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North Dakota Vocabulary
In this North Dakota instructional activity, students match 14 words pertaining to the state of North Dakota with their definitions in another column.
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South Dakota Challenge
In this South Dakota worksheet, students read 10 clues to facts about the history of South Dakota. From four choices, students pick the word or phrase that best answers the clue.
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North Dakota Word Search
In this word search about North Dakota worksheet, students read the names of people places, and sports in the word bank and find them in the word search. Students find 10 answers.
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North Dakota Crossword Puzzle
In this North Dakota worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle, using clues about North Dakota given at the bottom of the page. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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South Dakota Acrostic Poetry
In this online interactive language arts worksheet, students write an acrostic poem regarding South Dakota using the letters SOUTH DAKOTA. This worksheet may also be printed for use in classrooms.
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North Dakota Cities Word Jumble
In this North Dakota worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 10 words to spell the names of cities in the state of North Dakota. There is a word box.
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North Dakota Acrostic Poem
In this North Dakota worksheet, learners write an acrostic poem. Students use the letters in NORTH DAKOTA to begin each new line of poetry about the state of North Dakota.
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North Dakota Vocabulary Word Jumble
In this online interactive North Dakota worksheet, students examine 20 state-related words in a word bank. Students use the word bank to unscramble 20 sets of letters. This worksheet may also be printed for classroom use.
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North Dakota Reading Comprehension
In this North Dakota reading comprehension learning exercise, learners read a 2-page selection regarding the state and then respond to 10 true or false questions.
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South Dakota Worksheet
In this South Dakota worksheet, students examine a flag of the state. After doing their own research, students fill in information about the South Dakota: capital city, tree, flower, motto and date of statehood.
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North Dakota Worksheet
In this North Dakota worksheet, students examine a flag of the state. After doing their own research, students fill in information about North Dakota: capital city, motto, tree, flower, date of statehood.
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Mount Rushmore
How did those faces get on that mountain, and why did they choose those particular presidents? Learn about Mount Rushmore's construction and the history behind the men represented on the mountainside with a short reading passage and set...
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Recreation Yesterday and Today
Eleventh graders research entertainment and recreation in the early 20th century using the American Memory collections and From the Hidewood: Memories of a Dakota Neighborhood, a book by Robert Amerson reflecting life in Deuel County,...
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The Study of the Main Tribal Nations of North Dakota
Fourth graders compare the tribal nations of North Dakota. For this tribal life lesson, 4th graders explore the many different tribes native to North Dakota. By the end of their study, students should be able to explain how the tribal...
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Dakota Dugout
For this Dakota Dugout worksheet, students read the book Dakota Dugout and answer comprehension questions about it. Students answer 3 questions and then read other interesting facts about the book.
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South Dakota
In this word search worksheet, learners solve a word search by locating forty words related to South Dakota. The word list includes Opal and Tripp.
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North Dakota
In this language arts word search, 5th graders will be searching for cities in North Dakota. Students will locate the names of 51 places within the state.
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A Tale of Two Men
Theodore Roosevelt and the Marquis de Mores were both born in 1858, and both came to the Dakota territory in 1883, but they influenced the developing country of America in different ways. Elementary and middle schoolers apply written and...
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Hit the Trail
Students read about the history of cattle trails and complete language arts, math, social studies, and more activities about barbed wire. In this barbed wire lesson plan, students read poetry, research changes over time, draw cattle...
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Word Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes
As a class, scholars read the poems, Humpty Dumpty, Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater, and Jack and Jill, in order to identify words with the same ending sound. Using their rhyming skills, learners brainstorm additional words from word...
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Rock 'N Roll Mount Rushmore
Students, in groups, gather information about the sculptor Gutzon Borglum and the four presidents he carved in the South Dakota mountain, Mt. Rushmore. Groups create a Rock 'n' Roll President brochure.
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When a Chair is More than A Chair.....
Students research an artist of their choice and design a piece of art that represents that artist to them. They make sketches, plan their armature, cut out armature, pad with newspapers and apply layers of paper mach??.
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Give Me a B: North Dakota Quarter Reverse
Students examine the North Dakota quarter reverse and note the bison. and Badlands displayed on it. After practicing as a group making the B sound, they explore the classrom for more words beginning with that letter. Working in pairs,...
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Introduction Lesson to the Book Where the Red Fern Grows
An excellent lesson plan on the classic book, Where the Red Fern Grows. Learners view the W. Wilson Rawls website and engage in a series of activities generated by the website. They write in their reflective journals, watch a video, and...