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MN Geography

• Unit 1 Plan Page
• TODALSS? Page
• TODALSS Quiz
• How well does Google Maps use TODALSS? Assignment (2.2)
• Exploring Minnesota Assignment (2.2)
• Population & Geography Assignment (2.2)
• What's the difference? Assignment (2.2)
• A Sense of Place: Activity #1 Assignment
• 11 Reservations Page
• 11 Reservations Quiz
• MN Dakota Cultural Profile Page
• Human Systems & Human/Environment Interaction

• Highway Map Activity Assignment (2.2)
• Interactive Map of MN Page
• The following activity can only be completed by students with Google Apps accounts or their own Google account. (It is not referenced in the Gradebook.)

• Favorite place in MN Page
• Teacher Notes for Google Maps Page
• Supplemental Suggestions Page
• Minnesota A History of the Land URL

Pre-1800 Minnesota

• Unit 2 Plan Page
• Early Indigenous Population

• Earliest Settlements Recorded in Petroglyphs Page
• Where did the early Minnesotans live? Page
• Minnesota's First Early Inhabitants Assignment (2.2)
• Into the Americas Page
• Jigsaw Submission: Native American Cultures Assignment (2.2)
• Dakota Reading Assignment Assignment (2.2)
• Dakota Culture File 10.9MB PDF document
• Readings & Videos for class discussion.

• Anishinaabe Language Page
• Indian Boyhood Reading Page
• Anishinaabe Reading Page
• Rainy Lake History (not iPad friendly) Page
• American Indian Wacipi Page
• 8,000 Pieces of History Go Home Page
• Oral Traditions Activity Assignment (2.2)
• Tribal Sovereignty today Page
• Early European Colonization & Settlement (1585-1763)

• Northwest Company Fur Post Field Trip Page
• Fur Companies Readings Page
• Fur Trade Activity Page
• European Exploration of MN Assignment (2.2)
• Additional Readings Page
• Broken Blade Graphic Novel Page
• Who Was George Bonga? (not iPad Friendly) Page
• Fur Trade Web Activity Assignment (2.2)

Expansion & Reform

• Unit Launch: Expansion and Reform, 1792-1860 Page
• What was the Louisiana Purchase and why was it important to the United States?
• The Louisiana Purchase Leads to Expansion Page
• Louisiana Purchase Quiz
• Louisiana Purchase short essay Assignment (2.2)

  Not available until the activity Louisiana Purchase Quiz is marked complete.
• Why and where was Fort Snelling built? How did it change relationships between the United States and Dakota and Anishinaabe?
• Building Fort Snelling Page
• Fort Snelling Short Essay Assignment (2.2)
• What were the unique perspectives of European Americans and Native Americans about land use, ownership and family?
• Expansion & Reform: Diverse Perspectives Page
• Compare and Contrast: Diverse Perspectives Assignment (2.2)
• How and why did the United States negotiate treaties with the Dakota and Anishinaabe? What were the consequences of treaties on the Anishinaabe, Dakota and settlers in the upper Mississippi River region?
• The Treaty Story Assignment (2.2)
• Fact or Myth? Assignment (2.2)
• Why Treaties Matter Page
• How did MN become a territory and state? What were the key events, individuals, and groups involved in the process? How did geography and natural resources affect settlement patterns and growth of cities?
• Steamboats Bring Change Page
• Becoming a State Page

Minnesota Government

• Unit 4 Plan Page
• Three Branches of Government

• Three Branches of Government Article Assignment (2.2)
• Video: Focus on government vocabulary Page
• Game: Check your understanding Page
• Government Vocabulary Review Assignment (2.2)
• 3 Branches Quiz
• Separation of Powers Assignment (2.2)
• Assessment: FOUR Branches of Government? Forum
• Federalism and Separation of Powers

• What is Federalism? Page
• Journal Entry: Federalism Assignment (2.2)
• Comparing Governments Assignment (2.2)
• Separation of Powers Assessment Assignment (2.2)
• The Minnesota Constitution

• Minnesota's Constitution Page
• MN Constitution: Read to Learn Assignment (2.2)
• State & Local Government Offices

• Assignment: Be Represented Assignment (2.2)
• How Laws are Created

• Teacher-guided handout Page
• How a Bill Becomes a Law in Minnesota Page
• "New Classroom" Government Activity Page
• Minnesota's Juvenile Justice System

• The Juvenile Justice System in Minnesota-Key Word Notes Directions Assignment (2.2)
• Article: Minnesota's Juvenile Justice System to use with Key Word Notes Page
• Funding Government

• Preview: Funding of State Government Page
• Interview Assignment: Funding of MN Government File
• Interview about taxation in Minnesota Assignment (2.2)

Civil War & Reconstruction

• Unit 5 Plan Page
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  The American Civil War: WHO?

