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Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story takes students and teachers on a journey from the time before glaciers to the diverse state we are today.
Learn about the Menominee, Ho-chunk, and Ojibwe who have lived here for centuries.
View documents from Marquette's and Jolliet's travels.
Hear the story of escaped slave John Greene, who finds freedom in an integrated 1860s Grant County community.
See artifacts owned by Civil War general and Wisconsin governor, Lucius Fairchild.
Meet Mai Ya Xiong, born in a Thai refugee camp, who goes on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
The structure of each chapter buttresses the textbook's historical content.
Big questions in the Thinking Like a Historian model help students develop critical thinking skills.
Timelines and key words at the start of each chapter provide continuity.
Photographs, historical documents, and artifacts from the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections and other Wisconsin collections - shown in full color-provide students with supporting visual evidence. More than 100 detailed maps help teach geography skills. Chapters conclude with resources encouraging students to extend their history journey beyond the classroom.
The Wisconsin Historical Society collaborated extensively to create this book-with history scholars, reading specialists, and curriculum coordinators. Literacy strategies in the Teacher's Edition, and activities in the Student Activity Guide, provide ways to reach the full spectrum of Wisconsin learners. Web materials include correlation charts for each chapter to Wisconsin Model Academic Standards. Assessments, available in Word format, can be easily customized by teachers.
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