Use census records to study immigration to Wisconsin and living conditions in the mid-19th century |
Examine the oral history and migration experiences of Rubie Bond, an African-American resident of Beloit featured on Wisconsin Public Television |
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 |
Learn to use primary source materials to teach students about the abolitionist movement in Wisconsin in the 1850s. |
Evaluate documents representing opposing perspectives on Japanese American Internment and work as a class to understand primary source analysis |
Conflict on the Homefront: Wisconsin During World War I |
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The newspaper articles, photos, and letters in this section are samples of the rampant anti-German hysteria in Wisconsin during World War I |
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 |
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 |
Wisconsin and the Civil War |
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Use the writing of Marcus "Brick" Pomeroy to examine different opinions on 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 |
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