See you at the Kentucky Book Fair!

Looking forward to meeting you at the 25th annual Kentucky Book Fair on November 11 at the Frankfort Convention Center. This event supports over 200 authors many of us new to this statewide venue. Stop by between 9-4:30 to pickup an autographed copy for yourself, your library, or school! A big kudos belongs to Connie Crowe who has done a wonderful job assembling this year's event!

IHIK integrates into the proposed 2006 Kentucky Combined Curriculum

Although the language of the Program of Studies and Core Content for Assessment version 4.1 is final, the Kentucky Department of Education's Combined Curriculum Document will remain in draft form until the following revisions have been implemented. Nonetheless, IHIK chapters fulfill this draft version for 4, 5, and high school.

SS-4-CS-S-1: 4th grade students will develop an understanding of the nature of culture:
1) explore and compare cultural elements (e.g., beliefs, traditions, languages, skills, literature, the arts) of diverse groups (e.g., Native Americans and early settlers) in the early settlement of Kentucky
2) examine the influences/contributions of diverse groups in Kentucky

SS-5-CS-S-3: 5th grade
1) Students will describe conflicts that occurred among and between diverse groups (e.g., Native Americans and the early Explorers, Native Americans and the Colonists, the British Government and the English Colonists, Native Americans and the U.S. Government) during the settlement of the United States
2) Explain the causes of these conflicts and the outcomes

SS-H-Ge-S-3: High School
Students will describe movement and settlement patterns in the modern world (1500 A.D. to present) and United States (Reconstruction to present):
1) analyze the causes of movement and settlement (e.g., famines, military conflicts, climate, economic opportunity) and their impacts in different places and at different times in history