Speaking of enlivening your Montana history curriculum, have you signed up for "Hooks: Humor, Stories, and Other Ways to Bring Montana to Life" yet? This online Professional Development will be held on Tuesday, March 16 from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Register here. And now onto resources!
Elementary
Alixa Davis, 5th Grade Teacher at Gallatin Gateway School, is teaching the Coming to Montana: Immigrants from around the World footlocker using lesson plans from the user guide, but because we aren't circulating the actual footlocker, she created this slide show to accompany lesson 2B: Creating an Immigration Museum. (I think it will work with lesson 2A as well). She is graciously making it available to other teachers who want to do the same. Thanks, Alixa!
Middle and High School
A teacher recently asked me what we had about the Speculator Mine disaster, which killed an estimated 168 miners in 1917. His request made me remember that we had digitized a few of the telegrams relatives sent to the North Butte Mining Company, asking if their loved ones had survived, and the company's responses. After emailing the links to him, I realized that other teachers might want to use these in their classes as well, so I added them to the Montana: Stories of the Land site as another "Learning from Historical Documents" option. I think they are incredibly moving, and I bet your students will too.
The online exhibit "American Land Rush: 'A Lonely Homesteader' Searches for Security in the Montana Homestead Boom" explores the experience of Lily Stearns, who settled with her four children on a promising homestead in northeastern Montana, only to find her fate conscribed by extreme weather and the limits of her endurance.
Short Films
I can't remember who pointed me to this resource for historic newsreel footage, but it's cool! And there are 37 films from Montana, including newsreels about the 1935 earthquake, forest fires, WWI soldiers, and presidential visits. Use the search box in the upper right corner to search for Montana.
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