Badger History Bulletin - Review America the Beautiful:
Wisconsin By R. Conrad Stein. (Children's Press, Chicago, IL,
1994. ISBN 0-516-00495-6 $19.95) America the Beautiful:
Wisconsin, Teachers Manual By Jaye M. Zola. (Children's Press,
Chicago, IL, 1994 ISBN 0-516-09395-9 $15.95) Originally
published in BHB Volume 1, Number 3 I teach a fourth- and fifth-
grade multiage grouped class with a team of eight teachers.
Because our students remain in the class for two years, we
needed a two-year curriculum. Our district awarded us a grant
and we developed a curriculum that follows the U.S. history
timeline. We teach about Wisconsin in the context of where it
falls on the timeline. In our search for a new Wisconsin text,
we came across America the Beautiful: Wisconsin, which includes
a student text and a teacher's manual. The student text is a
collection of factual information presented with anecdotes,
folklore, and personal narratives that make it interesting and
informative. The book follows a timeline format that