Slide Units and Videos
Slide units and videos have been created primarily for use in middle and high schools. Slide units consist of 30 slides and a text that students or teachers can read and build upon. Videos have been selected to provide background on themes addressed in the study of Montana and Western U.S. History.
Booking: To order, call the Society's Education Office at (406) 444-4794 or email MHSeducation@mt.gov. In order to get the materials that you seek at the times you prefer, please book early. Many teachers order the slide units or videos during the spring semester proceeding the school year in which they wish to use it.
SLIDES
Children in Montana - Presents life in Montana through photographic images of children.
Fight for Statehood and Montana's Capital - Outlines how Montana struggled to become a state and to select its capital city.
Frontier Towns - Illustrates the development, character, and design of early Montana communities.
Jeannette Rankin: Woman of Peace - Portrays the life and political influence of the first woman elected to Congress.
Native Americans Lose Their Lands - Examines the painful transition for native peoples to reservations.
Power Politics in Montana - Covers the period when the copper industry influenced state politics.
The Depression in Montana - Examines the impact of the Depression and the federal project successes in Montana.
The Energy Industry - Discusses the history and future of the energy industry in Montana.
Transportation - Describes the development and influence of transportation in the state.
VIDEOS
Bella Vista - Reveals the story of 1,000 Italian detainees at Fort Missoula's Alien Detention Center between 1941 and 1943.
For This and Future Generations - Tells the compelling story of 100 grassroots delegates and a staff of some of the best and brightest young people under the Big Sky, who gathered in Helena in 1972 for what many would recall as the proudest time of their lives. Their task: to re-write the lumbering, old state constitution. Two months later, all 100 delegates unanimously signed a document that would affect the lives of generations of Montanans to come.
Hands-on History! - Teaches how history can be fun through the experiences of ten Montana kids as they pan for gold, go on an architectural scavenger hunt, and commune with former residents in Virginia City. Accompanied by lesson plans.
"I'll ride that horse!" Montana Women Bronc Riders - Captures the exciting skills and daring exploits of Montana's rich tradition of women bronc riders who learned to rope, break, and ride wild horses, told in their own words.
Montana: 1492 - Describes the lifeways of Montana's first people through the words of their descendants.
Montana Defined by Images: An Artist's Impression - Surveys Montana's artistic landscape over the last 30 years and looks at the work of contemporary Montana artists and the ways in which they explore issues of transition and conflicting needs in a changing physical and cultural landscape.
Montana State Capitol Restoration - Captures the history, art, and architecture of Montana's State Capitol prior to the 1999 restoration. Created by students at Capital High School in Helena.
People of the Hearth - Features the role of the hearth in the lives of southwestern Montana's Paleoindians.
Russell and His Work - Depicts the life and art of Montana's cowboy artist, Charles M. Russell.
The Sheepeaters: Keepers of the Past - Documents the lifeways of a group of reclusive Shoshone-speaking Indians known as the Sheepeaters. Modern archaeology and anthropology along with firsthand accounts of trappers and explorers help to tell their story.
