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Educational Resources - Blackboards and Computers

Laura Ingalls Wilder Books

Episode Guide

Things To Do

1. Watch Blackboards and Computers.

2. Complete Episode Quiz individually or as a group. (Note: The quiz has additional information and related video.)

3. Student Glossary (PDF)

- Print Crossword Puzzle, (answers), and distribute to class.

4. Discussion Cards (PDF)

5. Class Activity - Long Walk (PDF)

6. The one-room schoolhouse may seem like a distant memory from U.S. history, but about 200 of them still exist today. (More)

Episode 11 Script

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On this page you will find educational resources for the Dakota Pathways episode called Blackboards and Computers. There is an episode guide, additional videos, activities, and more.

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Lesson: Narration Exercise

To reinforce the importance of the written account of history, the students will develop a fictitious narration for the film or a section of the film.

How Crayons Are Made

See crayons go from liquid wax into a mold that shapes them into the crayons children use at home and at school.

A History of the Flandreau Indian School

The Flandreau Indian School (FIS) is one of four remaining off reservation boarding schools for Native American students in the U.S. funded and operated by the Bureau of Indian Education.

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