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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A log home built by a Norwegian immigrant family in 1869 is the oldest still-standing dwelling in Clay County, South Dakota. -
A stone obelisk at the top of a hill in northern Sioux Falls commemorates the lives of Minnehaha County's pioneers. A separate marker tells the story of the Amidon Affair. -
A tramway that took tourists from downtown to a park overlooking the City of Custer was short-lived. -
Clarence “Shorty“ Harold set up a vendor's booth at the South Dakota State Fair in 1927. After he died in 1966, his far-flung children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren held family reunions at the State Fair every year until 2021. -
When fire destroyed most of Murdo, South Dakota's business district in 1910, residents vowed to rebuild bigger and better.
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