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Hauling Logs With Oxen, 1880

Chapter 8 introduces the changes in Wisconsin during the 1800s. It focuses on how people made a living using three of the state's most important natural resources: lead, soil, and timber.

In this chapter, students explore the lives of miners, farmers, and lumberjacks of Wisconsin.

Find reproducible worksheets and other cross-curricular activities for this chapter in the Student Activity Guide.

Casper Jaggi: Master Swiss Cheese Maker

by Jerry Apps.
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Assessment

• Chapter 8 Assessment

  (Word document, 2 pages, 740 KB) This assessment is a Microsoft Word document, which allows you to customize it for your classroom.

Interactive Whiteboard Resources

• Chapter 8 SMART Notebook Activities

  (.notebook format, 345 MB) To view or download the interactive whiteboard resources, you need a login and password.  Learn more about how to access these materials on our Interactive Whiteboard Resources page. Interactive whiteboard files have been created on SMART Notebook 11 software and work best with SMART interactive whiteboard hardware.

Books Related to This Chapter

• Casper Jaggi: Master Swiss Cheese Maker

• Working with Water: Wisconsin Waterways

• Learning from the Land: Wisconsin Land Use, 2nd Edition

Field Trips Related to This Chapter

• Field Trip to Pendarvis

  During this historic site field trip students will explore early 19th century immigration and settlement in southwest Wisconsin and discover how lead mining stimulated the flow of immigrants to the region.

• 'Logging to Farmland' Field Trip

  During this historic site field trip students will explore the Finnish Area to learn firsthand how Finnish immigrants removed tree stumps to make "cutover" land farmable, cut logs using a bucksaw, rolled balls of cotton, helped with the weaving and how blacksmiths used a portable forge.

• Field Trip to Stonefield

  During this historic site field trip students will learn about the rise of turn-of-the-century dairy farming and the development of modern farm implements, including tractors, reapers and threshing machines. Students will see what made the state become "America's Dairyland."

• 'Explore the Era of Stagecoach Travel' Field Trip to Wade House

  During this historic site field trip students will see Herrling Sawmill, a water-powered turbine on the Mullet River that generates energy to power the up-and-down saw as it cuts logs into boards and planks for local use.

Additional Activities

• Chapter 8: Activities Overview

  (PDF, 1 page, 288 KB) Additional Activities Table of Contents for Chapter 8

• Activity 8-1

  (PDF, 4 pages, 329 KB) The Luetscher Farm: Figuring Out a Farm Type

• Activity 8-2

  (PDF, 6 pages, 346 KB) Learning from the Census

• Activity 8-3

  (PDF, 5 pages, 346 KB) Learning from a Logger

Learn More

• 4th Grade Textbook - Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story

  This definitive Wisconsin history textbook from the Wisconsin Historical Society is full color, visually stunning, and promotes strong literacy skills.

Have Questions?

Contact our helpful staff about implementing the textbook in your classroom.

• education@wisconsinhistory.org