Lesson Plans

Share & Learn

Below you will find links to resources related to topics in the Olathe: The City Beautiful film series. These resources were selected with teachers in mind to help extend learning opportunities when viewing the videos in class. For document analysis worksheets and information on how to use primary sources in the classroom, visit the National Archives.

A Place Called Home

Resources about the Mahaffies, Territorial Kansas, and settling Olathe.

Accompanies Olathe – The City Beautiful, Volume I

Click to download resources for A Place Called Home.

The Bricklayer

Resources about the story of the building of Kansas City road and transportation in the 1920s.

Accompanies Olathe – The City Beautiful, Volume I

Click to download resources for The Bricklayer.

Renaissance Man

A collection of resources about early radio history and Marshall Ensor.

Accompanies Olathe – The City Beautiful, Volume I

Click to download resources for Renaissance Man.

Out of the Mud

Resources about George Hodges and the Progressive movement in Kansas.

Accompanies Olathe – The City Beautiful, Volume I

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I've Filled My Bill - William Quantrill

Resources about Quantrill’s Raid and Territorial Kansas.

Accompanies Olathe – The City Beautiful, Volume II

Click to download resources for Quantrill’s Raid.

The Lynching of Bert Dudley

The lynching of Bert Dudley made the newspaper across the United States. The Chronicling America website from the Library of Congress allows a search of a variety of papers published between 1836-1922. Do a search for Bert Dudley, then compare and contrast the details included and left out in each of these articles and analyze how that affects the impact of the story.

Accompanies Olathe – The City Beautiful, Volume III