Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Subject of Education
Filter: Categories of Teach and Learn Wisconsin History
| Teaching the Holocaust with survivors' oral histories |
|---|
| from Tools for Teaching the History of Civil Rights in Milwaukee and the Nation (Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2015) |
|---|
| Bring the museum experience to your classroom! |
|---|
| Onsite object based education units for grade bands K-2 and 3-5 |
| Educator, University President and Author |
|---|
| Brief biography of John Bascom, president of the University of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1887. |
| Read about the school for juvenile delinquents that was formed in Waukesha, WI. This article contains links to images and official reports. |
| Read about the development of an official public education system in Wisconsin. This article includes several links. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
|---|
| Wooden Indian clubs used in the University of Wisconsin's Women's Physical Education Department classes, Madison, WI, c. 1900.(Museum object #1994.108.1-2) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
|---|
| Jar of marbles used in Wisconsin fair exhibits by Professor John Sweet Donald of the University of Wisconsin during the 1920s. (Museum object #1953.663) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
|---|
| Sampler embroidered by Cecilia Lewis at a boarding school in 1809. (Museum object #1984.294.1) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
|---|
| University of Wisconsin student gym suit worn by George Williams, 1933-1934. (Museum object #2005.144.1.1-2) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
|---|
| "Miniature Home Delivery Kit" used to instruct expectant mothers by the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, c. 1938. (Museum object #1995.6.1-51) |
| How the University was Began |
|---|
| Discover how the lack of educational opportunities in Wisconsin helped create the University of Wisconsin. |
| Housing and Racism |
|---|
| Discover the history of the struggle for Civil Rights in Wisconsin |
| This Milwaukee born woman successfully advocated for progressive reforms in the educational system and was influential in the Milwaukee socialist movement. |
| Pioneer in Home Economics |
|---|
| This woman served as the first female professor at Kansas State Agricultural College. Read about her role as state leader of the Home Economics Extension. |
| During the Progressive Era, this Milwaukeean helped Jewish immigrants assimilate into American society while maintaining their ethnic heritage. |
| A Wisconsin Educator |
|---|
| Read about the Wisconsinite who was one of the first women to attend the University of Wisconsin and became the president of Milwaukee-Downer College. |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: