Lesson Plans

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South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Agricultural Heritage Museum Pinterest

The museum’s pinterest is updated regularly with new resources ranging from specific classroom subject resources, STEAM resources, research resources and classroom activities. Check back regularly for new resources!

Library of Congress Lesson Plans

Teacher-created, classroom-tested lesson plans using primary sources from the Library of Congress. Search by topic, era, or by alphabet to find the specialized topic you need.

Smithsonian Education

With topics ranging from the Revolutionary War to the present, Smithsonian Education serves as a great tool for historical inquiry. Smithsonian Education provides K-12th grade lesson plans that contain numerous activities to utilize in the classroom. Spanish Language lesson plans are also available.

North à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Studies

The State Historical Society of North à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã has created in-depth user friendly online interactive lessons and resources that relate to North à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã History topics. Currently there is material geared at 4th and 8th grade.

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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society provides a plethora of unique Lesson plans ranging from life the environmental impacts of life in a lumber camp to lessons on German ancestry.  Click your topic of interest, grade level and objectives to fully customize the lesson plans to your needs. Resource materials, procedures and bibliographical information can be easily accessed, making it a wonderful tool for National History Day Projects.

Miscellaneous Classroom Resources

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South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Historical Society Press *

is a great resource for researching South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã history. Volumes range from 1970 to present day, and cover a variety of topics pertaining to South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã History. This would be a great resource for research on a state projects for NHD or more advanced research.

HistoryAnimated: Animations of key battles of the American Civil War, Revolutionary War, World War II, WWII

contains animated maps of key battles throughout US History. Use these maps to further your students understanding of American Military History.

The American Yawp

is a free and online, open American History textbook designed for college-level history courses. The textbook is collaboratively built by college instructors, and is an open resource meant to be  downloaded, distributed and modified by its users. The project is formally operated under a and is designed to meet the standards of a

Canva

is both an online site and app that helps in the development of unique documents, formatted for various uses ranging from social media, publications, email, postcards, etc. The site utilizes a drag-and-drop feature that allows users to easily create professional layouts with professional graphics, clip art,= and fonts. The site contains thousands of free layout options, and is a perfect introduction to graphic design in an easy to use format.

Pixabay

is a search engine that allows users to find and share images free of copyrights. All pictures are released under Creative Commons CCO into the public domain. You can copy, modify, distribute and use the images,  for commercial purposes, all without asking for permission or giving credits to the artist. However, depicted content may still be protected by trademarks, publicity or privacy rights so be sure to read attached disclaimers clearly. This website is great for finding images, vector graphics and clip art to utilize in videos, presentations and many other projects.

Native Land Information System

(NLIS) was developed by the Native Lands Advocacy Project (NLAP); a project of , a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Fort Collins, Colorado, with funding from the  The NLIS serves as repository of learning resources, information and data to help defend and protect native lands for the benefit of native peoples. It aims at challenging the status quo around historical data colonialism in Native Lands.

The à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Prisoner of War Letters

are fifty extraordinary letters written by à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã men imprisoned after the U.S. à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã War of 1862 give direct witness to a harsh and painful history shared by Minnesotans today.

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South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Agricultural Heritage Museum
Physical Address
977 11th St.
Brookings, SD 57007
Mailing Address
SAGM 103, Box 601
Brookings, SD 57007
Hours
Mon - Sat: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sun: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Closed on Sundays January-March
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