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Text: Northern Lights, The Stories of Minnesota’s Past Revised Second Edition
Author: Dave Kenney
Power Point by: Dustin Pautsch
CH. 1 STUDYING MINNESOTA
LEARNING OBJECTIVES• Provoke discussion as to what Minnesota is.
• Understand and identify shared history
• Understand the basic principles of social studies
• Construct a short essay explaining what your home state means to you.
• Upload a picture with a caption to Picasa with a caption that shares your interpretation of Minnesota.
WHAT IS MINNESOTA?• Land of many lakes
• Mix of people
• Hot-dish
• Hockey Pucks
• Great lakes
• Frozen Tundra
• Minnesota Nice
DIFFERENT LIVES, SHARED HISTORY• What makes Minnesotans different from Iowans or Californians?
• No one is the same
• It’s the cultural stories and origins that make Minnesotans different.
• Culture binds people.
• Definition:
• SHARED HISTORY: The past events and stories that are common to everyone in a group.
MINNESOTA STUDIES• What gives Minnesota its identity?
- People
- Geography
- Government
- Economy
Definition:
Social Studies: The study of human society, including four main disciplines: history, geography, civics, and economics.
ASSIGNMENT• When we think of Minnesota we think of certain characteristics. Find a picture that shares
your vision of Minnesota. Upload the picture to Picasa with a caption of your choice. Compare other students interpretation's of Minnesota to help understand Minnesota culture in a broader sense.
• Write a short essay, 1 page that depicts your idea of Minnesota and its culture. Use the question, What is Minnesota to me?