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Investigating Wisconsin History
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Ages: 7 - 14
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Making a Living: Industry - Series host Angie visits a lumberjack show in Hayward and wonders how that type of work evolved from a job to a tourist attraction. This prompts her to investigate the ways in which Wisconsin jobs have changed throughout h...istory and how those changes have affected workers. As Angie explores changes in the lumbering industry, from early logging to industrial manufacturing to forest-dependent tourism, she also learns how these specific changes were reflected in Wisconsin's broader economy. This progression of changes helps students understand the relationships among natural resources, the economy, and daily life.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:02 PM
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Ages: 8 - 14
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Creating a State - After finding a handbill advocating suffrage rights for Wisconsin women, Angie investigates the process Wisconsin went through to become a state. She pays special attention to who was included and who was excluded in the process, a...nd why. Angie discovers that, since statehood, citizens have worked constantly, using a variety of methods, to make Wisconsin a better place to live. She asks viewers to consider problems they would like to change and methods for creating change.
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November 9, 2009 at 11:08 PM
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Ages: 8 - 14
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Cultures in Conflict - This program highlights Wisconsin history between 1634 and 1832. Series host Angie finds an unusual type of architecture - halftimbering - at Old World Wisconsin. This discovery leads her to investigate how these structures cam...e to be built here. As Angie learns about changes in housing that took place in this 200-year period, she also becomes aware of the changes Wisconsin Indians experienced during that time.
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November 9, 2009 at 11:10 PM
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Ages: 8 - 14
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From Here to There - While biking on the Military Ridge State Trail, which is a part of Wisconsin's Rails-to-Trails project, Angie wonders about the history of the trail. While investigating the mystery of the Military Ridge Trail, she learns about W...isconsin's transportation history, from the days of the first peoples to the present, and the role transportation systems have played in our state's development.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:09 PM
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Ages: 8 - 14
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Using Nature's Resources - Angie explores a shipwreck while scuba diving in Lake Michigan, which prompts her to investigate the ways in which water resources have been used in Wisconsin's past. Her investigation leads her from Lake Superior to the Fo...x River to the Horicon Marsh. She explores the relationship between people and natural resources, noting the impact of human decisions on those resources. Angie encourages students to think about the balance between using and protecting natural resources.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:14 PM
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Ages: 8 - 14
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This program opens as Angie discovers a historical marker and cemetery in southwestern Wisconsin. They are all that remain of the community of Pleasant Ridge. As she explores the mystery of this vanished community, Angie learns that all communities c...hange. She helps students understand the implications of Wisconsin's transition from a rural state to one that is primarily urban. Students will see the different ways in which people interact with one another throughout this ongoing process of change. They also are encouraged to think about community as being a group of people who have something in common. Using this broad definition, students likely will recognize that they belong to several communities. These communities, although constantly changing, are an important part of who they are and provide an important sense of belonging.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:22 PM
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Ages: 8 - 14
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Angie explores Wisconsin's diverse ethnic heritage by investigating immigration to Wisconsin. Several phases of immigration are discussed, with attention given to "push/ pull" factors. Wisconsin's first phase of immigration in the early 1800s happene...d in part because territorial leaders were encouraging immigrants to settle here. Early state leaders continued to recruit settlers after statehood. Also, several groups of American Indians were pushed to Wisconsin from eastern states. The second phase (1890s-1920s) was influenced by the Industrial Revolution and poor immigrants seeking work in Wisconsin factories. The final phase of immigration (1940s-1990s) reflects a variety of push/pull factors for many cultural groups, including refugees forced from their homes by war. The difficult adjustments many immigrants had to make, while acknowledging the difficulty some residents had in adjusting to the newcomers is discussed.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:12 PM
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Ages: 8 - 14
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The First Peoples of Wisconsin - Angie, the series host, investigates the mystery of who made the rock art at Roche-A-Cri State Park. As she discovers clues to prehistoric people, Angie learns that both archaeology and oral tradition can contribute t...o our understanding of their lives. Angie also realizes that some mysteries may never be solved.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:06 PM
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Ages: 8 - 14
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Handing Down Our Heritage - While visiting the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Angie wonders how circus performers and other people learn things that are not written down or taught in school. As Angie investigates this mystery, she discovers that art..., music, storytelling, and dance and other performing arts can provide history detectives with important clues. Students are introduced to Wisconsin's folk culture and encouraged to begin thinking about their own customs and traditions. Angie helps students understand that folk customs are important links to Wisconsin's history.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:17 PM
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Ages: 8 - 14
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Wanted: History Detectives - Angie, the series' host introduces herself as she looks through a family photograph album. A photograph of Angie's great-grandmother, who was a schoolteacher, sparks her curiosity. Angie wonders how she can learn more abo...ut her great-grandmother's life, and she embarks on a journey to investigate. Angie learns how written records, objects, and visual images such as photographs can help historians understand the past
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November 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
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