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Canals, Steamboats, and the Early Railroad Network
Analyze how transportation innovations connected Great Lakes ports and interior farm communities to eastern national markets.
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19th-Century Settlement, Industry, and Western Trails
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Analyze immigrant communities, key industrial and agricultural transformations in Wisconsin, and the broader overland migration westward.
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Learning standards covered
SS.Hist2Wisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th GradeWisconsin students will analyze, recognize, and evaluate patterns of continuity and change over time and contextualization of historical events.
SS.Hist2.b.iWisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th GradeDescribe patterns of change over time in the community, state, and the United States.
SS.Hist2.c.mWisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th GradeAnalyze how the historical context influenced the process or nature of the continuity or change that took place.