KENTUCKY ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES CONNECTIONS
Teachers, Help KHS Develop Resources
The geography and economic development of our state has influenced Kentucky’s history. The Kentucky Historical Society is seeking a few experienced teachers to develop document-based questions to help bring these concepts to classrooms statewide. Selected teachers will receive in-person training on utilizing our archives and objects collections for incorporation into the resources we develop. In addition, teachers who participate fully in developing these resources will receive a stipend of $1,000*.
Tentative Schedule
- Friday, June 13, 2025 – all day in person at KHS - Archives training, topic selection, and formation of work groups
- Friday, June 20, 2025 – via Zoom 10:00-noon - Updates and work groups
- Friday, June 27, 2025 – via Zoom 10:00-noon - Updates and work groups
- Friday, July 18, 2025 – via Zoom 10:00-noon (as needed) - Updates and work groups
- Friday, July 25, 2025 – in person at KHS, all day (or as needed) - Final feedback and revisions; completion of resources
*A completed W-9 form must be submitted to KHS for payment to be processed.
The document-based questions will be shared via KHS platforms for free access by Kentucky teachers.
To apply for this opportunity, please complete this form by January 31.
Those who participate in the material development will be credited. Participants will also be encouraged to develop a session proposal for the September 13, 2025, KCSS Conference to be held at KHS to share the process with other Kentucky teachers.
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Kentucky Social Studies Resource Guides
The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) created Kentucky Social Studies Resource Guides to help K-12 teachers address current Kentucky Academic Standards for Social Studies (adopted in July 2019). These guides connect each Kentucky-centric standard to transcribed and digitized primary sources from the KHS collection. While the individual primary sources may not be appropriate for analysis when given to students independently, they do support and complement larger instructional concepts covered in the classroom.
After the guides debuted in 2019, KHS conducted extensive teacher surveys to make this resource more effective and efficient. In 2021, KHS posted updated and expanded versions of the guides on the website; resource guides will continue to be honed as teachers provide feedback. All files open as PDFs.
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School: Civics
High School: Economics
High School: Geography
High School: United States History
High School: World History
For questions about the new KAS for Social Studies, contact KHS Education.
EDUCATOR PACKETS
Use this material as stand-alone units or as supplements to a visit to the Kentucky Historical Society. These open as PDFs.
Artifact Analysis: A Surveyor’s Essentials, ca. 1800 - downloadable pdf
Artifact Analysis: A Soldier’s Essentials, War of 1812 to World War I - downloadable pdf
Photo Analysis: Assassination of Governor William Goebel, 1900 - downloadable pdf
Photo Analysis: Last Legislative Session at the Old State Capitol, 1908 - downloadable pdf
Photo Analysis: Julius Richner, Franklin County’s World War I Bugler, ca. 1917 - downloadable pdf
Document Analysis: Letters from a World War II Prisoner of War, 1942-1945 - downloadable pdf