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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to Kentucky’s bourbon history. We hope that these resources will be helpful to you and your students as you study the origins of bourbon in Kentucky, the elements that make it unique and special and the impact of the bourbon industry across the state.
What can oral histories teach you about bourbon?
In what ways does bourbon influence pop culture?

Bourbon

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to Kentucky’s coal mining industry and history. We hope that these resources will be helpful to you and your students as you study the history of coal mining in Kentucky and where the industry stands today.
Kentucky Coal Museum

Coal

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to Kentucky’s place in the nation and world during the Cold War from 1947 to 1991. We hope that these resources will be helpful to you and your students as you study how this period of history impacted Kentuckians.
Read the article in Kentucky Humanities spring 2021 issue about the Cold War in Kentucky!
What protection did fallout shelters provide?

The Cold War in Kentucky

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of articles and historical evidence regarding the discussion on Confederate Monuments. We have selected items that can assist teachers who may be overwhelmed by the depth and breadth of this controversial topic. We welcome suggestions and comments, as we try to provide the best, and most well-rounded elements for discussion.
What does a Confederate flag look like?

Confederate Monuments

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to Kentucky’s equine industry. We hope that these resources will be helpful to you and your students as you study the variety of ways horses have impacted Kentucky. From horseracing to medicine to tourism, the horse has played a big role in Kentucky’s past and present!
Do you think this Barbie is a good representation of Kentucky, its people and history? Why or why not?
What's going on in this picture? What do you see that makes you say that?

Equine Industry in Kentucky

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to help teachers and students discuss the history and traditions of Halloween. What are the origins of this popular American holiday? How was it celebrated in the past compared to today? Do Kentuckians have special Halloween traditions? We hope these resources will be a helpful – and fun! – holiday tool for teachers and students.

Halloween

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to hemp farming in Kentucky. Although one of the mainstays of Kentucky’s economy in the 19th century, since then hemp has varied in popularity as a cash crop. We hope that these resources will assist teachers and students understand the history of hemp in Kentucky and discover the benefits of its 21st century resurgence.
Who is this important hemp farmer?
Hemp for Victory. 13:38 minute film. U.S. government, 1942.

Hemp

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to Kentucky’s role in the 1918 influenza epidemic. We hope that these resources will be helpful to you and your students as you study how this event impacted Kentuckians in both cities and rural communities around the state.
Listen and discover how the flu impacted Louisville's Camp Zachary Taylor.
How do diseases change our everyday lives?

Influenza

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to the role of Kentuckians in World War II. This global conflict led to Kentuckians serving on battlefields around the world, from Europe to the Far East. We hope that these resources will assist teachers and students in viewing the war as local history by learning the stories of individual Kentuckians who served in far off places such as Normandy, Luxemburg, Bataan, and Hawaii.
How did service members go back to civilian life?
Listen to the oral histories of American veterans.

Kentuckians in WWII

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to help teachers and students explore modern-day Kentucky before it became a state in 1792. Who was here before statehood? What was life like in what was then considered the West? We hope these resources will be helpful in understanding this area’s early history and how it connects to today.
What was life like in the 1700s in the area that would later become known as Kentucky? If you visit Fort Boonesborough you can find out!
What sort of interactions did white settlers, African Americans and American Indians have with each other on a daily basis in the late 18th century? The author describes the African American man as a servant. Do you think that was the case? Explain. If not, what was his role and why would the author not state it more explicitly?

Kentucky Before Statehood

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to help teachers and students discuss the history and traditions surrounding Louisville’s Kentucky Derby. What are the origins of this historic sporting event, the second oldest in the U.S.? How has the Derby become part of Kentucky’s culture? What are the negative aspects of the race and horseracing in general? We hope these resources will be a helpful tool as teachers and students examine this Kentucky tradition.

Kentucky Derby

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to help share the stories of Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Kentucky after World War II. This includes oral histories by Kentucky Holocaust survivors from the KHS collections that have been aligned to the Echoes & Reflections curriculum which stemmed from an E&R workshop held at KHS in April, 2019. We hope these resources will help students understand the importance of remembering the stories of these individuals.
Virtually explore the history of the Holocaust - on your own or in a live program - with the the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
The United States Holocaust Museum and Memorial has over 260,000 records in their collections. Explore those stories online.

Kentucky Holocaust Survivors

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to the Lexington Narcotics Farm. From 1935-1974, this federal prison and hospital not only treated drug addicts and helped rehabilitate them with vocational training but also conducted research and provided training on addiction for medical staff. We hope that these resources will assist teachers and students understand Lexington’s role in the history of drug addiction treatment.
Great secondary source about the Farm's history!
What do you think this building is used for?

