Brief explanation of the importance of the manuscripts of Lyman Copeland Draper. |
Read about thousands of interviews with small-town residents preserving folklore traditions that would otherwise die out. Includes link to interviews. |
Access Information |
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View original documents, lesson plans, classroom activities and background essays on key events in Wisconsin history. |
Educator Resources on the Milwaukee Fair Housing Marches for Grades K-12 |
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Learn about the Society's ongoing partnership with March On, Milwaukee to commemorate the fair housing movement and to promote education on local topics. |
Winter is Storytelling Season |
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Join the Wisconsin Historical Society to celebrate winter's "storytelling season" with four Ojibwe storytellers. |
Discover the history of Arthur Davidson and Bill Harley, the boys who built the world's most famous motorcycle company |
Historian, Activist and Author |
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Discover the history of historian, activist and author Mildred Fish-Harnack. |
The Man who Made a New Life for Himself |
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Discover the history of Joshua Glover, who escaped slavery and made a new life for himself. |
The Wisconsin Angel |
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Discover the history of Cordelia Harvey, the "Wisconsin Angel." |
Discover the history of Belle Case La Follete, women's suffrage activist and wife of Bob La Follette. |
Discover the history of ecologist and University of Wisconsin professor Aldo Leopold |
Discover the history of Doctor Kate Pelham Newcomb, founder of the Million Penny Parade. |
Discover the story of Vel Phillips, the first African American woman to become a judge in Wisconsin. |
America's First Kindergarten Teacher |
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Discover the history of Margethe Schurz, who created the United States' first kindergarten. |
Poetry activities related to Wisconsin Historical Society Press book, "How to Be an Indian in the 21st Century" by Louis V. Clark III |
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How to Be an Indian in the 21st Century: Poetry Activities for 9th through 12th grade |
Learn more about the history of Stephen Bonga and the Fur Trade |
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Discover the people, places, and legends that made Wisconsin history! |
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Discover the people, places, and legends that made Wisconsin history! |
Primary source collections curated by Wisconsin educators, complete with lesson plans for classroom use. |
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Primary source collections curated by Wisconsin educators, complete with lesson plans for classroom use. |
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