On Wisconsin Roads

Young scholars read about sixteen cities around the state of Wisconsin to collect clues and solve eight crimes. This activity weaves facts into the crimes that students are trying to solve as they travel their reading miles.

Students use maps to compare the area of the modern state of Wisconsin to its boundaries when it was part of the Norwest Territories. They match dates to important events in Wisconsin history.

Students keep track of the minutes they read at home and the teacher converts them into "miles". They use those "miles" to solve eight crimes and collect clues.

Students locate the Great Lakes on a US map, then read a news article about a sled being used as a wintertime school bus in Wisconsin. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a map and vocabulary activity,...

Students conduct research about various Wisconsin historic sites and receive a stamp and cancellation in their state passports to increase motivation. They locate sites on a map using research and math skills.

Students research a historic site in Wisconsin. After researching a site, students receive a stamp saying they have "visited".

Fourth graders become familiar with and able to read city and state maps, plot a route on a state map, and use scale to determine locations one-half and one mile away from the school. They construct a map of their own.

Students analyze and summarize the many Social Security programs. They examine two pamphlets about Social Security.