Complete Wisconsin Interactive Notebook Unit with FOURTEEN Lessons of Nonfiction Wisconsin History Informational Text (ALL CONTENT INCLUDED – NO ADDITIONAL TEXTBOOK NEEDED), TWENTY EIGHT Interactive Notebook Assignments, an End-of-Unit Test, and a balanced mix of hands-on activities, all aligned with Wisconsin's 3rd-5th Grade Social Studies Standards. (Revised 2021)

LESSON ONE – WISCONSIN'S POINTS OF INTEREST:

• Vocabulary Two-Pocket Organizer (Interactive Notebook)
• Wisconsin's Points of Interest Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Questions Three Flap Organizer (Interactive Notebook)
• Wisconsin Points of Interest Map – Cardinal & Intermediate Directions
• Wisconsin Travel Brochure (Interactive Notebook)
• Vocabulary Quiz Part One

LESSON TWO – WISCONSIN'S FIRST PEOPLE:

• Vocabulary Circle Flap (Interactive Notebook)
• First People Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Questions Accordion Foldable (Interactive Notebook)
• Functional Text Comprehension – How to Draw a Buffalo

LESSON THREE – THE FUR TRADE:

• Vocabulary Puzzles (Interactive Notebook)
• Fur Trade Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Questions Flap Book (Interactive Notebook)
• Vocabulary Quiz Part Two

LESSON FOUR – FRENCH EXPLORERS:

• Vocabulary Accordions (Interactive Notebook)
• French Explorers Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT Included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Questions Pinwheel (Interactive Notebook)
• Differentiate between Primary and Secondary Sources
• French Explorer Time Line (Interactive Notebook)

LESSON FIVE – ROBERT LA SALLE:

• Robert La Salle Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT Included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Questions Booklet (Interactive Notebook)
• Pocket Time Line – Robert La Salle's Voyage to New World (Interactive Notebook)

LESSON SIX – FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR:

• French and Indian War Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT Included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Questions Four-Door Organizer (Interactive Notebook)
• Functional Text Comprehension – How to Draw a Beaver

LESSON SEVEN – THE PROCLAMATION LINE:

• Vocabulary Flower (Interactive Notebook)
• Proclamation Line Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT Included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Questions Four-Fold Organizer (Interactive Notebook)
• Proclamation Line Grid Map – Number Pairs on a Grid
• Vocabulary Quiz Part Three

LESSON EIGHT – GREAT BRITAIN'S TAXES:

• Vocabulary Foldable (Interactive Notebook)
• Great Britain's Taxes Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT Included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Questions Flip Book (Interactive Notebook)

LESSON NINE – THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR:

• Vocabulary Six-Flap (Interactive Notebook)
• Revolutionary War Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT Included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Questions Cube Foldable (Interactive Notebook)
• American Revolution Cause and Effect Foldables (Interactive Notebook)

LESSON TEN – THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY

• Northwest Territory Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT Included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Questions Pocket Foldable Cards
• Functional Text Comprehension – How to Make a Covered Wagon Model
• Vocabulary Quiz Part Four

LESSON ELEVEN – THE WAR OF 1812

• Vocabulary Six-Petals (Interactive Notebook)
• War of 1812 Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT Included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Questions Pocket Foldable Cards
• Chief Little Turtle Four-Fold Fact Organizer (Interactive Notebook)
• Chief Little Turtle Expository Paragraph – We Take Students Through Writing Process

LESSON TWELVE – THE BLACK HAWK WAR

• Black Hawk War Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT Included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Questions Pocket Foldable Cards
• Two-Pocket Foldable for Big Idea Pocket Foldable Cards (Interactive Notebook)

LESSON THIRTEEN – STATEHOOD AND SLAVERY

• Statehood and Slavery Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT Included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Booklets Part I (Interactive Notebook)
• Primary Source Wheel (Interactive Notebook)

LESSON FOURTEEN – THE CIVIL WAR

• Civil War Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT Included!
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension
• Big Idea Booklets Part II (Interactive Notebook)
• Civil War Language Skills Exercise
• Union and Confederacy Note Taking Chart (Interactive Notebook)
• Venn Diagram Organizer (Interactive Notebook)
• Venn Diagram Paragraph – We Take Students Through Writing Process
• Vocabulary Quiz Part Five
• Wisconsin History Unit Test

We've included a context-appropriate Wisconsin History Glossary, Answer Pages, and Grading Rubrics for Expository Writing and Interactive Notebook Assignments.

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