Working with Water: Wisconsin Waterways (New Badger History)

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“Water, water, far and wide . . .” Working with Water, the contemporary in the preferred New Badger History series, teaches young readers concerning the some ways water has formed Wisconsin’s history, from glaciers to stewardship. It touches on geography and hydrography; transportation networks of Indians and fur traders; the Erie Canal; shipwrecks, lighthouses, shipping, and shipbuilding; fishing, ricing, “pearling” (clamming), and cranberry cultivation; lumbering, milling, and papermaking; recreation, resorts, tourism, and environmentalism.

The companion Teacher’s Information and Student Materials engages scholars in hands-on exploration. It highlights historical processes and encourages more than one finding out styles.


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