Middle School
History Plans for Middle School Lessons
The Middle School lesson plans are a guide to American Indian, Global History, and Recent Immigration to Wisconsin lessons. You will find information and resources to help teach these topics to Middle School students.
American Indian Lessons
- Making Americans, Making America: "Watching the River Run" - The history of the rivers in Wisconsin, a unit for sixth grade students by Nancy Hughes
- "Watching the River Run" Unit Summary (Microsoft Word) - activities, discussion questions, etc.
- "Watching the River Run" Power Point Presentation - pictures, maps, historical information
- "Watching the River Run" Power Point Presentation Bibliography (Microsoft Word)
- Nonfiction Unit: Paths of the People, a unit for middle school students, by Paula Reed
- Unit Summary (Microsoft Word) - description, objectives, activities, etc.
- Final Unit Assessment (Microsoft Word)
- "A look at the Wisconsin Ojibwe Indian Experience" Power Point Presentation
- "Sandy Lake Tragedy & Memorial" brochure (PDF)
- Indian Removal in the U.S. and WI for 8th Graders by Jennifer Morgan
- Unit Summary (Microsoft Word)
- Indian Removal in the U.S. Power Point Presentation
- The Sandy Lake Tragedy Power Point Presentation
- Trail of Tears vs. Sandy Lake (comparison chart)
- Sandy Lake Student Project (Microsoft Word)
- Rubric (Excel)
- Sources (Microsoft Word)
- What are Treaties? for 7th Graders by Leslie Dokkestul
- What are Treaties? Power Point Presentation
- Final Project (Microsoft Word)
- Making Americans, Making America: "Paths of the People" by Paula Reed
- Lesson Plan Introduction (Microsoft Word)
- Final Project (Microsoft Word)
- Project Power Point Presentation
- Making Americans, Making America: Treaty Rights by Leslie Dokkestul
- Lesson Plan Introduction (Microsoft Word)
- Plan Overview (Microsoft Word)
- What are Treaties? Power Point Presentation
Global History Lessons
- Bibliography for Middle School Global Studies By Gwen Treu
- Project overview (Microsoft Word)
- Ancient Civilizations Reading Unit (Microsoft Word)
- New Working Bibliography (Microsoft Word)
Recent Immigration to Wisconsin
- Making Americans, Making America: Recent Immigration to Wisconsin by Paul Dutton
- Plan Description (Microsoft Word)
- Unit Lesson Plan (Microsoft Word)
- Migration and Community Building Power Point Presentation
- Making Americans, Making America Recent Immigration to Wisconsin, "Troublesome Waters... Bridges of Hope" by Nancy Hughes
- Unit Cover Sheet (Microsoft Word)
- Unit Overview (Microsoft Word)
- Educational Standards (Microsoft Word)
- Course Discussion (Microsoft Word)
- The Water is Wide: Immigration to Wisconsin Power Point Presentation
- Lesson Bibliography (Microsoft Word)