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University of Wisconsin: Paradise Lost?: Teaching Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
This website is designed as a resource for high school and middle school teachers on the topic of climate change. The emphasis of this site is on providing hands-on activities. Includes activities that involve language arts, social...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Teacher Resources: Climate Change: A Wisconsin Activity Guide
A resource for teachers to help students develop the knowledge and skills needed to become informed and active participants in society's climate change discussions. It touches on both the scientific aspects of climate change and social...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Wisconsin's Champion Trees
Environmental Education for Kids offers step-by-step procedures to measure trees. Designed for Wisconsin's Champion Trees, these guidelines can be adopted for use in any state or area.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: Zona Gale, 1874 1938
Zona Gale was a well known Wisconsin author. She wrote novels, plays and short stories, many based on her experiences living in Wisconsin.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Wisconsin State History for Kids
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Wisconsin including early explorers, Native Americans, pioneers, Northwest Territory, and the Black Hawk War.
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Wisconsin Historical Society: A Life of Firsts: Brief Biography of Vel Phillips
Born in Milwaukee in 1924, Vel Phillips was a women's and civil rights activist, and the first female African American lawyer in Wisconsin. Her many accomplishments as an African American woman paved the way for others.
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Wisconsin Historical Society: Ho Poe Kaw (Glory of the Morning)
Ho-poe-kaw or Glory of the Morning was a female Chief of the Ho-Chunk in Wisconsin, as recorded in 1727. She married a French fur trader. Together they worked to help the Ho-Chunk battle the Meskwaki over access to river routes.
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Wisconsin Historical Society: Edward P. Allis (1824 1889)
Edward P. Allis was a major manufacturer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the 1800s. His plants employed over 1200 people by 1889 when he died. He had progressive ideas and was known for his fair treatment of his employees.
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Wisconsin Historical Society: Victor Berger, 1860 1929
Victor Berger was a Wisconsin Socialist elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives and to Congress in the early twentieth century. Berger was a vocal opponent of World War I, which put him into disfavor with the government. Berger...
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Wisconsin Historical Society: Gaylord Nelson, 1916 2005
Gaylord Nelson, a native of Wisconsin, was the founder of Earth Day. This is a short biography.
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Wisconsin Historical Society: Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867 1957)
Laura Ingalls Wilder, a popular writer of pioneer stories for children, was a native of Wisconsin. This is a biography of her life.
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Wisconsin Historical Society: Thornton Wilder
A short biography of Thornton Wilder, one of America's best-known novelists and playwrights and a native of Madison, Wisconsin.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
This site contains the brief history of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. This unit served in Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War.
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Wisconsin Historical Society: Stephen Babcock
Stephen Babcock was an agricultural chemist in the 1800s whose work led to the later discovery of vitamins A and D. He developed the Babcock test which paved the way for standardizing the quality of milk sold and setting fair prices....
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Wisconsin Historical Society: James Duane Doty
James Duane Doty was a judge, a businessman, governor, and a Congressman in the early half of the 1800s. He led the push for Madison to become the capital city of Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Historical Society: Byron Paine
A biography of Byron Paine, a Wisconsin abolitionist lawyer and later a judge.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: South / Southeast Asia Guide
A university site from the University of Wisconsin with numerous hyperlinks to issues and information on South and Southeast Asia.
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Wisconsin Historical Society: Ringling Brothers
A short description of the Ringling Brothers, the founders of the famous Ringling Brothers Circus, which began in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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[Archived Content]wisconsin Historical Society: Paul Bunyan
Many legends live on in Wisconsin (and elsewhere) about Paul Bunyan, a giant of a lumberjack and a folk hero. This article describes how the legends have survived and grown.
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Wisconsin Historical Society: Goodell, Rhoda Lavinia 1839 1880
Lavinia Goodell was the first female lawyer in Wisconsin, having pursued this goal tirelessly. She was hired by women's rights groups to fight for their causes.
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Wisconsin State Reading Association (Wsra)
Learn about the goals, membership, publications, and committees of this affiliate of the International Reading Association. Links also take you to useful reading resources and to its hotline, which allows members to be a part of an...
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Oneida Nation: The Oneida Creation Story [Pdf]
Learn the history of this Native American group - how they were forced to leave their land, but purchased a large section of land in what would soon become the state of Wisconsin.
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Oneida Nation: Our Ways: Historic Timeline
Learn the history of this Native American group - how they were forced to leave their land, but purchased a large section of land in what would soon become the state of Wisconsin.
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Sierra Club: John Muir Exhibit
One of Wisconsin's most famous residents was naturalist John Muir, who lived in Wisconsin for a number of years after coming to the U.S. from Scotland as a child. The Sierra Club features the life and legacy of John Muir.
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