High School Resources
Unit 1 - The Natural World
Unit 2 - Life on the Northern Plains Before 1800
Unit 3 - Commerce, Culture, and
Conflict, 1800–1878
Unit 4 - Building a New State, 1878–1914
Unit 5 - Modernizing North Dakota 1914–1929
Unit 6 - Hard Times and War, 1929–1945
Unit 7 - Pretty Good Times on the Prairie 1945–Present
USS North Dakota
Site Map

Unit 2: Set 2. La Verendrye Visits the Mandan - Activity

Look at the pictures and consider La Verendrye’s words. Think carefully about how trade with Europeans for manufactured goods would change the life in the Mandan village. Write your conclusions in the appropriate column.

Item	Advantage to Mandan	Disadvantage to Mandan
Metal pot
Clay pot
Metal arrow points
Stone arrow points
Dog travois
Horse travois
Beaver pelts

North Dakota History

Unit 2: Set 2. La Verendrye Visits the Mandan - Activity