Town Team Sports Histories of Northwest Kansas

Longfellow Middle School - Hill City, Kansas - Mr. Parker

Information in this unit was presented as part of "Town Team Sports History: Hitting a Home Run with Students and the Community" at the 27th Rural Education and Small Schools Conference on October 24, 2005, in Manhattan, Kansas.

Town Team Sports Histories of Northwest Kansas was moved from its original host on the "Kansas Virtual Learning Project [KVLP] Blackboard" site to its current home on the "Longfellow Middle School Web Site" by Lindsey Worcester for her GenYES project.

National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) For Students

Prior to completion of Grade 8, students will:

4. Use content-specific tools, software, and simulations (e.g., environmental probes, graphing calculators, exploratory environments, Web tools) to support learning and research.

8. Select and use appropriate tools and technology resources to accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems.

The Kansas Curricular Standards for Civics-Government, Economics, Geography, and History

Kansas History - By the end of Eighth Grade:

Benchmark 5: The student understands individuals, groups, ideas, events, and developments in the period of industrialization and modernization in Kansas (1890s-1920s). [Auto Polo and Town Team Football sections]

Benchmark 7: The student understands individuals, groups, ideas, events, and developments in contemportary Kansas (1950s- ). [Semiprofessional Baseball section]

STUDENT DIRECTIONS:

(1) Auto Polo - Natoma, Kansas - 1914-1915

Click on this link: Auto Polo

• Read through all the information about Auto Polo and look at all the photographs and graphics there. Go through each link in order.
• Fill out the questions on your study guide in the "Auto Polo" section.

(2) Graham County Town Team Football - Hill City and Morland, Kansas - 1915-1927

Click on this link: Town Team Football

• Read through all the information about Graham County Town Team Football and look at all the graphics there. Go through each link in order.
• Fill out the questions on your study guide in the "Town Team Football" section.

(3) Hill City A's Semi-Pro Baseball - Hill City, Kansas - 1950-1959

Click on this link: Hill City A's Semi-Pro Baseball

• Read Hill City Athletics: A Decade of Champions, 1950-59 which is online. Go through each link in order.
• Fill out the questions on your study guide in the "Hill City A's Baseball" section.

(4) Module Test

• Prepare for your module test over "Town Team Sports Histories of Northwest Kansas". Questions on the test will come from all of your study guide sections: Auto Polo, Town Team Football, and from Hill City A's Semi-Pro Baseball.

(5) Accelerated Reading Test

• When you finish Hill City Athletics: A Decade of Champions, 1950-59, you may take an Accelerated Reader test over this book. The book number is 1190. This book is worth 5 points. (Although "highly recommended", taking the Accelerated Reading test over this book is not required.)