North Dakota Studies

Welcome to NDStudies.org

The North Dakota Studies regional website offers resources on the people, places, events, and fascinating history of North Dakota and the region for teachers, students, and lifelong learners. A collaboration of the North Dakota Humanities Council (NDHC), the North Dakota Center for Distance Education, and the North Central Council for School Television in partnership with Prairie Public, the site provides teaching resources not only for fourth grade, eighth grade, and high school North Dakota Studies classes but also for cross-curricular applications for K-12 classrooms across the region. In addition, you will find photographs, maps, and other primary documents, well-researched and authoritative articles, as well as audio and video clips on the history, culture, and life of the region.

To get started, use the search box above or browse for resources using one of the drop-down menus.

This Week's Feature

The difficult life of homesteaders is examined.

Title: Homesteading: Facing Disaster

Overview

Homesteading was not easy. North Dakota winters are long and cold. Some of the problems bravely faced by early pioneers from early America and Europe in the mid- to late-1800s are documented in this clip from Prairie Public's Homesteading.

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North Dakota Studies Project

Curriculum and Resources

Publications
  - 4th grade
  - 8th grade
  - History of North Dakota
  - Habitats of North Dakota
  - Governing North Dakota
  - Order

Resources
  - 4th grade
  - 8th grade
  - High School
  - Habitats of North Dakota

North Dakota Blue Book Available on Digital Horizons

Past editions of the North Dakota Blue Book are available on Digital Horizons! The Blue Book is easy to use, authoritative, statistical and narrative profile of North Dakota's government, geography, economy and culture, published periodically since 1889.

Click here to search Digital Horizons for the "Blue Book."