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An 'American Letter' by Norwegian Immigrants

Use a letter written home by a Norwegian immigrant to take a closer look at the immigrant experience in 1840s Wisconsin
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Our Families' Stories in Wisconsin

Students will learn more about the history of their own family as well as the larger history of immigration to Wisconsin
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Badger Boys in Blue: A Soldier's Letters 1862–1865

Wisconsin and the Civil War: Camp Randall
Use the letters of Civil War solders to take a closer look at Camp Randall and Wisconsin's role in the Civil War
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Civil War Draft in Wisconsin

Wisconsin and the Civil War
Use the 1862 Civil War Draft Riots to examine differing opinions on the Civil War in Wisconsin
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Wisconsin Copperhead Anti-War Movement and Marcus 'Brick' Pomeroy

Wisconsin and the Civil War
Use the writing of Marcus "Brick" Pomeroy to examine different opinions on the Civil War
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Speeches of Robert M. La Follette

La Follette and the Progressive Era
Get curriculum suggestions for teaching about Progressive Era reforms in Wisconsin
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Confederate Prisoners at Camp Randall as Seen in Newspaper Articles

Wisconsin in the Civil War: Camp Randall
Examine the experience of Confederate prisoners at Camp Randall through newspaper articles

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