This year in sixth grade, students spent the year learning about and exploring the Mississippi River. They studied the river’s geological origins, Bdote’s sacred importance to the Dakota people, how the river caused a flour milling boom in Minneapolis, and more. In the spring, students chose a specific topic about the river to dive deep into, conducting research, organizing their notes into logical categories, and writing a script for a ‘mini documentary’.
This page holds the documentaries for the 2024 6th graders who chose to make documentaries on a range of other river topics, from cryptids to the Ojibwe people. We hope you enjoy and learn something about the river that is so important to our state.
2024 River Documentaries: Part 1: Animals · Part 2: Flooding · Part 3: Dead Zone and Pollution · Part 4: Miscellaneous
Alan Cryptids Documentary
Crosby’s Uses for the Mississippi River Documentary
Dhoua’s Ojibwe People Documentary
Elarnor’s Hernaldo de Soto Documentary
G’s Houseboats Documentary
Gavin T’s Steamboat Documentary
Gideon and Hal’s Mill Explosion Documentary
Katalina’s Dakota People Documentary
Louden’s Flour Milling Documentary
Lucy’s Cryptids Documentary
Mavis’ Percy Jackson Documentary
Occupy’s Global Warming Mississippi River Documentary
Pawsana’s Ojibwe People Documentary