Badger History Bulletin - Spring 2001

View the complete Spring 2001 issue of Badger History Bulletin (PDF, 300KB)

Table of Contents

Water, Water Everywhere... in Wisconsin (Page 1)
Office of School Services publication Working with Water: Wisconsin Waterways

Workshop Launches Our Newest Book (Page 1)
September 29, 2001 Workshop launching Working with Water: Wisconsin Waterways

Essay: Water World by Mark Knipping, Curator of Research and Collections, Wade House (Page 2)
A reflection on the power of water in the history of Wisconsin.

Teaching with Material Culture: Summer Time Fun 2001 (Page 4-6)
Summer 2001 activities for students related to the WHS Museum Exhibit, Future Visions.

Lesson Plans

  • Elementary: Traveling in Wisconsin (Page 7-8)
    Students travel around the state while reading and leaning about Wisconsin in this multidisciplinary activity.
  • Secondary: Wisconsin Firsts Poster (Page 9-10)
    using the Wisconsin Firsts Posters, students will research an event, person, or thing in Wisconsin history and investigate the meaning of "change" in society

The Local Scene: The Natural Environment, Local Communities, and People - here@home (Page 8)
This site encourages the study of northern Wisconsin through the creation of web sites about the history, communities, people, and environment located there.

Reviews

  • The Wisconsin Adventure, Millennium Edition and Teacher Resource Book, Book reviewed by Kori Oberle (Page 9)
    A comparison of the 1997 and Millennium Editions of this book.
  • Passed to the Present: Folk Arts Along Wisconsin's Ethnic Settlement Trail, Book reviewed by Anne Pryor (Page 10)
    A book about the ethnic crafts practiced in eastern Wisconsin and their role in the community including essays and photographs.

 

 


 

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