Teacher Resources
Resources for Teachers
Enhace your teaching today by discovering useful tools from experts at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Help your students research history with helpful guides and lesson plans. Watch history come to life in our books, field trips and classroom visits.
Elementary and Secondary Lesson Plans
Teach Wisconsin history with primary sources drawn from collections within the Society's Archives.
Research Tools
With resources appropriate for every grade level, bringing primary resources and critical thinking to the classroom has never been easier.
- History and Critical Thinking Handbook (PDF)Use the 'History and Critical Thinking Handbook" to help guide your students to deeper and more meaningful connections to the past.
- Thinking Like a Historian
- Turning Points
- Explore our Collections
Press Publications
Discover Wisconsin history with offerings from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press!
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History Field Trips
Make history come to life for your students! Tour a local historic site or museum in your area to see log cabins, blacksmith shops, historic kitchens and more!
TURNING POINTS IN WISCONSIN HISTORY
Explore key historical events that shaped Wisconsin and our nation. Read essays based on rare books and primary source documents.
Archaeology Resources
Familiarize your students with the basic concepts and procedures guiding archaeological research.
- Learn About Underwater Archaeology
- Underwater Archaeology: Searching for Shipwrecks
Discover how sunken ships are found
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