• Accurate, inclusive, engaging, and up-to-date
• Designed for 7th and 8th grade
• Reviewed by content experts and classroom teachers
• Content aligns with Montana standards for social studies and the Essential Uunderstandings regarding Montana Indians
• Montana's Indian history is integrated into almost every chapter
• Hardback, 500 pages, 438 illustrations, 25 maps, color throughout
• Manufactured according to National Association of State Textbook Administrators specifications for durability (MSST/NASTA)
• Includes vocabulary words, teaching objectives, timelines, review and discussion questions, and suggestions for extension activities
• List price: $49.95
  

Montana: Stories of the Land will be available in August for use in fall 2008. Published by the Montana Historical Society Press, this Montana history textbook is designed to meet the needs of Montana's teachers and middle-school students. Tests, worksheets, answer keys, background information, useful links, lesson plans, and information on how the chapters align with content standards and the Essential Understandings regarding Montana Indians will be available as a part of a web-based teacher's guide.

To request a review copy of Montana: Stories of the Land (available as pdf files on c.d.), email klambert@mt.gov with your name and address.

Thanks to generous donations from the Montana History Foundation, the Steele-Reese Foundation, the Indian Education Division of the Office of Public Instruction, the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation, and PPL Montana, the Montana Historical will have 5,000 copies of Montana: Stories of the Land to donate to eligible schools and libraries. Deadline for applications was May 1, 2008. We will notify recipients by May 15, 2008.

"Montana: Stories of the Land is unique among the many books that have focused on Montana's past. While carefully synthesizing the latest research on our state's history, it is written in a graceful, yet dramatic style. The text and images capture the wonder of Montana and should appeal to readers of all ages." Professor Robert Swartout, History Department, Carroll College, Helena

"Montana: Stories of the Land includes the "Indian side of the story." It offers Indians' perspectives not just on the settlement era of Montana history, but on the Depression, World War II, and the 1972 Constitutional Convention. The Montana Historical Society and author Krys Holmes actively sought tribal input during the writing and editorial phases of the project, and it shows. This text tells all the stories of the land." Professor Walter C. Fleming, Chair of the Native American Studies Department, Montana State University, Bozeman

"This is the book we've needed for the last 25 years." Jack Martin, Social Studies teacher, Kalispell Middle School

"This textbook contains a comprehensive history of our state. It provides a number of different sources and perspectives, and it helps the teachers to make the lessons relevant to their location. I am anxious to begin using Montana: Stories of the Land in my Montana history classroom." Denise Heppner, Social Studies teacher, Plentywood Middle School