  It began as North and South... Yanks and Rebs...Union and Confederates...

  In this section you'll identify key players in the American Civil War indcluding leaders, soldiers, American Indians, slaves and civilians. Through this identification, you'll begin to analyze various perspectives and points of view.

• Who? Lesson Launch Page
• Activity 1: List Group Label: The American Civil War: The People Assignment (2.2)
• List Group Label Civil War Forum
• Activity 2: Examine an Infographic- record your answers here Assignment (2.2)
• Activity 3: Describe the wartime experiences of Minnesotan soldiers Assignment (2.2)
• Activity 4: Minnesota's Role in the War Assignment (2.2)
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  The American Civil War: WHAT?

  The Civil War in America is considered the boodiest conflict on American soil. It is nicknamed the NATION DIVIDED and was a war where borthers fought against brothers. In this section you'll explore what the Civil War was about.

• What? Lesson Launch (Not iPad Friendly) Page
• Activity 5: Letter to Anne Davis from President Lincoln Assignment (2.2)
• Activity 6: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words! Page
• Photo Analysis Assignment (2.2)
• Civil War Quiz Assignment (2.2)
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  The American Civil War: WHERE?

  The division of our country was well defined on a map. In this section students explore how physical features and the location of resources influenced settlement patterns and the growth of cities.

• Activity 7: North vs South Forum
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  The American Civil War: WHEN?

  At the time of the Civil War (1861-1865) there was much going on in the United States. In this section, you'll identify important events and their influence on the war.

• Activity 8: Create a timeline of key events during the Civil War Assignment (2.2)
• Civil War Timeline Events Page
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  The American Civil War: WHY?

  To understand WHY the American Civil War happened, one must examine the events leading up to the Civil War. There are many factors to consider. In this section you will identify many events and evaluate the impact each event had as a cause for the war.

  Questions to consider as you work through this section:

  What issues were at stake in the war besides the continuation of slavery?

  If slavery had never existed, would there have been a Civil War?

  How might history have been different if we had had a different 16th president?

  How did differences in economics between north and south influence attitudes?

• Why? Lesson Launch (Not iPad Friendly) Page
• Activity 9: Dred Scott Case Trials Assignment (2.2)
• Activity 10: Compare and Contrast Assignment (2.2)
• Activity 11: Quotable Quotes Assignment (2.2)
• Activity 12: View, Talk, Write (not all videos are iPad friendly) Assignment (2.2)
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  The UNCivil War

  “The history of Indian treaties is the history of all Minnesotans and all Americans. […] We cannot have a complete understanding of what it means to be Americans without knowing about these relationships, whether we are Native Americans or not."

  —Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian

• UnCivil War Lesson Launch (Not iPad Friendly) Page
• US Dakota War Background Page
• Activity 13: Terms Matter Assignment (2.2)
• Activity 14: MPR Jigsaw Page Assignment (2.2)
• Video on Dakota Perspective in 1862 URL
• Activity 15: Dakota War of 1862 Point of View Assignment (2.2)

Development & Industrialization 1860-1920

• Unit 6 Plan Page
• Pre-Test Development and Industrialization from 1860-1920 Assignment (2.2)
• Rise of Big Business 1860-1920 

  This was a time for many changes in the economy of Minnesota. Minnesota changed from an economy of forests, fields and waterfalls to one of rapid growth in big business. How did the growth of industry influence Minnesota economy? How did improved ground and water transportation increase commerce?

• Background Knowledge: St. Anthony Falls (not iPad friendly) Page
• Assignment 1: Farming Facts and Inferences Page
• Follow Your Inner Conversation - Farming Graphic Novel Assignment (2.2)
• Assignment 2: Lumbering Industry and Monitoring our Comprehension Assignment (2.2)
• Assignment 3: Sawmilling - Write a Summary Assignment (2.2)
• Assignment 4: Flourmilling Forum
• Migration & Immigration to MN 

  What would it be like to be an immigrant in Minnesota from 1860-1920? What were the causes and effects of migration to Minnesota? Compare and contrast to immigration issues today.

   

• Develop Schema: Immigration Profiles (not iPad friendly) Page
• Assignment 5: Immigration Profile - Presentation Quilt Squares Forum
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  Development of Neighborhoods 1860-1920

  What were some of the ethnic neighborhoods and communities of Minnesota?

