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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Montana: Great Northern Railway Buildings

For Students 9th - 10th
These lodges or associated buildings, dated c.1913-1915, represent European-style hostelries unique among NPS concessions. The landmark contains 5 building groups: Granite Park Chalet, Many Glacier Hotel, Sperry Chalet, Two Medicine...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Montana: Lake Mc Donald Lodge

For Students 9th - 10th
A Swiss chalet-style hotel in Glacier National Park.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Montana: Northeast Entrance Station

For Students 9th - 10th
Rustic entrance station built in 1935 that is a prime example of form fitting function, in Yellowstone National Park.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Montana: Chief Plenty Coups Home

For Students 9th - 10th
The 2-story house of Crow Nation chief Plenty Coups during 1884-1932, plus a log store and the Plenty Coups Spring.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Montana: Fort Benton

For Students 9th - 10th
Established as a fur trading center in 1847, the fort prospered with the growth of steamboat traffic starting in 1859 and an 1862 gold strike, but declined with the advent of the railroad.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Montana: Pompey's Pillar

For Students 9th - 10th
The massive natural block of sandstone was a major landmark on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Clark's signature is carved on its surface.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Montana: Butte Historic District

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the largest and most notorious copper boomtowns in the American West; the district includes more than 6,000 contributing properties.
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Msu News: Msu Finds Triceratops, Torosaurus Were Different Stages of Dinosaur

For Students 9th - 10th
Two paleontologists from Montana State University, John Scannella and Jack Horner, discuss their newly released theory that Triceratops and Torosaurus were actually the same dinosaur but at different stages of their life cycle. [Date of...
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Ga Virtual Learning: The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-page PDF of the introduction to The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday, a book about Momaday's Kiowa ancestors' journey from their ancient beginnings in the Montana area to their final war and surrender to the US...
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Pbs Learning Media: Fire Cloud

For Students 9th - 10th
Firefighters fight a raging fire on a wild horse range in Montana in this video segment from Nature.
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Pbs Learning Media: 50 States Part 2 Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, learners combine psychomotor skills and geography as they travel from Montana to Wyoming. As students travel from state to state, they learn regional facts and state capitals. Learners perform physical tasks...
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Montana State Univ.: Expanding Universe (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has a lesson plan in which students gather evidence supporting the Big Bang Theory using a balloon model of the expanding universe.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Lewis Mountains, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A contour map of part of the Lewis Mountains of western Montana, representing typical glacial features of the range.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northern Rockies, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the northern Rockies in Montana showing the mountain systems, ranges, and intermontane trenches of the area.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Boulder Plateaus, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A contour map from 1911 of the topography of East and West Boulder plateaus and the northern end of the Absaroka Range in southwestern Montana.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Highwood Mountains, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A contour map showing the topography of the Highwood Mountains, Montana. The contour intervals are 200 feet.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Highwood Mountains, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of a part of the Highwoods Mountains in Montana showing a glaciated portion of the Great Plains. The map shows the remnant glacial features such as moraine and drift, and shows the areas covered by younger drift, areas covered by...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Little Belt Mountains, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A contour map showing the topography of Montana's Little Belt Mountains.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Great Plains and Front Ranges, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A contour map of the boundaries of the Great Plains and Lewis front ranges of western Montana, showing the abrupt change in the topography. The heavy black line indicates the outcrop of the Lewis thrust plane.
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Montanakids.com: Crow Indian Reservation

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Crow Reservation is located in south-central Montana. This is a brief history of the Crow tribe that call themselves the Apsaslooka.
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Trail Tribes: Traditional and Contemporary Native Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource on the tribal groups located along the trails followed by explorers Lewis and Clark. Each group has a section devoted to its modern and historical cultures, as well as the tribe's relationship with the United States...
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: The 'Great' Falls

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of Discovering Lewis & Clark examines the 'Great Falls' which the expedition had to portage around during the westward leg of their 1805-06 exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.
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Combined Arms Research Library: Atlas of the Sioux Wars:

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look at the Sioux Wars from 1862-1877. Included are maps for many topics discussed.
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University of California

Ucmp: Adventures at Dry Creek

For Students 9th - 10th
For this lesson, students embark on an adventure to find out what life was like in Montana 60-70 million years ago. Students "join" a research lab to collect fossils from Montana and analyze them to find direct and indirect evidence of...

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