Montana: Stories of the Land
Companion Website and Online Teacher's Guide
Chapter 22 - Living in a New Montana, 1970-2007
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
Chapter 22 - Living in a New Montana, 1970-2007
Online textbook: Chapter 22
Worksheet 1: Population by County (editable PDF)
Worksheet 2: Describing Montana (editable PDF)
Learning from Historical Documents:
For Educators: Resources
Interesting Links
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Watch video clip to learn how Billings residents stood up to intolerance and started a national movement.
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Watch this video clip to learn how the legacy of the Dawes Act still affects American Indians.
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Think that all Indians get monthly checks from the federal government? Think again and visit TheRezWeLiveOn.com, a website created by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to dispel untruths about life on the reservation.
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Curious about issues facing Montana Indians today? Learn more here.
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Watch Chapter 5, "Ethnic Migration," (20 minutes) of Montana Mosaic: 20th Century People and Events to learn more about the Hmong immigrants who settled in Missoula. (Check your library OPI donated a copy of this DVD to every public school in Montana. The DVD is also available as streaming video.) Find User Guides with discussion questions here.