• Assignment 6: Rondo Neighborhood Mapping Assignment (2.2)
• Assignment 7: Keyword Notes Near North Neighborhood (not iPad friendly) Assignment (2.2)
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  Political & Social Culture of MN in WWI

  What were some of the political and social trends and influences during WWI?

• Assignment 8: World War 1 Multi-Flow Map Assignment (2.2)
• Assignment 9: View a Profile of World War I (not iPad friendly) Assignment (2.2)
• Assignment 10: Writing a Literal Multiple Choice Question Forum
• Assignment 11: Write a Vocabulary Multiple Choice Question Forum
• Assignment 12: Write a Summarizing and Synthesizing Question Forum
• Assignment 13: Write an Inferential Questions Forum
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  Reform Movements

  What were reform movements of the political and social culture of Minnesota in the early twentieth century?

• Assignment 14: Prohibition and the Volstead Act Assignment (2.2)
• Assignment 15: Prohibition Assignment (2.2)
• Unit 6 Post-Test Development and Industrialization from 1860-1920 Assignment (2.2)

Great Depression & World War II 1920-1945

• Unit 7 Plan Page
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  1920-1945 Introduction

• Introductory Brainstorm Page
• Introductory Brainstorm Assignment (2.2)
• 1920-1945 Unit Pre-Test Assignment (2.2)
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  Biography Activities

• Tea Party Mini-Bios Page
• Tea Party Note Taking Sheet Page
• Tea Party Journal Assignment (2.2)
• Tea Party Reflection Sharing Forum

  Not available until the activity Tea Party Journal is marked complete.
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  The Roaring 20's

• Roaring Twenties Activities Assignment (2.2)
• Roaring Twenties Forum
• The Duluth Lynchings Assignment (2.2)
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  The Great Depression

• Intro to the Great Depression Note Taking Assignment (2.2)
• Considering Wealth Disparity Assignment (2.2)
• Reasons for Great Depression Summary Assignment (2.2)
• Thinking about the Great Depression Assignment (2.2)
• Causes of the Great Depression Activity Assignment (2.2)
• Minnesota's Reaction to the Depression: Governor Olson Assignment (2.2)
• Floyd Olson Forum
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  The New Deal

• The New Deal in Ten Minutes Assignment (2.2)
• The New Deal Programs - Alphabet Soup Assignment (2.2)
• New Deal Components Group Sharing Forum
• New Deal Discussion Forum
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  Open Mind Portrait

• Lena Smith: Directions for Open Mind Portrait Assignment (2.2)
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  World War II

• WWII Taxonomy Assignment (2.2)
• U.S. Enters World War II Assignment (2.2)
• Minnesotans in World War II and an Overview of the War Page
• Taxonomy to Writing Assignment (2.2)

  Not available until the activity WWII Taxonomy is marked complete.
• MN WWII Reflections Video Discussion Assignment (2.2)
• The Holocaust & Anne Frank Assignment (2.2)
• Holocaust and Connections to World Events Today Assignment (2.2)
• Introduction to Japanese Internment Camps Assignment (2.2)
• MN Connection to Japanese Internment Camps Assignment (2.2)
• Ending the War Assignment (2.2)
• Ending the War with Atomic Bombs Assignment (2.2)
• Minnesota Soldier Visits Japan After US Drops Atomic Bombs Page
• Duluth and Mending Relations with Japan after the War Assignment (2.2)
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  End of Unit Activities

• Unit Timeline Assignment (2.2)
• 1920-1945 Post-Test Assignment (2.2)

Post World War II 1945-1989

• Unit 8 Plan Page
• What was the Cold War?

      
  

  The Cold War happened after WWII, between the late 1940s and the early 1990s. Historians don't totally agree on the exact date this "war" began, but  It was a time when many countries struggled to get along with other countries. The struggles were mainly between communist countries and democratic nations.  Americans were consumed by the fear of communism spreading to the United States. As communism spread through Eastern European countries, the US joined Western European countries, Canada, Great Britain and France to create NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). 

• Activity 1: List Group Label Cold War Page
• List Group Label Cold War Forum
• Activity 2 : Our Part in the Fight Against Communism... I Wonder Page
• I Wonder Forum
• What Economic Changes Happened in Minnesota During the Cold War?

