The Look Back
The Look Back is a series made for learners in grades 4-6 that explores eras from Wisconsin’s history through artifacts. The series is hosted by historians who model an inquiry process: sharing artifacts, asking questions, visiting archives and museums to learn more, telling the story of their findings as they go, and making connections to our lives today.
Learning Goals
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Explore
Explore artifacts and their context to learn about eras from Wisconsin history.
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Understand
Understand historical inquiry by watching historians investigate, infer, contextualize, and make meaning.
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Examine
Examine Wisconsin’s history through timelines and primary sources.
Featured Episode
How a Tintype Photographer Put The Dells on the Map
The Progressive Era and Labor
H. H. (Henry Hamilton) Bennett started his photography business in 1865 after serving in the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The landscape photos Bennett made included widely popular stereoscopic images that promoted Wisconsin as a tourist attraction.
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I loved how you made the videos educational and fun at the same time!