A Brief History of Kansas

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[iammrbeat]

I normally spend months teaching my 7th graders about Kansas history, but here is nearly all of that content in one video. One really, really epic video. The script for the video was made by some of my 7th grade students from this past year. They did a phenomenal job!

[John-ehdx]

My Great Great Grandfather wrote the music to Kansas state song Home Home on the range.

[megodoy]

thank you Mr. Beat!!  My daughter and I just enjoyed this for a 1st grade report on Kansas.   Very informative and very well edited.  Thumbs up!!
 

[prairierailproductions]

Kansas is an amazing state. I always feel like nobody has even heard of Kansas but yet it has such a rich history.

[MaverickDK]

Hello from Wellington, Kansas! I spent my childhood summers growing up in Wichita, and my friends online are confused on why I love Kansas so much. Simply put, my life is here. It's a much more beautiful place than people give it credit for.

[joshuastaats]

I live in Kansas, and it's not as country as you think, we have cities you know

[biles]

great video man! Alot of people dont understand why we are so proud of our state. But when you see a video like this, its very eye opening. But we are a very proud people and i feel lucky to come from humble beginnings in what most consider a fly over state. That actually played a very important role in the history of our country. Thanks Man

[rileyhinds]

The French also explored Kansas back in the 1600s. They discovered the Kansas nation living along the Kansas River, and Osages along the Osage or Marais des Cygnes River. The Great Osage and Little Osage nations had their villages down in what is now Linn County, Kansas. The French set up a trading post along the Osage River and traded goods for fur with the Osage. The French took these furs down river to St. Louis, and from there to New Orleans and to the European markets. The Osage would plant crops in the Spring time, then during the summer, hunt the Bison on the prairie. When the harvest time came, they would come back to their villages made of wood and bark, and reap what they had sowed. Then, in the winter, they would hunt in the hills and mountains of the Ozarks. Their country was vast, all the way north to the Kansas River, South to the Arkansas River, and East to the Mississippi River.

[neilhasid]

btw Wilt Chamberlain, who some consider to be the greatest basketball player of all time, played his college years at Kansas.

[hazel]

I'm going to college in Ohio after living in Kansas my whole life and this really helps with homesickness. Thank you 💖

[MarianNews]

I'm a native Kansan and I enjoyed this very much! Thank you! By the way, Wichita still features a "CowTown" in the center of the city, two blocks of a reconstructed old west town next to its old depot. My favorite part is the soddie schoolhouse.

[stompinmcallister]

Was born in great bend, ks almost the center of the US, I LOVE MY STATE, I AM A JAYHAWKER I live near Wichita and would like to know more about coranado coming here . I wonder if what coranado was looking for was cahokia.

[neilhasid]

Great clip! It sounds like a true labor of love for you.Congrats to the kids.

[leannewatts]

Ahhh! Kansas! One of the best places to live if you don't like bumping shoulders with everyone. We like our space here!

[kevinb.]

mighty proud Kansan myself, nowadays living in nyc. some of my favorite Kansas contributions to society include President and General Dwight Eisenhower, Walt Chrysler of Chrysler Motors (live a few blocks of the Chrysler building, a beauty}, Boeing aircraft, civilian and military divisions, Gordon Parks, Charlie Parker, Barry Sanders, Bob Dole, James Naismith (invented game of basketball).

[DarthCookieKS]

I'm also from Kansas. I live in Hickock, Grant County in the south part of the state if ya know where that is.

[judykaydesetti]

WOW!!! Great job. Your students did a fabulous job, as did you - their teacher. Thanks! This will be perfect to show my students. Maybe even inspire them to create something of their own. Again KUDOS.

[renegadenightowlshomestead]

Thanks for the history lesson! We bought land in Kansas and will be slowly moving out over the next two years!

[mullerm]

Coronado - for whom Coronado Heights near my hometown of Salina is named.

[BrandyTexas]

Kansas is my home state too! We traced my ancestors on the family tree and they all moved there in the mid 1850’s