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Traveling in Wisconsin

Combine geography and map skills with reading, math, and problem-solving in this lesson plan
Classroom Material

Snowshoes in Pioneer Wisconsin

Teach your students about how snowshoes were a part of the pioneer experience in Wisconsin
Classroom Material

Immigration: Packing a Traveler's Trunk

Packing a traveler's trunk offers students the opportunity to take a closer look at the immigrant experience in this lesson
Historical Essay

Campers' Wash-Up Kit

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Wash-Up Kit made by the Bay West Company, Green Bay. Distributed by the Yankee Paper and Specialty Co. of Menasha in the 1920s. (Museum object #1998.6.2)
Historical Essay

Madison and Other Imaginary Cities

Speculating on a Dream
Join cantankerous British geologist George Featherstonehaugh as he travels to Madison in 1837 and finds things not as he expected them to be.
Historical Essay

Travel and Tourism

The Invention of a new Pastime
Discover how new technology helped create the tourist industry in Wisconsin in the 19th century

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