describes the physical and human characteristics of places as well as how culture and experience influence people’s perceptions of places and regions. The KOHP Oral History Collections on Water and Energy offer good examples of how policymakers have dealt with environmental concerns.
Rivers, Roads and Railroads
Societies are shaped by people living in communities comprised and shaped by the identities, beliefs and practices of individuals and groups. Differing identities within communities requires change. What did that change look like over time?
Use the Compelling Questions to analyze how Kansas was impacted by ease of transportation of people, goods and services.
One Person One Vote shifted the balance between Urban and Rural - how did that shape Kansas? How did changing the composition of the legislature change Kansas? How long did that change take?