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| Jeffris Flats Apartments, Janesville, Wisconsin |
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| Janesville YMCA partnered with local bank to rehabilitate old building and establish housing for victims of domestic abuse. |
| Imig Block, Sheboygan, Wisconsin |
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| Three owners participate in complex project to rehabilitate an 1882 elaborate Victorian Italianate style building. |
| First National Bank, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin |
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| 1873 building's character undermined by remodelings is restored to its Romanesque Revival glory. |
| 1-5 West Main Street, Evansville, Wisconsin |
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| Historic photographs, research and removing layers of remodeling reveal the history of three 1852 buildings on a prominent downtown corner. |
| Richland Center Depot, Richland Center, Wisconsin |
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| A crumbling 1909 railroad depot is rehabilitated with help from federal grants. |
| Christina Kuhl Block, Stevens Point, Wisconsin |
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| Before restoration, gray paint and blocked-in windows disguised half of the 1885 building's High Victorian design. |
| Paul Jules Saloon Building, Green Bay, Wisconsin |
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| A boarded-over 1883 Italiante building is revived; attracting new businesses and positive changes to the Broadway-Walnut Historic District. |
| Interactive Resource, Historical Essay, Slide Show |
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| Learn about how the Lucerne sank in the Chequamegon Bay in 1886 |
| Wisconsin and the Civil War: Camp Randall |
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| Use the letters of Civil War solders to take a closer look at Camp Randall and Wisconsin's role in the Civil War |
| Wisconsin and the Civil War |
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| Use the 1862 Civil War Draft Riots to examine differing opinions on the Civil War in Wisconsin |
| Wisconsin and the Civil War |
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| Use the writing of Marcus "Brick" Pomeroy to examine different opinions on the Civil War |
| Packing a traveler's trunk offers students the opportunity to take a closer look at the immigrant experience in this lesson |
| Use the 1829 speech by Little Elk, Ho-Chunk orator, to learn more about Ho-Chunk views on Euro-American cultures |
| Learn more about life in a lumber camp by using primary sources |
| Use a letter written home by a Norwegian immigrant to take a closer look at the immigrant experience in 1840s Wisconsin |
| Wisconsin in the Civil War: Camp Randall |
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| In this lesson students will examine the letter of John Cronk to learn more about Camp Randall and the role Wisconsin played in the Civil War |
| Wisconsin in the Civil War: Camp Randall |
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| Examine the experience of Confederate prisoners at Camp Randall through newspaper articles |
| La Follette and the Progressive Era |
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| Get curriculum suggestions for teaching about Progressive Era reforms in Wisconsin |
| Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
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| Chapter 4 description and supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
| Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
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| Chapter 5 supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
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