     
  

  After World War II, industrial development quickened. New technology increased farm productivity through automation of feedlots for hogs and cattle, machine milking at dairy farms, and raising chickens in large buildings. Planting became more specialized with hybridization of corn and wheat, and the use of farm machinery such as tractors and combines became the norm. University of Minnesota professor Norman Borlaug contributed to these developments as part of the Green Revolution
  

  In the 1940s and 50s, Minnesota became a center of technology. A group of scientists and engineers who had worked on code breaking during the war started up ERA (Engineering Research Associates), a company that developed computers for the US Navy. Control Data Corporation, Cray Research and Medtronic were also strong technological companies based in Minnesota.

  Suburban development increased do to postwar housing demand and convenient transportation. Increased mobility, in turn, enabled more specialized jobs

  State agribusiness has changed from production to processing and the manufacturing of value-added food products by companies such as General Mills, Cargill, Hormel Foods Corporation (prepackaged and processed meat products), and the Schwan Food Company (frozen foods).

  3M (formerly Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.) today is a manufacturer of industrial and consumer products. The port of Duluth was created by the mining boom and today continues to be an important shipping port for the Midwest's agricultural and ore products. 

• Activity 3: Spotlight on a Minnesota Company Page
• What Role Did Minnesotans Play in The Civil Rights Movement?

  

  The US was declaring that our form of government, democracy, was the best way to run a country. We were saying that Communism reduced human rights and individual freedoms. The irony was that in the US these rights and freedoms were being denied to American citizens, especially African Americans.

  African Americans were not the only people being treated unfairly. Most minority groups and women were also beginn

  ing to speak out about unfair practices. In this section, you'll understand that although Americans were experiencing an economic boom, protests and rights movements to improve the status of racial minorities, women and American Indians helped transform American society as we know it today.

• The US was declaring that our form of government, democracy, was the best way to run a country. We were saying that Communism reduced human rights and individual freedoms. The irony was that in the US these rights and freedoms were being denied to American citizens, especially African Americans.

  African Americans were not the only people being treated unfairly. Most minority groups and women were also beginning to speak out about unfair practices. In this section, you'll understand that although Americans were experiencing an economic boom, protests and rights movements to improve the status of racial minorities, women and American Indians helped transform American society as we know it today.

• Activity 4: Taking Over the Ivory Tower Assignment (2.2)
• Activity 5: Minnesota Leaders of Civil Rights and Conservation Movements Assignment (2.2)
• Acivity 6: Protest Songs of the 60s and 70s Assignment (2.2)
• Lyrics: The Times They are a-Changin' Page
• Lyrics: 500 Years Page
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  What State and Local Policies Concerned Minnesotans and How Did They Respond?

  Human rights are the rights people have simply because they are HUMAN. These rights (in the US) include freedom of Speech, of religion and the right to participate in government. Our rights also include the right to an education, health care and the right to work.

  Human rights are strongest when citizens hold government accountable. The establishment and expansion of our rights has changed over time. There have been many court cases and protests to make these changes. In the US there is a strong history of human rights movements. In the 1900s the Women's Suffrage Movement gave women the right to vote and in the 1960s the human rights movement helped to guarantee equal rights for Black Americans.
  

• Activity 7: Human Rights Collage Page
• Forum: Human Rights Collage

Minnesota in a New Global Age 1980-Present

• Unit 9 Plan Page
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  Major Politcal Figures in MN

• Organizer Options for Step 1 Assignment (2.2)
• Step 1: Major Political Figures; Ideas and Industries Page
• Step 2: Discussion Questions Assignment (2.2)
• Major Political Figures; Ideas and Industries Project Assignment (2.2)

  Not available until the activity Step 2: Discussion Questions is marked complete.
• Major Political Figures; Ideas and Industries Resources Page
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  Immigration

• Immigration Activity 1 Assignment (2.2)
• Immigration Lesson Page
• Immigration Activities 2 and 3 Assignment (2.2)
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  Sovereignty & Treaty Rights

• Sovereignty & Treaty Rights in MN Page
• Treaty Rights Issues & Responses Assignment (2.2)
• Why Treaties Matter Assignment (2.2)

Economics

• Unit 10 Plan Page
• Types of Income

• Job Investigation Page
• Career Investigation Assignment (2.2)
• Circular Flow Model

• Circular Flow Model Assignment (2.2)
• Personal Budget

• Personal Budget Assignment (2.2)

Supplemental Resources

• Minnesota A History of the Land Page
• Absent Narrative Resources Page
• Minnesota History Page from MN Secretary of State URL
• 2013 Indian Education Booklet File 12.2MB PDF document

  This is a resource created for Osseo Public Schools that has been offered as an addtion to this course. Some of the initial materials have already been adapted for use within the Geography unit in this course. There are many other activities listed in this packet that can be adapted for use in other units for the class. Many will also help address any English/Language Arts standards requirements as well.

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