Badger History Bulletin - Winter 2000
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Table of Contents
Telling Our Wisconsin Stories (Page 1)
Wisconsin Stories is a series of programs from Wisconsin Public
Television showcasing people, events, and historical information
from around the state.
The Civil War Goes Online (Page 1)
Wisconsin and the Civil War online documents and activities
at the Wisconsin Historical Society's web site.
Essay: Looking Backwards to Yesterday's Future
by Michael Stevens, State Historian (Page 2)
A reflection on the book Yesterday's Future: The Twentieth
Century Begins and the museum exhibit related to it.
Teaching with Material Culture: Creating Exhibits for
Your School Using Future Visions (Pages
4-6)
Interviews with the editor, designer, and curator of the WHS
Museum Exhibit Future Visions about the creation of
this large-scale exhibit.
Lesson Plans
- Elementary: Putting Wisconsin's Stamp on History
(Pages 7-8)
More than just learning about postage stamps, this activity
challenges students to think critically about Wisconsin history.
Students will determine which people and events they feel
are the most important in Wisconsin history. They will then
compare their list to the Wisconsin events and people that
have been commemorated on stamps.
- Secondary: La Crosse Remembers World War II
(Pages 9-10)
La Crosse High School students work with area veterans to
create oral histories of their WWII experiences at home and
abroad.
The Local Scene: Local History: White Lake on Stage
(Page 12)
A successful collaboration between the White Lake Historical
Society and the White Lake High School produces a play that
tells the story of their community.
Reviews
- Yesterdays Future: The Twentieth Century Begins,
Book reviewed by Madge Hildebrandt Klais (Page 13)
A book that looks at turn of the century Wisconsin and the
citizen's predictions for the coming twentieth century.
- Wistory: A Wisconsin Card Game for All Ages
, Game reviewed by Heidi Ebert (Page 14)
A rummy-style game filled with interesting facts, people,
and events about Wisconsin.
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