Library Passport Missions - History of the Americas | St. Cloud Technical and Community College

Week Five

E & F: History of the Americas - Discovering Our Stories

These classes examine the history of the United States, Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Canada, Latin America, and local regions and communities.

Main Mission: Local History Hunt

Research a local historical event, person, or place.

Find:

One primary source
Two secondary sources

Explain which source helped you most and why.

Side Quest

Find an historic photograph of your community and share a fun fact about it.

Badge:

🏆 Community Historian

You already know about bad information.

You see this every day, all over social media, in the things you hear people say, and other things you read.

Knowing the difference between truth and foolishness is a vital skill that every person needs to be using every day. And the library is here to help you to build your skills and your confidence in finding and using the best information!

We want you to get comfortable looking at different kinds of information, and sharing what you have discovered. We want to encourage your independent exploration of both physical and digital library resources. Each week in the library this semester, we will host a mission for you to explore, with an optional side quest. You will learn about materials and ideas in topics across the Library of Congress classification system - the way that librarians sort out all the information in the universe of all possible knowledge. (You didn’t think we just randomly threw things onto a shelf, did you?) Grab a Library Passport.

Each week we have a new Main Mission you can do, to explore an area of information. There is an optional Side Quest each week, to keep exploring the topics. When you are done for the week, bring your results to Mary Jordan (Librarian) or Elizabeth Norgren (Library Technician), in person or email it to us. If it all looks correct, we’ll give your Passport a stamp, and issue your badge. Side quests get a separate stamp.

Milestone Awards

5 Stamps = Library Scout
15 Stamps = Research Ranger
10 Stamps = Information Explorer
20+ Stamps = Library Legend

Final Achievement

Students who complete all 15 weeks earn the Master Library Explorer Certificate

Add to Calendar 2026-09-21 00:00:00 2026-09-25 23:59:59 Library Passport Missions - History of the Americas Week Five E & F: History of the Americas - Discovering Our Stories These classes examine the history of the United States, Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Canada, Latin America, and local regions and communities. Main Mission: Local History Hunt Research a local historical event, person, or place. Find: One primary source Two secondary sources Explain which source helped you most and why. Side Quest Find an historic photograph of your community and share a fun fact about it. Badge: 🏆 Community Historian You already know about bad information. You see this every day, all over social media, in the things you hear people say, and other things you read. Knowing the difference between truth and foolishness is a vital skill that every person needs to be using every day. And the library is here to help you to build your skills and your confidence in finding and using the best information! We want you to get comfortable looking at different kinds of information, and sharing what you have discovered. We want to encourage your independent exploration of both physical and digital library resources. Each week in the library this semester, we will host a mission for you to explore, with an optional side quest. You will learn about materials and ideas in topics across the Library of Congress classification system - the way that librarians sort out all the information in the universe of all possible knowledge. (You didn’t think we just randomly threw things onto a shelf, did you?) Grab a Library Passport. Each week we have a new Main Mission you can do, to explore an area of information. There is an optional Side Quest each week, to keep exploring the topics. When you are done for the week, bring your results to Mary Jordan (Librarian) or Elizabeth Norgren (Library Technician), in person or email it to us. If it all looks correct, we’ll give your Passport a stamp, and issue your badge. Side quests get a separate stamp. Milestone Awards 5 Stamps = Library Scout 15 Stamps = Research Ranger 10 Stamps = Information Explorer 20+ Stamps = Library Legend Final Achievement Students who complete all 15 weeks earn the Master Library Explorer Certificate Location Library - Heartland Building noreply@sctcc.edu America/Chicago public

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