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Curriculum Materials

The only curriculum materials that we have available to date are the activity packets that we send out to our elementary school teachers who come for spring field trips. 

We are happy to share these activity packets.  You may find activities that would be of use in your classroom.

Life on the Frontier contains activities about the fort community. (K-4)

Sweep through History (5-6) contains activites related to westward expansion and the Civil War as they pertain to Fort Scott.
Reenactors portraying the First Kansas Colored at a Civil War Encampment at Fort Scott in April of 2003  

Did You Know?
Kansas was the first Union state to recruit, muster, train and send African American soldiers into combat during the Civil War. The First Kansas Colored Infantry mustered in at Fort Scott, Kansas on January 13, 1863. The unit compiled a proud combat record during the war.

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Last Updated: May 13, 2008 at 07:31 EST