History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
~ David C. McCullough

Wisconsin Indians: A Curriculum for 2nd-6th Grades

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• Introduction

Setting the Stage: Wisconsin Indian Culture and European Contact Prior to 1850

• A Brief History of Indian Territiories in Wisconsin for Teachers and Wisconsin Indian Lands Mapping Activity
• A Place To Call Home
• Woodland Indian Clothing
• "Indian Sugar Camp" Picture Analysis
• Sugaring Off and Make Your Own Birchbark Makuk Activity
• Three Sisters Planting Activity
• The Fur Trade: Background Information for Teachers
• Lessons from the Fur Trading Post Record Book
• ALL EIGHT "Setting the Stage" Lessons

Cultural Upheaval: Wisconsin Indians in the mid-1800s

• The Treaty of Lake Poygan in 1848
• Indian Boarding Schools
• Noah White's Story: A Ho-Chunk Indian Goes to Boarding School
• Mountain Wolf Woman Biography and Activities
• ALL FOUR "Cultural Upheaval" Lessons

Wisconsin Indians Today: Contemporary Interactions Between Natives and Caucasians

• Fun and Games
• Current Events: Indian Gaming in Wisconsin
• The Place of Story in Native Culture
• ALL THREE "Wisconsin Indians Today" Lessons