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| A Companion Piece to "The Misunderstood Mission of Jean Nicolet" by Patrick J. Jung |
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| Educational companion piece for grades 3-5 myth-busting the story of Jean Nicolet |
| A Companion Piece to "We Will Always Be Here" by Jenny Kalvaitis and Kristen Whitson |
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| Education materials for grades 6-12 for use with "We Will Always Be Here." |
| Teaching the Holocaust with survivors' oral histories |
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| Teach civics in your 4th or 5th grade classroom with "Voices and Votes" from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press |
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| Engage your students in the study of Wisconsin history through interactive presentations. |
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| Teaching about the Wisconsin migrant farmworker movement |
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| Limping Through Life: A Farm Boy's Polio Memoir |
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| Useful facts about polio and post-polio syndrome |
| Supplemental teaching materials for 'Native People of Wisconsin' |
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| Interactive whiteboard resources designed for use with Patty Loew's "Native People of Wisconsin" for the 4th grade classroom. |
| Bring the museum experience to your classroom! |
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| Onsite object based education units for grade bands K-2 and 3-5 |
| Governor and Progressive |
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| Discover how Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette and the Progressive Movement reformed state government and the Republican Party. |
| Read the history of Pleasant Ridge, Wisconsin, a unique a community developed by formerly enslaved African American slaves in the mid-19th century. |
| Survivors of the Peshtigo Fire |
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| Learn about two settlers, a white man and Indian woman, who survived the Peshtigo Fire. |
| Brief history of Jesuit Missionaries and key figures |
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| Names and brief bios of principal missionaries who served in or wrote about Wisconsin, or are mentioned in Jesuit Relations concerning Wisconsin. |
| A Brief History of Wisconsin before Statehood |
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| Wisconsin's population growth as the territory expanded from 1836 to 1846. |
| List of Wisconsin's territorial governors from 1836 to 1848 and a brief summation of the responsibilities of the position. |
| Brief summation of the events pertaining to the concluding engagement of the Black Hawk War, The Battle of Bad Axe. |
| Brief description of Fort Blue Mounds, built near the town of the same name during the Black Hawk War of 1832. |
| Civil War unit |
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| Discover the only Civil War brigade made up chiefly of Wisconsin men, The Iron Brigade. |
| History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
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