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Students see that by the middle of the 1800s the lumber industry in Wisconsin had become the backbone of the state's economy. They read an article about life in an 1850's logging camp and compare early logging to a current story of the future. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students take part in a simulation of the life of a shanty boy in early lumber camps to help them explain how conflicts may be resolved and why rules are important. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate and discuss primary documents to explain the life of lumberjacks in the 1880s. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the lumber industry in Wisconsin by using primary source documents. They also listen to songs from the era. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate primary sources to explore how miners in Colorado built log cabins. They design and draw a model of a log cabin. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students view a video clip of the experiences of Japanese-Americans during World War II. They read parts of a book in which a child tells her story about living in the internment camps. They participate in a simulation activity as well. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students perform a trial based on the facts from the Andersonville Prison Camp. Each student is involved in some way (judge, lawyers, jurors, clerk, bailiff, etc...). Students get involved in history, law and communication skills. They access the processes of a trial and its important part of our legal system. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students discuss industry and the fact that landforms and the environment have an effect on certain types of industries, such as the forest industry. They study log markings used by Michigan logging companies and use potatoes to make their own log markings by cutting a design in the potato and dipping it into dye. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students research history of logging in Michigan by using PowerPoint presentation, "The Logging Era in Michigan." They interview a person who has a job in logging, a lumber mill, forest management, conservation, or buying/selling trees or lumber then complete the "Timber Tales Today" interview worksheet. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students study folksongs and The Jam on Gerry's Rock. They discuss folksongs they are familiar with and listen to information of The Jam on Gerry's Rock. They sing the song and discuss the story it tells and its qualities as a folksong. They interview family members about folksongs they know and record their interviews to create a class book. Full Review »
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