Use a letter written home by a Norwegian immigrant to take a closer look at the immigrant experience in 1840s Wisconsin |
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 |
Use census records to study immigration to Wisconsin and living conditions in the mid-19th century |
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 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 |
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 |
Wisconsin and the Civil War |
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Use the writing of Marcus "Brick" Pomeroy to examine different opinions on the Civil War |
Use these materials to teach Wisconsin history in your classroom |
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Learn about the 1832 conflict between the Sauk and Fox Indians and American troops that ended with the surrender of Black Hawk |
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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Milwaukee's Desegregation and Fair Housing Movement |
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Discover the life and times of activist Juanita Adams |
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