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Teachers, history club coordinators and Scout troop leaders: The following
fourth-grade resources from the Wisconsin Educational Communications
Board support the content of "River & Road."
The lesson plans are adaptable to various grade levels. We encourage
you to explore.
The Journey: Learn about Ho-Chunk life along
the Wisconsin River, then and now.
As Long As the River Flows: Learn about
Menominee culture and life along the Wolf River.
Places With Faces: Discover how people interact
with their environment every day, in many ways.
From Here to There: Explore Wisconsin's
transportation history.
Interacting with Our Environment: Learn
more about the mutually dependent relationship between people and the
land.
The Educational Communications Board offers several media packages that
help elementary students explore Wisconsin history, geography, government
and culture.
Cultural Horizons
of Wisconsin
http://www.ecb.org/culture/videos.htm
This new multimedia package of instructional materials focuses on the
present day cultural heritage and diversity of Wisconsin. Designed for
students in grades 4 through 6, this project takes an expansive view
of culture, rather than defining it by or limiting it to race and ethnicity.
Exploring Wisconsin
Our Home
http://www.ecb.org/exploring/index.htm
This link offers program descriptions, focus questions, vocabulary,
geographic themes, and other resources for the award-winning video series
on Wisconsin geography.
Investigating Wisconsin
History
http://www.ecb.org/history/index.htm
Help young people uncover the past through a new instructional television
series and teacher guide designed for fourth-graders.
Wisconsin: Celebrating
People, Place and Past
http://www.ecb.org/wisconsin/cd.htm
Explore Wisconsin from early history to the present through historical
photographs, maps, video, music and narration on this new CD-ROM. Wisconsin
educators may order the CD-ROM and teacher guide directly from the Educational
Communications Board.
A Wisconsin
Powwow
http://www.ecb.org/wisconsin/powwow/index.htm
Experience a Wisconsin powwow and learn about Native American culture
through The New Dawn of Tradition video program and Web site. Designed
for fourth and fifth grade students.
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