Yankee on the Prairie: Howard R. Barnard of Kansas - Pioneer Educator.

A typical American history curriculum contains the scripts of the lives of many individuals who influenced or directed events. Leaders, both political and military, often frame textbook units that define a specific era. Other individuals who through their efforts affect moral and social change also enhance the study. Recent years have witnessed long overdue changes in focus and perspective in how American history and world history are taught. To that end, increased attention has been paid to the minority experience and to significant individuals who have led from within their respective communities. Further, current textbooks reflect that studies in world history have been enriched to include far more than the typical western European perspective.

No history unit is complete without an examination of individuals who, through their lives, have inspired and motivated others. These people are frequently well known to students, whose exposure to their names begins early in their elementary years. A necessary component of any holistic study, these heroes ...