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| Conflict on the Homefront: Wisconsin During World War I |
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| Learn more about Victory Berger by examing 1917 editorial selections from his newspaper, Milwaukee Leader |
| Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
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| Chapter 9 supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
| from Tools for Teaching the History of Civil Rights in Milwaukee and the Nation (Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2015) |
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| Learn to use primary source materials to teach students about the abolitionist movement in Wisconsin in the 1850s. |
| Teach students to use census population schedules in researching life in Wisconsin communities. |
| Conflict on the Homefront: Wisconsin During World War I |
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| Learn more about the pre-WWI peace movement by having students take a closer look at Julia Grace Wales |
| Mahn-a-waukke |
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| Discover how Milwaukee, Wisconsin got its name |
| Origin of Nojoshing, Wisconsin |
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| Discover the history of Nojoshing, Wisconsin. |
| Mayer of Milwaukee |
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| Discover the history of Frank Zeidler |
| Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
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| Brief biography of pioneer lawyer, politician and railroad man John Catlin. |
| Poet and Temperance Advocate |
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| Biography of Wisconsin poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox. |
| Brief biography of George H. Walker railroad promoter and politician who was twice mayor of Milwaukee (1851, 1853). |
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| Brief biography of George H. Walker railroad promoter and politician who was twice mayor of Milwaukee (1851, 1853). |
| Fur Trader |
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| Biography of pioneer fur trader Jacques Vieau. |
| Land Speculator and Politician |
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| Brief biography of surveyor, land speculator, railroad promoter and politician Byron Kilbourn, twice elected mayor of Milwaukee. |
| Newspaperman, Politician and Inventor |
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| Biography of newspaperman, a politician and typewriter inventor Christopher Latham Sholes. |
| Brief biography of Philip Danforth Armour who established one of the world's largest meat packing firms. |
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| Brief biography of Philip Danforth Armour who established one of the world's largest meat packing firms. |
| Lumberman, Financier and Congressman |
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| Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman. |
| Lawyer, Judge, Politician and Land Speculator |
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| Biography of lawyer, judge, politician and land speculator Morgan Lewis Martin. |
| Temperance Lecturer, Abolitionist and Newspaper Editor |
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| Biography of temperance lecturer, abolitionist and newspaper editor Sherman Miller Booth. |
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