Snowshoes In Pioneer Wisconsin

Strengthen your learners' relationship with Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic novel of a pioneer family with these materials. Multiple choice comprehension questions and a set of reflection prompts are provided for each pair of chapters in...

Fourth graders complete a three-week unit about Laura Ingalls Wilder and pioneer life. They research the topography of Michigan in the 1870's, conduct Internet research, write journal entries, participate in polka and waltz dancing, and...

In this Missouri activity, students read 14 clues about the state of Missouri. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle.

Students receive a brief history of snowshoes and their development, discuss various types of snowshoes, explore people using snowshoes throughout Wisconsin History, and experience a hands-on, or in this case "feet-on," snowshoe excursion.

Using a primary document from the journal of pioneer John Shaw, learners explore relations between the US government and Native Americans in Wisconsin during the early 1800s. Shaw recalls Tomah, Black Hawk, Keokuk, and other leaders. The...

Fourth graders focus on the family's journey from Wisconsin to Kansas and their life there among the Indians.