Dakota Pathways Related Resources
The related resources include additional videos for the students to watch, activity ideas, and more in-depth videos and blogs for background knowledge.
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Activity Starters is a video series on SDPB.org designed for kids in PreK through 4th grade. In each episode, an animated character introduces a concept and an activity.
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SDPB's Images of the Past offers a fresh look at historic images and documents from the places, people, and events of South Dakota.
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Established in 1997, the South Dakota Historical Society Press produces books reflecting the rich and varied history of SD and the region. The Press preserves, researches, and promotes South Dakota's colorful culture and heritage.
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Find a rich array of educational content from Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fires to documentaries like Lost Bird of Wounded Knee.
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Local Heroes Includes personal stories about the Depression era and WWII to the 211th Engineering Company's recent tour in Afghanistan.
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History 605 explores the history of South Dakota, the northern Great Plains, and the Midwest. South Dakota’s State Historian, Ben Jones, visits with guests about their books, museum exhibits and artifacts, and historic sites in the state and region.
Stories from across SD that focus on our state's history and rural culture. (Access additional stories below)
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When Dakota was opened to white settlement in 1859, businessmen, lawyers, and politicians of every stripe flocked to the brand new town of Yankton seeking once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to grab land, cut deals with the railroads coming west, and above all, write laws and policies for their own benefit. -
The history of white settlers and Native people along the Missouri River in southeastern South Dakota dates to the 18th century. -
The history of South Dakota's William J. Fitzmaurice Veterans Home dates to the mid-1880s. -
Carrie Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, lived a productive life in South Dakota as a newspaper manager, mother, and philanthropist. -
A granite slab featuring the state seal of South Dakota was dedicated at the Washington Monument on June 22, 1922.
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