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Wisc-Online
digital library of
Web-based learning resources called "learning objects."
The digital library of objects has been developed primarily by faculty from the Wisconsin
Technical College System (WTCS) |
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Wisconsin Posters, Prints, Photographs, Maps, & Calendars
for educators and home schoolers; themed decor in studio or office.
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geography > NA > US > Mid-West > WISCONSIN < social studies
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Wisconsin, known as the “Badger State”, joined the Union on May 29, 1848 as the 30th state. Wisconsin is also known as “America's Dairyland”.
Wisconsin, in the East North Central Region, is bordered on the north by Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the east by Lake Michigan, the south by Illinois. and the west by Iowa and Minnesota.
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Land Between the Waters map text -
Newcomers to Michigan, Wisconsin, and the Great Lakes have been uncovering pleasures and surprises ever since French explorer Jean Nicolet paddled into this region in 1634. On a search for a northwest passage, he stepped ashore near Green Bay, thinking he had reached the Orient.
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Lumber barons of the past century took out much of the timber; mining companies skimmed off the richest ore; overfishing and such pests as the sea lamprey and alewife reduced the fish supply. But a bountiful land remains. Vacationists come from afar, drawn by the outdoors and north woods peace.
... more Wisconsin specific text
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Robin
State bird of Wisconsin
The robin, a migratory songbird whose appearance is one of the first signs of spring, is found throughout the United States and Canada. The robin, with it's distinctive “red breast” and blue egg color, is a member of the thrush family that eats insects and earthworms.
• birds posters
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Honey Bee
State insect of Wisconsin
The honey bee is important as a principal pollinator of crops and for producing pleasant-tasting and healthful honey. A social insect, the honey bee lives in highly organized colonies.
The Honey Bee is the Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin State Insect
• insects posters
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Violet
State flower of Wisconsin
Violets are native perennial plants with broad, heart-shaped leaves and usually dark blue flowers. Violets are native to the eastern US and Canada and prefer damp woods and meadows; in lawns they are considered weeds. Have you ever had candied violets?
• flowers posters
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Sugar Maple
State tree of Wisconsin
The Sugar Maple is one of the most important and beautiful trees. Along with the Black Maple, it is the major source of sap for making maple syrup, and its wood is desired in furniture and flooring. While the Sugar Maple is easy to transplant, and fairly fast growing, it doesn't like its roots compacted and is not tolerant of pollution.
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Badgers, omnivores in the weasel family Mustelidae, are the state animal of Wisconsin and mascot of the University of Wisconsin.
FYI - did you know the dachshund dog (dach=badger in German) were originally bred for hunting badgers? Badger hair is used in shaving and paint brushes, and as trim in American Indian garments. Harry Potter's Hogwarts School features a badger as the mascot for Hufflepuff House, and then there is Mr. Badger in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows.
• animals posters
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The name Prairie du Chien (French = prairie of the dog) refers to the area near the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers, “a strategic point along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Mississippi.”
The Great Treaty of 1825 was the first of several treaties between the US and the Sioux, Sac and Fox, Menominee, Ioway, Winnebago, Chippewa, Ottaway, and Potawatomi to establish peace by demarcating formal boundaries between the Native American tribes. William Clark and his son Lewis Clark signed the first treaty of Prairie du Chien.
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Robert M. La Follette
b. 6-14-1855; Primrose, WI
d. 6-18-1925; Washington, DC
La Follette, known as “Fighting Bob”, has been called “arguably the most important and recognized leader of the opposition to the growing dominance of corporations over the Government”. He served as a U.S. Congressman, the 20th Governor of Wisconsin from 1901-1906, and Senator from Wisconsin from 1905-1925 as a Republican. He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in the 1924 elections, carrying Wisconsin and 17% of the national popular vote. He was an opponent of railroads, bossism, World War I, and the League of Nations.
• America in the Progressive Era poster
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Vince Lombardi
b. 6-11-1913; Brooklyn, NY
d. 9-3-1970; Washington, DC
Vince Lombardi, as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers of the NFL from 1959-67, won five league championships.
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