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AIM: Linking political and environmental action with history
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Author: The Genius Group of MadisonGrade Level: fourth/fifthContent Area(s): Social studies, First Nations history, literacy, environmental literacyContext: Students will learn about the American Indian Movement in the United States. The unit is divided into three sections in which primary source images and texts drive inquiry and understanding of this time in history. A slide deck featuring these sources is used in each of the three sections.Section One is a learning provocation with opportunites for rich discussion and wonderings.Section Two is history of the AIM protests and demands, with extra attention to the environment issues revealed.Section Three is for further study, some supplemental resources to investigate the Embridge pipeline dispute with Ojibwe BadRiver Tribe and the history of protests in northern Wisconsin about treaty rights regarding spearfishing.

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English Language Arts
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Social Studies
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Author:
Sandy Benton
The genius group from Madison Wisconsin
Rick Erickson
Date Added:
06/04/2024
Belle Case La Follette: Ballots and Bloomers | Wisconsin Biographies
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This activist and advisor didn’t let limiting ideas about what women could do —or uncomfortable corsets—confine her in her quest to get access to the ballot box and foster greater peace in the world.

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

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English Language Arts
Social Studies
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PBS Wisconsin Education
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PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
01/07/2022
Bill Harley & Arthur Davidson: Innovation on Two Wheels | Wisconsin Biographies
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Sick of struggling up steep hills on their bikes, these two gear heads jumped on the opportunity to improve the motorcycle, creating a business that became big in Wisconsin and around the world.

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

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English Language Arts
Social Studies
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Other
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PBS Wisconsin Education
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PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
01/07/2022
Civil War 3-D Photography as a Primary Source
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Students will view 3D photographs from the Civil War and use them as a primary source to help understand the Civil War.   Students will learn to use inferencing to help draw conclusions about the settings, people, and events that are shown in the photographs.

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English Language Arts
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Formative Assessment
Interactive
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Civil War Trust
Date Added:
04/20/2016
Compare and contrast lesson- readworks.org
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This is a complete lesson plan with passages and resources provided.  This includes standards addressed as well as ideas for stuggling learner.  The lesson focuses on comparing and contrasting two nonfiction texts.

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English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Unit of Study
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ReadWorks.org
Date Added:
01/18/2017
Elizabeth Baird: Life in Territorial Wisconsin | Wisconsin Biographies
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The words this strong and determined pioneer put to paper about her life in what would become Wisconsin opened a window into the past.

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

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English Language Arts
Social Studies
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PBS Wisconsin Education
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PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
01/07/2022
Geshe Lhundub Sopa: Carrying Teachings from Tibet | Wisconsin Biographies
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This educator carried teachings of Tibetan Buddhism with him from Tibet to the United States, and built a community for teaching and learning in southern Wisconsin.

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story, available in English and Tibetan
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

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English Language Arts
Social Studies
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PBS Wisconsin Education
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PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
01/26/2023
Grade 4 ELA Module 2B
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In this eight-week module, students explore animal defense mechanisms. They build proficiency in writing an informative piece, examining the defense mechanisms of one specific animal about which they build expertise. Students also build proficiency in writing a narrative piece about this animal. In Unit 1, students build background knowledge on general animal defenses through close readings of several informational texts. Students will read closely to practice drawing inferences as they begin their research and use a science journal to make observations and synthesize information. Students will continue to use the science journal, using the millipede as a whole class model. They begin to research an expert animal in preparation to write about this animal in Units 2 and 3, again using the science journal. In Unit 2, students will continue to build expertise about their animal and its defense mechanisms, writing the first part of the final performance task—an informative piece describing their animal, the threats to its survival, and how it is equipped to deal with them. With their new knowledge about animal defenses from Unit 1, students will read informational texts closely, using the same science journal to synthesize information about their animal. Unit 3 allows students to apply their research from Units 1 and 2 to write a narrative piece about their animal that incorporates their research. This narrative will take the format of a choose-your-own-adventure. For their performance task, students will plan, draft, and revise the introduction and one choice ending of the narrative with the support of both peer and teacher feedback. The second choice ending will be planned, written, and revised on-demand for the end of unit assessment.

Find the rest of the EngageNY ELA resources at https://archive.org/details/engageny-ela-archive .

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Module
Provider:
New York State Education Department
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EngageNY
Date Added:
02/02/2014
How Fake Photos Helped Convince People to Move to the Midwest | The Look Back
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How do faked photos on postcards poke fun at the reality of life in the Midwest over 100 years ago?

