Teachers and Students

Based on research and historical fact, Walter Meets Mack is as much a Minnesota History and Social Studies resource as it is a novel. For any class using the Northern Lights Minnesota History textbook, Walter Meets Mack is an excellent curriculum supplement.

Minnesota History Moment is a blog on waltermeetsmack.com dedicated to slices of Minnesota human and natural history, please check it out!

Big Ideas – Click on each to learn more

Minnesota is a land of distinct environmental biomes that influenced patterns of settlement and development.

Learning human history is key to understanding the development of the natural resources of Minnesota’s different regions.

The life of an old time Minnesota lumberjack was colorful, but not easy. Visit the photo gallery.

As recently as several thousand years ago Minnesota was covered by immense sheets of glacial ice that shaped the landscape we see today.