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Classroom of students in newly built St. Benedict's Mission School, White Earth, MN, circa 1895. Image courtesy of Minnesota Reflections.

Interactive curriculum resources designed for K-12 teachers using the Minnesota Reflections collection.

Pachyderm Training Projects 2008
A collection of teaching units created by Minnesota educators.
A Foot in Two Worlds: Indian Boarding Schools in Minnesota
Pairs images of Minnesota's Indian schools with the words of students and policy-makers around the country.
History Mysteries
Teaches students how to examine photographs to uncover the story behind the image.
Immigrants in Minnesota: A Demonstration Project
Uses the topic of immigration in 19th century Minnesota to outline a process for students to analyze primary resources and construct hypotheses.

Rank order of topics in Minnesota history covered by Grades 4-8 and Grades 9-12 and Summary of Minnesota Academic Standards in History and Social Studies for K-12, revised 2004. These tables were originally published in Making History: The Minnesota Digital Library and the K-12 Teaching and Learning Community.