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Grade K - 2

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K - Native Americans
Six activities designed to develop an understanding of Native Americans and their culture.

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2 - Map Reading
Use a Wisconsin road map to locate cities, rivers, and roads to aid in planning a trip from Mondovi to one of the cities on the Digital Wisconsin video.

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2 - Lumbering Then and Now
Create flip books demonstrating what has been learned about early and modern lumbering in Wisconsin.

Grade 3 - 4

 
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The A-List
Research the biography of a famous Wisconsin person and create an interactive bulletin board.

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Agriculture
Project-based learning to research and present on a specific area of Wisconsin agriculture or agribusiness.

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Hwy 53 Bypass
Investigate the decisions made and yet to be made about land affected by the Hwy 53 bypass through the local community, Altoona. Students then create a Public Service Announcement to sell their ideas about how the land affected by the bypass should be developed.

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Critical TV Viewing
Students learn that television is planned, then create their own video public service announcement.

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Regions of Wisconsin - 1
Create a poster to display key features of each Wisconsin region.

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Regions of Wisconsin - 2
Create maps and puzzles describing the physical and geographic features of Wisconsin.

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Regions of Wisconsin - 3
Use iMovie to create original voice-over narrative to existing Digital Wisconsin video clips descibing the regions of Wisconsin.

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Regions of Wisconsin - 4
A webquest on the five regions with students creating a Hypercard presentation.

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Hall of Wisconsin History
Research the lives of Wisconsin individuals or groups (Jean Nicollet, lumberjacks). Create life-sized displays of the people and information, arranged in chronological order.

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Immigration - 1
A webquest to research immigration to Wisconsin from the early 1800s through the present. Using eight possible themes, the students will write a letter comparing and contrasting the country of origin with Wisconsin.

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Immigration - 2
Research own family's immigration history and write a letter describing the immigration experience.

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Immigration - 3
Research why people emmigrated to Wisconsin. Create a cultural shield representing what has been learned in four main categories.

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Industries of Wisconsin
A project-based webquest to learn about the major Wisconsin industries. Teams then create maps, brocures, game boards, and posters explaining the importance of that industry to Wisconsin.

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Letters from a Lumberman
Learn what it was like to be a lumberjack working away from his family. Write letters home from the perspective of the lumberjack working in northern Wisconsin.

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Mapping
Locate the coordinates of Wisconsin cities on state highway maps.

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Postcards from Wisconsin
Students create postcards about Wisconsin’s land and symbols and exchange them with students from around the country.

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Where is Wisconsin?
Create maps showing Wisconsin's regions and features. Create a mini-glacier demonstration.

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WW II
Learn how war affects people, animals and the environment. Write a letter from the viewpoint of a fictional character describing how war has affected his or her life.

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Grade 8 - 12

 
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Architecture
Learn the different perspectives on “settlement” from the Native American and European perspectives. Be able to identify and describe Native American home building and homes of early European settlers. Create a presentation on local architecture.

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Fur Trade
Learn about the fur trade and the cultural impact of the French and British on the Native Americans of Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin Statehood
Understand the process of becoming a state, identify the rights of citizens in Wisconsin and describe the changes & developments in building a state. Create a poster showing the different aspects of statehood.



Choose an era to explore through video clips!
Eras to Explore Early Native Peoples Explorers, Traders and Settlers Territory to Statehood Immigration and Settlement Wisconsin and the Civil War Mining, Lumber, and Agriculture Progressive Era World Wars and Conflicts Industrialization and Urbanization Response to 20th Century Change
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