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Montana: Stories of the Land
Companion Website and Online Teacher's Guide
Chapter 18 - The Great Depression Transforms Montana, 1929-1941
Chapter 1 - Montana: Where the Land Writes History
Chapter 2 - People of the Dog Days
Chapter 3 - From Dog Days to Horse Warriors
Chapter 4 - Newcomers Explore the Region
Chapter 5 - Beaver, Bison, and Black Robes
Chapter 6 - Montana's Gold and Silver Boom
Chapter 7 - Two Worlds Collide
Chapter 8 - Livestock and the Open Range
Chapter 9 - Railroads Link Montana to the Nation
Chapter 10 - Politics and the Copper Kings
Chapter 11 - The Early Reservation Years
Chapter 12 - Logging in the "High Lonesome"
Chapter 13 - Homesteading This Dry Land
Chapter 14 - Towns Have Lives, Too
Chapter 15 - Progressive Montana
Chapter 16 - Montana and World War I
Chapter 17 - Montanans on the Move
Chapter 18 - The Great Depression Transforms Montana
Chapter 19 - World War II in Montana
Chapter 20 - Building a New Montana
Chapter 21 - A People's Constitution
Chapter 22 - Living in a New Montana
Online textbook: Chapter 18
Worksheet 1: Understanding Population Trends
Worksheet 2: Analyzing a Photograph
Learning from Historical Documents:
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Letter from Margaret Loughrin to Gov. Frank Cooney, from Butte, 1934, Regarding the Strike
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Letters from Residents of Drought-Stricken Areas to Governor John Erickson
For Educators: Resources
Interesting Links
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View an interactive timeline of the Great Depression.
