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Wisconsin curriculum resources available from the ECB

Wisconsin Hometown Stories | Cultural Horizons of Wisconsin | Investigating Wisconsin History
Exploring Wisconsin our Home | The New Dawn of Tradition: A Wisconsin Powwow
Wisconsin: Celebrating People, Place and Past

 Wisconsin Hometown Stories
The Hometown Stories Web site's offer educational materials useful for teachers throughout the state of Wisconsin. Designed in collaboration with a group of educators from each specific area, these resources include streaming video, photo libraries, lesson plans, and other cross-curricular materials to help Wisconsin educators meet and exceed the Model Academic Standards. Go to the resources page.
Visit the websites:

Hometown Stories Green Bay
Hometown Stories La Crosse
Hometown Stories Manitowoc-Two Rivers
 Cultural Horizons of Wisconsin

This multimedia instructional package, a
10-program video series, CD-ROM, and teacher guide — about the cultural heritage and diversity of Wisconsin, focuses on the present day. (Designed for grades 4 through 6) Web site


 Investigating Wisconsin History

This 12-part video series features a host who travels across the state to solve mysteries about Wisconsin history. Maps, photos, old film, diaries, oral history, artifacts, re-enactments, and the landscape help students learn more about Wisconsin's past. Student-written "History Mysteries" are featured on the site.


 Exploring Wisconsin Our Home
Explore Wisconsin geography with this
award-winning 14-program video series
for fourth-grade students. The Web site provides geography links, activities for students and maps
to download for classroom use.
Visit the Web site




 New Dawn of Tradition: A Wisconsin Powwow
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Designed to support fourth- and fifth-grade study of Wisconsin history and culture, this
15-minute instructional television program was recorded in digital format for eventual use on high-definition television (HDTV). It also is broadcast in analog format, enabling current television sets to receive it. The Web site includes video clips from the powwow not included in the TV program, an interactive map of Wisconsin tribes, and more. Visit the Web site

 WISCONSIN: Celebrating People, Place and Past

The Wisconsin: Celebrating People, Place and Past Web site will lead you to a wealth of online resources about Wisconsin. We have pre-selected Web sites with information for students on Wisconsin land, people, work, recreation, government and more.





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