Make the Most of Wisconsin History for Your Students |
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The Society Education team develops publications and programs on Wisconsin history for classrooms throughout the state and coordinates National History Day |
Learn how artifacts are conserved after they have been excavated from their underwater resting places |
Help students understand the physical design and compostion of their community |
Examine the oral history and migration experiences of Rubie Bond, an African-American resident of Beloit featured on Wisconsin Public Television |
Need a quick overview of our state's historical era and themes? Check this out. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Field Trip |
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If your school or class working on a project-based lesson or taking part in the National History Day program, this field trip is for you! |
Conflict on the Homefront: Wisconsin During World War I |
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Use WWI posters to learn more about WWI as well as the use of this media in building support for the war |
First Capitol - a historic site |
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Tour the first capitol of Wisconsin and reimagine Wisconsin as a place of beginnings. |
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 |
Inquire about in-person presentations by archaeologists from the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
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 |
Use census records to study immigration to Wisconsin and living conditions in the mid-19th century |
Discover the history of Belle Case La Follete, women's suffrage activist and wife of Bob La Follette. |
Wisconsin and the Civil War |
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Use the writing of Marcus "Brick" Pomeroy to examine different opinions on the Civil War |
Discover the history of ecologist and University of Wisconsin professor Aldo Leopold |
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 |
Learn to use primary source materials to teach students about the abolitionist movement in Wisconsin in the 1850s. |
Milwaukee's Desegregation and Fair Housing Movement |
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Discover the life and times of activist Juanita Adams |
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