Social Studies:

Learning About Wisconsin

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Resources

1. Prehistory and the Early History of Wisconsin's Native People

   Lesson 1: The Earliest Inhabitants

   Elementary activities using the Digging and Discovery book

   Lesson 2: "The First Peoples of Wisconsin"

   Elementary activities using the Investigating Wisconsin History video series

   Lesson 3: The Ice Age in Wisconsin

   Middle/high school activities using maps

   Additional Resources for Chapter 1

   
   
2. Early Explorers, Traders, and Settlers to 1812

   Lesson 1: British Colonial Exploration of Wisconsin

   Elementary/Middle School activities using the Journal of Peter Pond: 1773-1775

   Lesson 2: Wisconsin Indian Tribes

   Middle/high school activities using various resources

   Additional Resources for Chapter 2

   
   
3. Transition from Territory to Statehood 1787-1848

   Lesson1: Lead Mines on the Upper Mississippi River

   Elementary/middle school activities using the 1829 Lead Mining Map by

   R.W. Chandler

   Lesson 2: Early Settlement along the Lower Fox River

   Elementary/middle school activities using the 1839 territory map by Captain Cram

   Lesson 3: Drafting the Wisconsin Constitution

   High school activities which focus on women's suffrage

   
   
4. Immigration and Settlement

   Lesson 1: Life in Territorial Wisconsin

   Elementary/middle school activities using the 1845 letter by Matthew Dinsdale

   Lesson 2: Journey of an Immigrant Family

   Middle/high school activities using the diary of John Remeeus

   Additional Resources for Chapter 4

   
   
5. Wisconsin's Role in the Civil War 1860-1865

   Lesson 1: Meeting President Lincoln

   Elementary/middle school activities using Cordelia Harvey's Civil War Recollections

   Lesson 2: Wisconsin Citizen Soldiers in the Civil War

   High school activities using the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and other sources

   Additional Resources for Chapter 5

   
   
6. Mining, Lumber and Agriculture

   Lesson 1: Advertisements for Goods and Services

   Elementary/middle school activities using the 1867 Chandler Railroad Business Directory

   Lesson 2: An 1893 Industrial City

   Elementary/middle school activities using the 1893 Birds Eye map of Green Bay/Ft. Howard 1893

   Lesson 3: Early Industry and Agriculture

   Middle/high school activities using "Life on Wisconsin's Lead Mining Frontier" by James I. Clark and other resources

   Additional Resources for Chapter 6

   
   
7. La Follette and the Progressive Era. 1874-1914

   Lesson 1: "Aunt Nellie" Advice for Farm Women

   Elementary/middle school activities using the 1912 "The Country Gentlewoman" article

   Lesson 2: The Progressive Movement

   High school activities using various resources

   Additional Resources for Chapter 7

   
   
8. The World Wars and Conflicts

   Lesson 1: WWI Homefront 4th of July Parade, 1918

   Elementary activities using photograph of downtown Green Bay

   Lesson 2: WWII Letter from Pearl Harbor

   Elementary/middle school activities using December 21, 1941 Clippergram

   Lesson 3: Personal Accounts of 20th Century Wars

   High school activities using primary source and textbook accounts

   Additional Resources for Chapter 8

   
   
9. Prosperity, Depression, Industry, and Urbanization

   Lesson 1: Ice Harvesting as a Business

   Elementary/middle school activities using Miller and Rasmussen Financial Statement, 1918

   Lesson 2: The Great American Depression

   Middle/high school activities using "A Schoolteacher's Recollection of the Depression Years" by Arthur W. Jorgensen, Sr.

   Additional resources for Chapter 9

   
   
10. Wisconsin's Response to 20th Century Change

    Lesson 1: A Family-Owned Resort

    Elementary/middle school activities using 1923 brochure and current website

    Lesson 2: The Wisconsin Tourist Industry

    Middle school activities using the Internet and other resources

    Additional Resources for Chapter 10

    1. Appendix I: Definition of Primary Sources
    2. Appendix II: Area Research Map and Information
    3. Appendix III: Tribal and Intertribal Offices in Wisconsin
    4. Appendix IV: Full Text of Standards Identified in the Activities

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