Teachers Section
Unit 1 Beginnings
Lesson 1 - First Peoples of South Dakota Lesson 2 - A Changing World Lesson 3 - Europe Claims North America Lesson 4 - Europeans Visit South Dakota
Unit 2 Lewis & Clark Expedition in South Dakota
Lesson 1 - Lewis & Clark Expedition Lesson 2 - Meeting the Tribes Lesson 3 - Grasslands, Animals, & Plants Lesson 4 - Journey into the Unknown
Unit 3 Buffalo in South Dakota
Lesson 1 - Buffalo in South Dakota Lesson 2 - American Indians & the Buffalo Lesson 3 - Preservation of the Buffalo Lesson 4 - The Buffalo Today
Unit 4 A Changing Land
Lesson 1 - "Old Misery" and the Fur Trade Lesson 2 - The Rise and Fall of the Fur Trade Lesson 3 - New Settlers Move West Lesson 4 - A Time of Strife
Unit 5 Notable Dakotans, 1850-1900
Lesson 1 - John B. S. Todd and Gabriel Renville Lesson 2 - Laura I. Wilder and Frederick Taft Evans Lesson 3 - Spotted Tail and Mary Collins Lesson 4 - Niels E. Hansen and Doane Robinson
Unit 6 Homesteading & Town Building
Lesson 1 - Railroads and the Great Dakota Boom Lesson 2 - Town Life and Hard Times Lesson 3 - The Open Range and New Land Openings Lesson 4 - Good Roads and High Prices
Unit 7 Notable South Dakotans, 1900-1950
Lesson 1: Oscar Micheaux and Gertrude Simmons Bonnin Lesson 2: Peter Norbeck and Mary Shields Pyle Lesson 3: Charles Badger Clark, Jr., and Ida Anding McNeil Lesson 4: Oscar Howe and Francis Higbee Case
Unit 8 South Dakota Government
Lesson 1: Nation and State Lesson 2: South Dakota Becomes a State Lesson 3: State Government Lesson 4: Tribal Government and Citizenship
Unit 9 Changing Times
Lesson 1: Dust and Depression Lesson 2: A New Deal and a New War Lesson 3: People on the Move Lesson 4: A New Age
If you have any problems or questions, please contact Dedra McDonald-Birzer
