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Why Climate Wisconsin
Stories in Climate Wisconsin can be the seeds for growing robust climate education experiences in classrooms and community spaces. Explore the quick start chart to see what’s in the collection, and then dig into the educator guides for extension activity ideas, discussion questions, essays, and standards alignment.
Climate Wisconsin Educator Guides
Adaptation & Mitigation: Wisconsin
An animated overview of strategies for addressing climate change with examples of actions that humans can take as individuals and as a society.
Extreme Heat: Milwaukee, WI
Elijah Furquan channels his creativity as a spoken word artist into giving voice to the effects of extreme heat on his urban community.
Farming: Bangor, WI
Kyle Niedfeldt Zenz shares about the challenges pests and disease pose to raising crops on her family’s farm.
Fly Fishing: Viroqua, WI
Peter Cozad, a fly fishing guide, talks about the increasing frequency of severe weather events that are impacting trout streams.
Forestry: Neopit, WI
Marshall Pecore describes the forest’s economic and cultural value to the Menominee and invasive species that now threaten the forest’s health.
Ice Fishing: Madison, WI
Tom and Norma Marchant share about their enjoyment of winter ice fishing season, which is being made shorter by warming temperatures.
Phenology: Baraboo, WI
Nina Leopold Bradley talks about how keeping records of the changing timing of plant and animal life cycles makes climate change visible.
Sugaring: Athens, WI
Kat Becker and Tony Schultz recount the seasonal practice of maple sugaring and how changing conditions impact the sap supply.
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Why The Look Back
Taking a closer look at artifacts from the past can help us tell the stories that have shaped the communities of our state—as well as offer opportunities for us to connect those stories to our own experiences. The Look Back brings the histories of our state to life for learners today through era-forward episodes featuring interesting artifacts, discussion questions, and guides.
Educator Guides
How Did Early Airplane Pilots Navigate Without Modern Tech?: World War I and the Great Depression
Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for landing in the history of aviation. Explore the navigation tools used during the years leading up to and shortly after the Great Depression.
Bowled Over: Vietnam Era
Roll into recreation in Wisconsin during the Vietnam War era through Earlene Fuller’s story.
Did Kids Really Run Away to Join the Circus?: Early Wisconsin
Step right up to see how the circus came to be in Wisconsin and how transportation innovations, business, and social issues were juggled under the big top.
Dice in the Dairyland: The History of Dungeons and Dragons: Modern Era
Get ready to roll with this adventurous exploration of how a game played around the world started in a small Wisconsin town.
Fallout Shelter Cuisine: Survival Food in the Cold War: Postwar Wisconsin
Dig into the history of prepared survival foods and nuclear fallout shelters!
Fit to Print: The Progressive Era and WWI
Read between the lines of The Progressive Era and WWI through the printing of amateur newspapers.
For the Record: World War I and the Great Depression
Tune into the history of the Great Depression through the story of Paramount Records.
An Iron In the Fire: The Fur Trade Era
Spark your thinking about life during the Fur Trade Era through the making and use of a wrought iron toaster.
Not Set In Stone: Early Wisconsin, Civil War, and Reconstruction
Get a different take on Lincoln’s legacy and the freeing of enslaved people through the Emancipation Group sculpture.
On the Move: Modern Era
Get your gears turning about life in the modern era through bicycles and bike making in Wisconsin.
Was Lighthouse Keeper the Most Remote Job in Wisconsin History?: Territory to Statehood
Get on the same wavelength as ship captains during the time before Wisconsin was a state with this towering tale of the Pottawatomie Lighthouse.
Ripe for Change: Postwar Wisconsin
Travel back to the postwar era through the bunk beds that hold the history of migrant farmworkers in Wisconsin.
A Stitch In Time: Territory to Statehood
Sew your way through the time from territory to statehood with Margaret Miekel’s cross-stitch sampler.
How Fake Photos Helped Convince People to Move to the Midwest: Progressive Era and WWI
Craft a new understanding of the myths and realities of life in the midwest over 100 years ago with tall tale postcards.
Time to Shine: Early Explorers
Set your clock to the time of early explorers through the story of the Le Maire Sundial and Compass.
How a Tintype Photographer Put the Dells on the Map: The Progressive Era and Labor
Get a snapshot of the history of H. H. Bennett and his photography studio in the Wisconsin Dells!
A Trunk Full of History: The New Deal and World War II
Unpack the New Deal and WWII through this Civilian Conservation Corps member’s trunk.
Waterlogged: First Nations
Dive into learning about First Nations in the area thousands of years ago through the dugout canoes recovered from Lake Mendota.
How Women in the Midwest Saved Baseball: The New Deal and World War II
Hit a historical home run and slide into the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League!
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PBS LearningMedia
Bring the world to your classroom with PBS LearningMedia. Find more than 30,000 free-to-use educational resources for educators in all core subjects from PBS stations across the country, including PBS Wisconsin Education resources! Access videos, interactives, lesson plans and curated collections to create unique and fun learning experiences aligned to state standards. Searching for content is easy. Knowing what you find comes from a trusted source is even better.
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U.S. History Collection
Expand historical thinking skills in U.S. History through multiple perspectives for grades 6-12.
Teach Your Way Collection
Teach all year long with flexible resources aligned to monthly themes and skills for PreK-2 learners.
Bringing the Universe to America’s Classrooms
Explore Earth, space and physical science with resources from GBH and NASA for grades K-12.
Ready to Learn Math
Foster math engagement with Peg+Cat interactives, games, and more for PreK-2 learners.
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Why The Ways
First Nations communities are part of the fabric of our state, our country and our world. The contemporary video stories, maps and questions to consider in The Ways can be woven into many experiences you create with students in your learning space. Educator guides for each story offer supplemental essays and Wisconsin state standards alignment.
The Ways Educator Guides
Clan Mother: Healing the Community
Molly Miller, a Stockbridge-Munsee Community elder reflects on healing from trauma and caring for her community.
Hunting Deer: Sharing the Harvest
Greg “Biskakone” Johnson, a member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa hunts honoring traditional ways.
Lady Thunderhawks: Leading the Way
Jessica House of the Oneida Nation infuses the values of her culture into her role leading her school’s basketball team.
Lake Superior Whitefish: Carrying on a Family Tradition
The Petersons, members of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa share their experiences with treaty fishing.
Language Apprentice: Bringing Back the Ho-Chunk Language
Arlene Thunder Blackdeer learns and teaches the Ho-Chunk language to connect and strengthen the community.
Living Language: Menominee Language Revitalization
Ron Corn Jr. teaches his youngest daughter the Menominee language to ensure it lives on in the next generation.
Manoomin: Food that Grows on the Water
Fred Ackley Jr. of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community of Mole Lake harvests wild rice.
Powwow Trail: Keeping the Beat
Dylan Jennings, a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa provides insight into contemporary powwows.
Prayers in a Song: Learning Language Through Hip-Hop
Tall Paul (Paul Wenell Jr.) of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe raps about language learning and his Native identity.
Spearfishing: A Living History
Jason Bisonette of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe practices spearfishing as part of his culture.
Waadookodaading: Ojibwe Language Immersion School
Waadookodaading educators integrate the tradition of sugaring into the curriculum to support Ojibwe language learning.
Warriors Boxing: Fighting for Our People
Mark Antonio Daniels Jr., a member of the Forest County Potawatomi continues a longstanding boxing tradition.
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“I absolutely LOVE The Ways! Great modern resource to add to any lesson when talking about Native Americans.”
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