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Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story

The New Fourth-Grade History Textbook

from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Sample Pages

The sample pages available for download are from the Student Textbook, Chapter 6: They Came to Wisconsin and They’re Still Coming. The chapter is about immigration and migration, both in the past and in the present. These sample pages demonstrate many of the features found throughout the textbook.

Textbook Features
    • Fully integrated Wisconsin Historical Society resources: textbook, historical sites, books and curriculum, website, museum
    • Classroom-tested throughout Wisconsin
    • Big Questions, Key Words, and Timelines for all chapters
    • Hundreds of color maps, historical photographs, documents, and artifacts
    • Teacher’s Edition with strategies to reach all readers
    • Inclusive text covers all areas of the state
    • Separate Student Activity Guide containing rubrics and assessments
    • Inquiry-driven topics promote critical thinking
    • Colorful, self-contained layouts within all chapters
    • Developed in consultation with historians, teachers, curriculum specialists, and reading specialists
    • Addresses DPI Model Academic Standards for Social Studies—and Reading
    • Free inservice with textbook author Bobbie Malone with district-wide adoptions

Chapter 6 Sample Pages (PDF, 815 KB) from the Student Textbook. For information on obtaining a preview of the entire textbook, click here.

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