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 CELEBRATING A GREAT HOMETOWN
Aberdeen, South Dakota, is your hometown. Perhaps you were born here, or maybe you moved here with your family, either way you are living in a town that will celebrate its 125th birthday in 2006. Do you know or can you imagine what Aberdeen was like in 1881 when it was founded? How was your town started? Who decided where your town would be? How was its name chosen? Who were the people who came to live here? What did Aberdeen look like to its first settlers? Do you think those pioneers would recognize their hometown today?
Let’s " Celebrate A Great Hometown" and learn about the history of Aberdeen, your hometown. Each month this website will have new lessons and activities to help you do just that. To help you learn about some of the buildings that our ear ly settlers built and used, you will see “Patches” the friendly ghost of old Aberdeen. Patches will share some of his favorite memories with you and tell you about the buildings that only he can remember since they have been torn down and replaced with the modern buildings you see in Aberdeen today.
 When you see words like  be sure to put your mouse pointer over them to learn what they mean. You will need to know how to spell them, too, as you work your way through these pages.
Are you ready to find out about Aberdeen, your hometown?
Let’s begin our lesson!
There will be a new lesson posted this summer that will be an outdoor activity in our local parks
Unit 2: What Aberdeen Looked Like in 1881 |
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Subject |
Printable version  |
Web activity |
What Aberdeen Looked Like in 1881 |
history |
click here |
click here |
Patches shows us the Grain Palace |
buildings |
click here |
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Early Aberdeen Grows Quickly |
map |
click here |
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Praire Ecosystem |
game |
click here |
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Create Your Own Grain Palace |
craft/color page |
click here |
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Vocabulary Word Scramble |
vocabulary |
click here |
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Vocabulary list |
vocabulary |
click here |
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Unit 6: Getting From Place to Place in Aberdeen |
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Title |
Subject |
Printable version |
Web activity |
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Getting From Place to Place in Aberdeen |
history |
click here |
click here |
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Words for Me to Learn |
vocabulary |
click here |
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Word Scramble |
puzzle |
click here |
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Patches - Streetcar |
color page |
click here |
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Transportation Timeline |
history |
click here |
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Bicycles of the Past |
science |
click here |
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A Note to Teachers:
This set of worksheets is intended to be used in your classroom and to be tailored as necessary to fit the needs of your class. The worksheets are to introduce concepts about Aberdeen history to your class in an interactive manner.
Feedback: Please send your comments and/or requests for answer keys to these worksheets to Sue Gates at dpmdir@brown.sd.us |
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