They Came To Wisconsin Student Reader and Teacher's Guide
Julia Pferdehirt
They Came to Wisconsin, tells the story of those who settled in the state during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book may be unique in basing content for young readers completely on primary migration and immigration narratives and descriptions. Children's author Julia Pferdehirt researched journals, diaries, and letters from European groups from the Society's collections and utilized oral history from African American, Latino, and Hmong sources to glean the firsthand stories that make this book relevant, inclusive, and thorough.
These accounts portray the transformation of individuals' and families' lives as they moved to begin anew in Wisconsin. As students move through the three major units of the book-leaving the homeland, making the journey, and settling in the state-they will be able to compare and contrast experiences of those who came to Wisconsin in the last two hundred years.
Although this fourth book in the New Badger History Series is similar in format to the others in the series, it has several new features. Its expanded length allows us to include both unit introductions and summaries and photographs, maps, and larger original artwork created specifically for the book. Key icons help students navigate and identify the critical elements of each of the three longer units. Inviting illustrations of our trademarked badger and informational side bars also clarify the concepts and content in the book's 136 two-color, kid friendly pages. They Came to Wisconsin also contains an index and glossary.
[View the Table of Contents](PDF, 153KB)
[Read Sample Pages from Unit One](PDF, 650KB)
*Note* In order to view the Table of Contents you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not already have this tool, you can find information in our help section.
2003 144 pp. 8" x 6 7/8"
b/w 160 photos, 40 maps
ISBN 0-87020-328-0, Paperback $13.95
Special Classroom Price for 20 or more copies: $10.95 each
The accompanying teacher's guide, written by Harriet Brown, includes vocabulary lists; objectives; skills; and strategies; standards-based activities that integrate social studies, language arts, and art; dozens of reproducible worksheets and handouts; additional resources in a variety of media formats; and a separate large, two-color world map indicating the countries of origin for all the stories included in They Came to Wisconsin. The book will be published over the summer, and available to classrooms by fall. Orders can be placed immediately, using the information on the last page of the newsletter.
[View the Teacher's Guide Table of Contents](PDF, 66KB)
[View Activity One](PDF, 60KB)
Download pages from the Teacher's Guide:
- Emigrant Story: Ole and Ansten Nattestad(PDF, 13KB)
- Emigrant Story: Rubie Bond(PDF, 22KB)
- Where They Lived(PDF, 90KB)
- What They Wore(PDF, 81KB)
- Gustaf Unionus(PDF, 170KB)
- Immigrant Trunks(PDF, 75KB)
- Stories in a Storycloth(PDF, 36KB)
- Log Buildings(PDF, 80KB)
- Case of Fairbanks Flats(PDF, 29KB)
- Story of Tenzin Thardo(PDF, 235KB)
- Artifacts Match-Up(PDF, 57KB)
*Note* In order to view these pages you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not already have this tool, you can find information in our help section.
2003 84 pp. 8" x 6 7/8"
b/w 160 illustrations, maps, charts, 32"x28" fold-out map
ISBN 0-87020-336-3, Paperback $24.95
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