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University of Kansas Medical Center

University of Kansas Medical Center: Urinary System

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Kansas Medical Center site provides a clickable list of microscopic slide photographs of urinary system cells and tissues.
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Federal Reserve of Kansas City: The Federal Reserve System

For Students 9th - 10th
Website of the Federal Reserve, Kansas City District, which explains monetary policy, and a history of the Federal Reserve System.
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Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Historical Society: Amelia Earhart

For Students 3rd - 5th
A biography of Amelia Earhart, a native of Kansas, including links to primary photos and documents.
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University of Kansas: Update in Gastroenterology

For Students 9th - 10th
This Annals of Internal Medicine site was created by the Department of Medicine from the University of Kansas to help you to stay updated with all of the current information that they have on gastroenterology
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NSTATE

Learn About the 50 States: The Great Seal of Kansas

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a brief description of the great seal of Kansas and its admittance to the Union.
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Stanford University

Beyond the Bubble: Edison and the Kansas Housewife

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a letter from a Mrs. W.C. Lathrop to Thomas Edison thanking him for inventing her electric appliances and making her life easier. They are then presented with some contextual facts, and...
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The Kansas City Star: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The Kansas City Star is the daily newpaper publication for the city of Kansas City, Missouri. The Star features news and opinions, business, sports and entertainment sections.
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New York Public Library

In Motion: African American Migration Experience: Western Migration: To Kansas

For Students 9th - 10th
From the extensive site about African-American migrations, this part of the site focuses on Exodusters and African-Americans who moved to Kansas after the Civil War. Read first-person accounts and see photographs of these hardy...
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Univ. Of Kansas: The Wonderful World of Editing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a graphically pleasing site with an absolute ton of information about words, how we use them and how we abuse them. Reading this is nearly as much fun as writing it seems to have been for the author, William Allen White, School...
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50 States

50 States: Kansas (Ks)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find here a collection of links to information about the state of Kansas. Categories include facts, government, geography, education, people, attractions, history, industry, and miscellaneous.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Bleeding Kansas

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview with interesting facts about Bleeding Kansas, a series of violent confrontations in Kansas, and border towns of Missouri, after the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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Kansas Educational Employment Board

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers links to jobs for teachers, national job fairs, postings for job openings by districts, information on licensing, and a site listing things of interest in the state.
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Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center: Space Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out several astronaut space programs designed for future astronauts or just curious, young scientists of all ages. See camp video, check calendar schedules, and read about the simulators at the camp site.
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Kansas State

Kansas State Univ. & Usda: Wind Erosion Dust Bowl Photos

For Students 9th - 10th
This website uses photographs to show the human impact that wind erosion had on people's lives during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
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Kansas Collection Books: Emigrant Life in Kansas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a textual copy of a book written by an Englishman, Percy G. Ebbutt entitled Emigrant Life in Kansas, published in 1886. The book focuses on a young man's experiences on the prairie in Kansas. Written for an English audience.
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Kansas Collection Articles: Orphan Trains of Kansas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, presented by The Kansas Collection, provides insight into the westward expansion of orphan children from New York City. The page houses links to stories, newspaper articles, history, and graphics associated with the Orphan...
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Class Flow: Trouble in Kansas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains information about the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the violence that followed in Kansas. It contains photographs of key figures.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Kansas State History for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
A site discussing the history and timeline of the state of Kansas including early explorers, Native Americans, settlers, Bleeding Kansas, the Wild West, and the Civil War.
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Kansas Historical Society

A Kansas Portrait: Mary Elizabeth Lease

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography on the Populist orator Mary Elizabeth Lease, who "advised Kansas farmers to 'raise less corn and more hell.'"
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Boy Settlers: A Story of Early Times in Kansas

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Noah Brooks's The Boy Settlers: A Story Of Early Times In Kansas has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Kansas State Univ.: Music and Race in 20th C. America

For Students 9th - 10th
Short but interesting combination of music and race and its influence on American culture from the Kansas State University. Provides most important songs, artists, and lyrics. Unusual page.
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The Kansas Collection: Indians of the Prairies

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the The Kansas Collection you can scroll down to "The Bow and Arrow" to read a description of Indian use of these weapons. Contains an informative paragraph on how they are made.
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Kansas Historical Society

Kansas State Historical Society: Kansapedia: James G. Harbord

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a brief biographical sketch of Kansas born soldier James G. Harbord who is best known for his work with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.
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Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Conflict: Populist Versus Railroader in the 1890s

For Students 9th - 10th
Good description of the conflict between the populists and the railroad owners during the 1890s. (Published 1997)

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