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| Use a letter written home by a Norwegian immigrant to take a closer look at the immigrant experience in 1840s Wisconsin |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Students will learn more about the history of their own family as well as the larger history of immigration to Wisconsin |
| Learn more about life in a lumber camp by using primary sources |
| 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 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 |
| Conflict on the Homefront: Wisconsin During World War I |
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| The newspaper articles, photos, and letters in this section are samples of the rampant anti-German hysteria in Wisconsin during World War I |
| Combine geography and map skills with reading, math, and problem-solving in this lesson plan |
| Conflict on the Homefront: Wisconsin During World War I |
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| Use WWI posters to learn more about WWI as well as the use of this media in building support for the war |
| Conflict on the Homefront: Wisconsin During World War I |
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| Learn more about Victory Berger by examing 1917 editorial selections from his newspaper, Milwaukee Leader |
| Evaluate documents representing opposing perspectives on Japanese American Internment and work as a class to understand primary source analysis |
| Use the 1829 speech by Little Elk, Ho-Chunk orator, to learn more about Ho-Chunk views on Euro-American cultures |
| 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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| La Follette and the Progressive Era |
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| Get curriculum suggestions for teaching about Progressive Era reforms in Wisconsin |
| Wisconsin and the Civil War |
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| Use the writing of Marcus "Brick" Pomeroy to examine different opinions on 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 |
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