Sense of Place:
Lemkuhl, McDonald,
Newgard: Author Wanda Gag (grades 1-5)
Giese, Olson, Cortez,
Johnson: Ghost Towns of Minnesota (grades 5-8)
Nelson, Girard,
Louwagie: Railroads and Settlement (grades 7-8)
James Cortez, “Minnesota History: Moving to Minnesota,” grade 6
Missy Klapperich and
Jen Hansen, “The Christy Letters: Minnesota’s Involvement in the Civil War,”
grades 5-6
Bill Palmer, “Pipestone
National Monument,” grade 8, possible to adapt for grades 6-12
Bill Palmer (principle author), Tarry Boelter, and Denny Anderson, “Murray
County History Project,” grade 8, possible to adapt for grades 6-12
Immigration:
Lichtfield: Modes of
Transportation and Immigration (grades 7-12)
Siegersma; The Immigrant Experience
in Minnesota (grades 7-12)
James Cortez, “Minnesota History: Moving to Minnesota,” grade 6 (also listed
with Sense of Place)
Lisa Glynn and Andrea Malo, “European Explorers, Conquistadors, and the Age
of Exploration,” grades 7-10
Lisa Glynn and Andrea Malo, “Gold Rush,” grades 8-12
Rick McLain, “Immigration,” grade 10
Political/Constitutional History:
Dickau, Bastian,
Johnson: Faces of the Civil War-Three Generations of Americans (grades 5-8)
Donald, Glynn, Klein,
Malo: Attitudes Toward Germans in World Wars I and II (grades 7-12)
Economics/Industrial Revolution:
Field-Rohrer, Scanlon:
The Development of the Railroad in Houston County (grades 6-8)
Klapperich, Bungum, Hansen:
James J. Hill: Empire Builder (grades 6-8)
Palmer, McLain,
Leyritz: Railroads in Minnesota (grades 7-12)
Theme: Native American History
Teri
Lehmkuhl, “Lakota Winter Counts,” grade 5
Missy Klapperich, “Dakota Semi-Migratory Lifestyle,” grade 6
Marylee Giese, Cindy Girard, “Comparative Study: Dakota Conflict/Civil War,
middle level
Kim J. Louwagie, “Indian Removal Act
of 1830, Trail of Tears, middle level
Lisa Glynn and Andrea Malo, “European Explorers, Conquistadors, and the Age
of Exploration,” grades 7-10
Rick
McLain, “Treaties with Native Americans,” grade 10
