ON DEMAND SESSIONS - Available all day

• Home on the Range with Friends University Education Majors

• Kansas Author and Illustrator Grant Snider

• Kansas Author and Illustrator Sheila Wagner and Scott Dawson

• Kansas Day Symbols with the Kansas State Historical Society

• Wichita Symphony Kansas Day Edventure

• Home on the Range Sing-a-Long

• Oh Where, Oh Where is Kansas? Sing-a-Long

• State Fossils of Kansas with Exploration Place

• Keeper of the Plains

• Discover the Beauty, History, and Science at the Khica Family Carousel at Botanica

LIVE SESSIONS - Scroll down below the On Demand videos to find the live events

9:30-10:00

• Kansas State Symbols with the Kansas Historical Society

• The Nature of Our Prairie

• Bison in Kansas (Better for 2nd grade)

10:30-11:00

• I is for Ike

• Pioneer Life (Better for Grades 1-2)

11:10-12:10 LUNCH AND LEARN

• Prairie Pals:  A Wild Journey Through Kansas Native Wildlife

2:00-2:30

• Shell-ebrate Kansas: Meet the Ornate Box Turtle

ON DEMAND SESSIONS - Available all day

• Home on the Range with Friends University Education Majors

• Wichita Symphony Kansas Day Edventure

• Home on the Range Sing-a-Long

• State Fossils of Kansas with Exploration Place

• Keeper of the Plains

• Discover the Beauty, History, and Science at the Khica Family Carousel at Botanica

• Native People of the Plains

• Famous Kansans - A Kansas Day Tribute

• Learn to Draw a Bison with Wichita CityArts

• William Allen White and the Red Rocks State Historic Site

LIVE SESSIONS - Scroll down below the On Demand videos to find the live events

9:30-10:00

• Kansas State Symbols with the Kansas Historical Society Best for Grade 3

• Bison in Kansas - This session is now canceled.

• Ike: The Barefoot Boy in Abilene

10:30-11:00

• Pioneer Life

• What was John Brown?

• The Kansas Comet's Roomate (Best for 5th Grade)

11:10-12:10 LUNCH AND LEARN

• Prairie Pals:  A Wild Journey Through Kansas Native Wildlife

1:00-1:30

• History Through Documents at the State Archives

 2:00-2:30

• Made by Kansans! 

• Dole-ing Out the Facts: Trivia on Kansas' Legendary Senator

ON DEMAND SESSIONS - Available all day

• Wichita Symphony Kansas Day Edventure

• Home on the Range Sing-a-Long

• State Fossils of Kansas with Exploration Place

• Keeper of the Plains

• Discover the Beauty, History, and Science at the Khica Family Carousel at Botanica

• Native People of the Plains

• Famous Kansans - A Kansas Day Tribute

• Learn to Draw a Bison with Wichita CityArts

• William Allen White and the Red Rocks State Historic Site

• Charles Curtis, the 1st Native American Vice President from CBS Sunday Morning

• Tragic Prelude Mural at the Kansas Capitol Building

• Kansas Oil Museum Tour

LIVE SESSIONS -  Scroll down below the On Demand videos to find the live events

10:30-11:00

• What was John Brown?

• The Kansas Comet's Roomate

• Slimy but Special: Meet Kansas' Barred Tiger Salamander 

LUNCH AND LEARN

• 11:10-12:10 Prairie Pals:  A Wild Journey Through Kansas Native Wildlife

1:00-1:30

• History Through Documents at the State Archives

 2:00-2:30

• Made by Kansans! 

• Dole-ing Out the Facts: Trivia on Kansas' Legendary Senator

• The Prairie Puzzle: Connecting Conservation in Our Communities

Happy Kansas Day! Join Friends University's Music Education majors as they take you on a journey exploring the origins of Kansas's beloved song "Home on the Range". 

Make sure to watch the end for a special treat (hint: it includes an original arrangement)! 

Instagram: FriendsU_Finearts

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Join Wichita author-illustrator Grant Snider as he shares how he was inspired to write his first picture book What Color Is Night? and look for some familiar Wichita landmarks!  He will also share his latest picture book There is a Rainbow that is the hopeful book we all could use right now.

Purchase copies of Grant Snider's Books from Watermark Books and Cafe

TEACHERS - Download the There is a Rainbow Activity Kit for more resources.

Twitter
@watermarkbooks

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 Vist Cowskin Creek Clydesdale Farm and meet the inspiration for the book Clay's Mustache written by Sheila Wagner.  Find out if Clydesdales really have mustaches?  What does a baby Clydesdale look like?  Find out about illustrator Scott Dawson and his fabulous artwork!

Purchase copies of Sheila Wagner's and Scott Dawson's Books from Watermark Books and Cafe

Twitter
@watermarkbooks

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This kindergarten lesson introduces eight Kansas symbols through short expository texts that are read to the students. The lesson is a virtual adaptation of our Read Kansas! lesson P-3: Kansas Symbols Bingo. This video can be used in conjunction with the complete Read Kansas! lesson or separately. You can use this video to encourage class discussions of the texts.

