From the 1600s to the 1800s, the exchange of animal furs and skins was a major part of how Europeans and Native peoples interacted in North America. Europeans traded cloth, glass beads, metal goods, and other items for the furs of beaver and other animals. Eventually, this global trade would change the course of history for Europe and North America.
Inspire your students and elevate youth voice through media making! Join PBS Wisconsin Education to learn about unique opportunities to implement media projects in your classroom. Attendees will practice the basics of video production in our Madison studios. Get hands-on experience making videos and come away with a plan to infuse your teaching with media-making. To extend your learning, we’ll offer free opportunities and resources from PBS stations to support classroom media projects throughout the school year.
Early historical maps of the Great Lakes area in the American Geographical Society Library show how European nations explored and understood this region. These maps also show how Europeans’ knowledge of the area around Wisconsin changed over time. Learn from an expert map librarian how to read and use maps for historical research.
Our climate is changing, and the changes are impacting how we work, play, eat, learn, and move. But we’re not sitting by watching it happen, we’re amplifying the voices of those asking questions, exploring new possibilities, and taking steps to address the problems we face, both locally and globally. PBS Wisconsin Education staff will share snippets from pilot episodes in Field Notes on Climate, a new PBS Wisconsin Education series for middle and high school learners. We’ll dig into how we can sustain the foods we love to eat, and get our wheels turning with school bike programs. We'll use these snippets to spark group conversations to learn with and from each other about how we teach and learn about our environment and changing climate, and the actions we're taking at school, at home, in our communities, and beyond.
Join PBS Wisconsin Education for the following presentations: Increasing Civic Engagement Through Media LiteracyWisconsin First Nations Educator Exemplars: Integrating Indigenous Culture Throughout the Year.
Hit a historical home run and slide into the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League!Get a snapshot of the history of H. H. Bennett and his photography studio in the Wisconsin Dells!
The Mashkiiziibii Youth Singers continue the tradition of cultural preservation by learning the singing and drumming skills that allow them to celebrate impactful moments and connect with Tribal Nations from across the country.
Hit a historical home run and slide into the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League!
This session will offer an opportunity to peek behind the scenes of work happening now to bridge ways of knowing, critical thinking skills, and inspiration to act in a new climate education collection, along with the invitation to share feedback and reflect with fellow educators around how we support the young people we teach.
How did people in Wisconsin and across the country prepare for the threat of nuclear war in the decades following World War II? Learn how Multi-Purpose Food was promoted to Americans as a way to store food supplies in bomb shelters.