Lexington Narcotics Farm

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to help teachers and students learn and understand the role Kentucky played during Manifest Destiny, the period of time from 1812-1867. How did Kentucky transition from being “the West” to being the gateway to “the West”? We hope these resources will be a helpful tool for K-12 classrooms placing Kentucky in the national narrative.

Manifest Destiny

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to Kentucky’s medical history. We hope that these resources will be helpful to you and your students as you study Kentucky’s contributions to medicine throughout history and examine the contributions Kentuckians continue to make to healthcare today.
How have deaf and hard of hearing students been educated in Kentucky in the past compared to today?
What's happening in this picture?

Medical History in Kentucky

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to Kentucky’s New State Capitol. We hope that these resources will be helpful to you and your students as you study art and architecture, the early 1900s and state government, or as you prepare for a visit to the New Capitol in Frankfort.
What would you write on a postcard from the New Capitol?
What do you need to build a capitol?

The New State Capitol

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to help educate and inspire learning centered around political elections and the role of Kentuckians as voters. What is the difference between the popular vote and the Electoral College? How have Kentuckians participated in the voting process? We hope that the resources here will help teachers and students understand Kentucky’s role in U.S. political elections.

Political Elections

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to help teachers and students begin discussing the history of religion in Kentucky. What religious groups have found homes in Kentucky in the past and today? How have they helped shape our state? What can members of different religious groups learn from each other? We hope these resources will be helpful in beginning a conversation on the history of religion in Kentucky.
What was the intended purpose of religious meetings in the early 19th century? What non-religious outcomes and opportunities did they provide? Do similar religious meetings exist today? Give an example.
This pin, featuring an Israeli and Palestinian flag side by side, was worn by a member of the Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice. How often do religion and politics mix? Should they? Explain your reasoning.

Religion

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to Kentucky’s tobacco history. We hope that these resources will be helpful to you and your students as you study the origins of tobacco farming in Kentucky and learn about its economic impact on the state today.
Does tobacco impact your health? Why or why not?

Tobacco

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to Toyota’s presence in Georgetown, Kentucky. We hope that these resources will be helpful to you and your students as you study the history of automobile production in Kentucky, the economic impact of Toyota’s presence in the Bluegrass Region and the company’s uniquely Japanese leadership style.
Who was the first auto manufacturer in Kentucky?
What other cars are made in Kentucky?

Toyota

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to help educate and inspire learning centered around Veterans Day. What is the meaning behind this federal holiday? How should it be marked today? Per KRS 158.075, all public schools shall observe Veterans Day on November 11 or during one of the five school days preceding it. We hope that the resources here will help teachers and students honor Kentucky’s servicemembers.

Veterans Day

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What’s going on in this picture? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can you find? Using Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) in your classroom is that simple! Using these basic directions and the historic Kentucky images on this board, you can engage students in critical thinking, practice visual literacy and communication skills, and integrate Kentucky history into your daily social studies classes!

Visual Thinking Strategies

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to provide teachers with a variety of resources related to women’s suffrage both statewide and nationally. We hope that these resources will be helpful to you and your students as you study the history of this important movement, identify the contributions of specific Kentuckians, and work to connect events of the past to today.
Explore suffrage documents from the Filson!
Does the suffrage movement affect us today? Explain.

Women's Suffrage

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The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to help educate and inspire learning centered around political elections and the role of Kentuckians as voters. What is the difference between the popular vote and the Electoral College? How have Kentuckians participated in the voting process? We hope that the resources here will help teachers and students understand Kentucky’s role in U.S. political elections. Teacher Help, Teachers, Voting Process, Inspired Learning, Teaching Resources, The North Face Logo, Politics, Understanding, Education
The KHS Learning Team has curated this board to help educate and inspire learning centered around political elections and the role of Kentuckians as voters. What is the difference between the popular vote and the Electoral College? How have Kentuckians participated in the voting process? We hope that the resources here will help teachers and students understand Kentucky’s role in U.S. political elections.
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Kentucky Historical Society
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Register to Vote HERE!
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Kentucky Historical Society
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Teacher Resources
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Kentucky Historical Society
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Watch this video on ballot boxes in KY!
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Kentucky Historical Society
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Why is the Electoral College controversial?
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Kentucky Historical Society
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What role did Kentuckians have in the presidential election of 1828?
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Kentucky Historical Society
How do young people become involved in politics?
How do young people become involved in politics?
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Kentucky Historical Society
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What is the difference between the popular vote and the Electoral College vote?
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Kentucky Historical Society
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What are the pros and cons of hosting a debate in Kentucky?
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Kentucky Historical Society
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How were votes tallied in the 1850s?
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Kentucky Historical Society
Who elects the president of the U.S.?
Who elects the president of the U.S.?
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Kentucky Historical Society
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What's going on in this picture?
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