TEACHERS - Download free PDFs of this Read Kansas! lesson

Twitter  @KansasHistory
Instagram @Kansas_History

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Join us for an extraordinary tour with the Wichita Symphony as they share with us a Kansas Day Musical Edventure.  We will meet Dr. Timothy Jones, Associate Concertmaster of the Wichita Symphony and Associate Professor of the Violin at Wichita State University and Film Composer Dr. George S. Clinton who was inspired to write a musical piece after visiting Wichita's Old Cowtown Museum.  His "Old Cowtown Suite" is fantastic!  

Twitter @WichitaSymphony
YouTube @Wichita Symphony Orchestra

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Join us in a sing-a-long of our state song, Home on the Range.

Teachers - Be sure to check out this lesson plan from the Kansas Historical Society about the history of this classic song. 

And to know more about the original site where the poem was written, visit the Home on the Range Cabin online.

Twitter  @KansasHistory
Instagram @Kansas_History

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This sing-along video is a great introductory lesson in Kansas geography that will teach kindergarten students how to find Kansas on a map. This video directly correlates to our Read Kansas! lesson P-02: Where is Kansas? 

TEACHERS - Download the  complete lesson plan along with worksheets.

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What creatures roamed the plains of Kansas millions of years ago? Well they mostly swam and soared as the Sunflower State was part of the Western Interior Seaway. Join Brooke as she dishes the dirt on what fossils are commonly found in Kansas. Plus follow along with a sweet dino digging activity. 

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The people who started Kansas believed that not just anyone could live here. What defines a person who lives in Kansas and how did those expectations come to be? State symbols and folk characters reveal historic “Kansas Character.”

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The Keeper of the Plains is the icon of Wichita. Commissioned to be built as a beautification project in the 1960's, construction was completed in 1974. The Keeper of the Plains faces the rising sun, which is of importance to the Native American culture. There are several subtle features around the Keeper of the Plains; the bridges that connect visitors to the the sculpture were made to look like a bow and arrow; its location is at the confluence of the Little Arkansas River and Arkansas River where legend has it, this was a popular hunting area. 

Visit Wichita shares more information on The Keeper of the Plains. 

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Join us at Botanica Wichita for a historical ride on the Khicha Family Carousel, a 40-foot, 36-horse, 2-chariot Allan Herschel carousel that is the only one of its kind left in existence.  This STEM focused lesson will feature simple machines, number sense, and a good dose of fun.  Come join us!

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Instagram @BotanicaWichita

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Grammy® Nominated, Native American singer-songwriter Joanne Shenandoah narrates this video on Native Peoples of the Great Plains. The daily lives and cultures of America’s Native Peoples come to life for students through reenactments recorded at Native American living history museums and villages. 

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Happy Kansas Day, everyone!  "Famous Kansans" is a video produced for the 150th birthday of Kansas in 2011.  It was part of the "Home on the Range" Sesquicentennial celebration staged by the Kansas Chapter of the Western Music Association.  Thousands of people enjoyed the performances in Hutchinson and Wichita.

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Join Alisha Gridley from Wichita CityArts for a bison drawing lesson.  Students will need paper, a pencil, and some crayons, markers, or colored pencils for this session.  We cannot wait to see what you create!

Teachers - we invite you to share some of the drawings on social media. Be sure to tag CityArts in your posts and include our #edventure hashtag.

Twitter: @CityArts
Instagram: @WichitaCityArts

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Learn about William Allen White, an influential American newspaper editor, political commentator, and author while we take a tour of his home in Emporia, Kansas. 

Twitter  @KansasHistory
Instagram @Kansas_History

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Elected in 1928, Charles Curtis became the first, and only, Native American Vice President of the United States. After being raised among the Kaw Tribe in Kansas, he stayed in Topeka to live with his White father's family. His professional and political rise (from lawyer, to Congressman and Senator, to Herbert Hoover's running mate) was swift and compelling. Correspondent Mo Rocca looks back at the incredible life of Curtis, and the not-always-positive impact he had on Native American peoples.

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Tragic Prelude, featured on the second floor of the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka, is considered one of John Steuart Curry’s best murals. However, the painting’s rich symbolism was so heavily criticized throughout the 1930s and 1940s that Curry left without completing the murals planned for the rotunda. He even refused to sign the two murals he completed.

Take your class on a tour with Capitol Visitor Center Coordinator Joe Brentano, as he explores the history behind the mural and the symbolism depicted in it.

TEACHERS - Be sure to check out additional information about the mural from the Kansas Historical Society.

Twitter  @KansasHistory
Instagram @Kansas_History

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The Kansas Oil Museum is the one of the largest museums in the state with a focus on the history of America's early 20th-century oil industry. We also preserve and interpret the history of Butler County, Kansas, from the earliest days of the Native American tribes and the pioneers, to small-town and ranch life of the 1900s. 

Follow along with curator Suzanne Walenta and Kenneth Spurgeon as we see exhibits from the people of early Kansas to the discovery and history of oil in Kansas. 

TEACHERS - Be sure to check out more information on the Kansas Oil Museum website. 

Twitter @BCHistory_KSOil

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