- Interactive eBook
- Print book
Northern Lights Features and Curriculum Components
Northern Lights is the Minnesota studies curriculum used by over 85 percent of Minnesota’s sixth graders.
Teacher resources
- Print annotated teacher's edition + workbook (two-book set)
- Interactive eBook with PDF of annotated teacher’s edition and digital workbook files
- Minnesota maps poster set
Interactive eBook and print version features
- Addresses all sixth grade Minnesota social studies standards
- 20 chapters from pre-contact to today in an engaging narrative style
- Enriched Native American content
- History, civics, economics and geography connections
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Vetted by content experts, historians, and teachers
Additional features in the interactive eBook
The Northern Lights interactive eBook for students includes all the text, images and features of the student print book, plus:
- Diverse professional narration that reads the text to students
- Introductory videos for each chapter plus 17 additional videos throughout
- Additional primary sources, audio clips, interactive maps, and links to related web resources
- Annual updates free-of-charge to existing subscribers
The interactive eBook is accessible via our iPad app and via web browser for PCs, Macs, iPads, Chromebooks, the Microsoft Surface, and with limited functionality on other smart devices. Additional detail is available on the “Northern Lights Interactive eBook Tips for Users” web page.
Contact Amy Feole for a preview login.
Teacher resources
Interactive eBook teacher license
- All the features and resources in the student interactive eBook
- An embedded PDF of the Northern Lights annotated teacher’s edition for easy access anytime to its additional content and teaching ideas
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A digital workbook with ongoing digital access to every chapter’s worksheets, tests, investigation guide, and answer key via editable Google versions, editable Microsoft Word files, PDFs, and Schoology Assessments . Edit the worksheets to tailor the activities and questions to your students' needs
Print annotated teacher's edition + workbook (two-book set)
The print Northern Lights annotated teacher’s edition (ATE) and Northern Lights workbook are bundled together as a two-volume set providing teachers with a range of additional resources. Included in the hardcover, spiral-bound ATE is the student print textbook, plus additional content, best-practice teaching tips, and activity ideas. Reinforcing student learning is easy with the worksheets, tests and answer keys found in the soft-cover, blackline master workbook.
ATE features
- Background historical information for each chapter and extra content tips throughout
- Chapter overviews, objectives, discussion questions, and teaching suggestions
Workbook features
There are five worksheets per chapter on the topics below. Answer keys provided.
- Chapter comprehension
- Minnesota studies skills
- Creative enrichment
- Objective test
- Investigation guide
- Pricing
Minnesota maps poster set
Set of five 24" x 30" posters of Minnesota maps from the student editions of the Northern Lights curriculum (both interactive eBook and print).