WBLAHS Local History Curriculum

The White Bear Area Local History Curriculum and resources are designed to help the community learn more about our local history. The curriculum’s hands-on design is geared towards the elementary level to help students fulfill local history learning requirements. However, the units and activities can easily be used across several grade levels as a whole or individually, at school or at home.

Legends Activity

Learn about the advantages and challenges of oral history through the use of stories and photographs from the White Bear Lake area.

1910 Census Activity

Learn what family households and life would have been like in the White Bear Lake area in 1910 using census information.