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Additional Activities for the 4th-Grade Textbook
'Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story'
Here you'll find additional activities that align to each chapter of "Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story." The activities vary by complexity and classroom grouping. Each chapter begins with a table of contents to provide you an overview of all activities available.
We hope this content provides you with more versatility as you teach the history of Wisconsin. To view more resources, see About Our 4th-Grade Textbook.
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Second Edition
All additional activities for the Second Edition of "Wisconsin: Our State, Our History" can be ordered here.
First Edition
Chapter 1 - All Activities - Connecting to Our State's Story
(3 pages, 295 KB) Includes Activity 1-1: Primary or SecondaryChapter 2 - All Activities - Wisconsin: A Place with a Past
(25 pages, 1.8 MB) Includes Activity 2-1: Your Cosmic Address; Activity 2-2: County, Country, or Continent; Activity 2-3: A Wisconsin Puzzle; and Activity 2-4: Where Would You Like to Live?Chapter 3 - All Activities - Wisconsin's First People
(17 pages, 678 KB) Includes Activity 3-1: Paleo-Indian Spear Points and Activity 3-2: Effigy MoundsChapter 4 - All Activities - The Fur Trade Era: Exploration and Exchange in Wisconsin
(20 pages, 593 KB) Includes Activity 4-1: Eating off the Land; Activity 4-2: Making a Birchbark Canoe; and Activity 4-3: Wisconsin Travel: Then and NowChapter 5 - All Activities - Becoming Wisconsin: From Indian Lands to Statehood
(15 pages, 100 KB) Includes Activity 5-1: Whose Land? A Story of Black Hawk and Activity 5-2: Government Word SortChapter 6 - All Activities - They Came to Wisconsin and They're Still Coming: Immigration and Settlement
(12 pages, 100 KB) Includes Activity 6-1: John Kroehnke's Journey on the Erie Canal and Activity 6-2: Cris Plata ScrapbookChapter 7 - All Activities - Wisconsin and the Civil War
(11 pages, 100 KB) Includes Activity 7-1: Reading a Fugitive Slave Document and Activity 7-2: Comparing Recruiting PostersChapter 8 - All Activities - Lead, Soil, and Saw Dust, 1820–1914
(17 pages, 100 KB) Includes Activity 8-1: The Luetscher Farm: Figuring Out a Farm Type; Activity 8-2: Learning from the Census; and Activity 8-3: Learning from a LoggerChapter 9 - All Activities - Transportation and Industry Change Wisconsin
(7 pages, 100 KB) Includes Activity 9-1: New Industries and Old and Activity 9-2: Political CartoonsChapter 10 - All Activities - Good Times, Hard Times, and Better Times
(33 pages, 100 KB) Includes Activity 10-1: We're All Doing Our Part: A Wisconsin Family During World War II and Activity 10-2: "Back to Work" and Wisconsin's State ParksChapter 11 - All Activities - New Opportunities, New Challenges
(12 pages, 100 KB) Includes Activity 11-1: Indian Spearfishing and Activity 11-2: Aldo Leopold Nature Writing Journal
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4th-Grade Textbook - Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story
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