Tall-tale postcards—photographic postcards showing greatly exaggerated produce and animals–emerged as part of the “postcard mania” in the United States in the late 1800s to the 1920s. Life on the plains and prairies at that time was tough. Droughts, storms, swarms of insects, and other disasters plagued places like Wisconsin and made growing food far from easy. The tall-tale postcard emerged as a humorous response–with supersized fruits and vegetables making the Midwest seem like the land of plenty and problem-free.

This episode is part of The Look Back, a series made for learners in grades 4-6 that explores eras from Wisconsin’s history through artifacts. The collection is hosted by historians who model an inquiry process: sharing artifacts, asking questions, visiting archives and museums to learn more, telling the story of their findings as they go, and making connections to our lives today.

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English Language Arts
Social Studies
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Other
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Rebecca M. Blank Center for Campus History
UW-Madison Libraries
Wisconsin Historical Society
PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
08/13/2024
Joe Bee Xiong: War to Peace | Wisconsin Biographies
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From growing up in a mountain village in Laos, to making a new home in Eau Claire, this Hmong American leader became a cross-cultural connector in his community.

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English, Spanish, and Hmong
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story (in English and Hmong)
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

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Civics and Government
English Language Arts
Social Studies
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Other
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PBS Wisconsin Education
Author:
PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
01/07/2022
Joshua Glover: And the End of Slavery | Wisconsin Biographies
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This freedom seeker traveled from St. Louis, Missouri to Racine, Wisconsin, and later to Canada, aided by abolitionists and the Underground Railroad. His story is part of a series of events that led to the declaration of the end of slavery in the United States.

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

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English Language Arts
Social Studies
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PBS Wisconsin Education
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PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
01/07/2022
Kate Pelham Newcomb: Doctor of the Northwoods | Wisconsin Biographies
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Neither her dad’s disapproval, nor Northern Wisconsin weather would keep this determined doctor from practicing medicine. When a dream of building a hospital seemed out of reach, her community collected a million pennies to make it happen.

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

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English Language Arts
Social Studies
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PBS Wisconsin Education
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PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
01/07/2022
Les Paul: The Search for the New Sound | Wisconsin Biographies
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Getting his start at an early age, this music industry innovator from Waukesha made some serious sound waves with his inventions.

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

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English Language Arts
Fine Arts
Music
Social Studies
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Other
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PBS Wisconsin Education
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PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
01/07/2022
Mahmoud Othman Atta: A Mosque for Milwaukee | Wisconsin Biographies
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This community builder made Milwaukee his home, and brought people together by building the first mosque in the area open to all.

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story, available in English and Arabic
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

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English Language Arts
Social Studies
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PBS Wisconsin Education
Author:
PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
03/08/2023
Mildred Fish-Harnack: Germany’s Secret Hero | Wisconsin Biographies
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This courageous justice seeker’s path would take her from Milwaukee to Germany, where belief in equal rights would lead her to join the resistance working against Hitler and the Nazis.

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

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English Language Arts
Social Studies
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PBS Wisconsin Education
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PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
01/07/2022
Stephen Babcock: Agriculture’s MVP | Wisconsin Biographies
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This agricultural chemist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison made some all-star discoveries and scored major points with the Babcock Test, totally changing the dairy industry game. 

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

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Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Career and Technical Education
English Language Arts
Social Studies
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Other
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PBS Wisconsin Education
Author:
PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
01/07/2022
Vel Phillips & James Groppi: The Fight for Fair Housing | Wisconsin Biographies
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Upon learning about the school and housing discrimination happening in their hometown, these Milwaukee movers and shakers took action, making their case on the campaign trail, in the courtroom, and on the streets of their city.

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

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Civics and Government
English Language Arts
Social Studies
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Other
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PBS Wisconsin Education
Author:
PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
01/07/2022
Walter Bresette: Treaty Rights and Sovereignty | Wisconsin Biographies
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Not afraid to stand up for what he believed in, this member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa dedicated himself to protecting the rights and lands of First Nations people in Wisconsin.

Resources available for exploring this story include:
- A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish
- A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story
- Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story
- A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore
- A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported

This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.

Subject:
American Indian Studies
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Material Type:
Other
Provider:
PBS Wisconsin Education
Author:
PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
01/07/2022