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Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story

The New Fourth-Grade History Textbook

Here you'll find recent press coverage for "Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story," including television interviews and newspaper articles.

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Press Conference: Jessica Doyle and Wisconsin Historical Society Present New History Textbook (Part 1) (Video, 32 minutes and 3 seconds)
June 3, 2008

Video begins with classroom students of Huegel Elementary School in Madison, Wisconsin, questioning the authors of "Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story." Later Jessica Doyle, First Lady of Wisconsin, officially announces the new history textbook. This copyrighted content is used with permission from Wisconsin Eye's gavel to gavel coverage.
Press Conference: Jessica Doyle and Wisconsin Historical Society Present New History Textbook (Part 2) (Video, 6 minutes and 30 seconds) June 3, 2008

Video continues with textbook co-authors Kori Oberle and Bobbie Malone discussing the textbook. This copyrighted content is used with permission from Wisconsin Eye's gavel to gavel coverage.

History, Anew (PDF, 1 page, 975 KB)
by Erin Richards, Sunday, August 10, 2008

Historical Society's textbook repackages Wisconsin's past for fourth-grade classes.

To Think Like a Historian (PDF, 5 pages, 222 KB)
by Andy Hall, Sunday, January 6, 2008

An innovative educational program is designed to boost the study of history in elementary schools.

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