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Field Trips

(1840s) Heartache and Tragedy: Fort Scott and Indian Removal

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Grade Level:

Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Subject:

Social Studies

State Standards:

NATIONAL/STATE STANDARDS:Kansas SS Standards One, Four, and Five
Missouri SS Standards Two and Six

In this program, students explore various concepts related to Indian Removal: home, forced removal, prejudice. Students then participate in an activity designed to simulate the experience of the Cherokee Nation's movement westward along the Trail of Tears,

This program may be offered as part of our Sweep Through History program, but it can be presented at other times of year, providing stafiing is avalilable. Program is fifteen to thirty minutes in length.

Contact

Fort Scott Education Program
by email
620-223-0310

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