Green Bay: Resources

Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Green Bay follows the growth of the city at the mouth of the Fox River from its early days to the present. Film, archival images, and interviews with historians and local citizens tell the stories of Green Bay's native people, politics, ethnic groups, local industries and national football team.

Teacher Resources

Hometown Stories-Green Bay Teacher Resources were developed to meet the needs of Wisconsin teachers by a team of teachers and curriculum specialists. Broken down into elementary, middle, and high school levels, each packet is easily downloadable and support materials are available online through the resource links below. Adobe Acrobat 7 or higher is required to use these materials.
Elementary School | Middle School | High School

Additional Web Resources from the Wisconsin Historical Society

Intro

Film, archival images, and interviews with historians and citizens tell the stories of Green Bay's native people, politics, ethnic groups, industries and national football team. Watch video clip

First People

For centuries Green Bay's location provided for its indigenous people -- Native American tribes who lived off the bounty of the land, woods and lake.
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A New Home

Native American population increased in the 1820s when many Oneida, forced to leave their lands in New York, were led to Green Bay by missionary Eleazar Williams.
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The Birth of Wisconsin

Early politicians James Doty and his cousin Green Bay attorney Morgan Martin led the fight for Wisconsin's territorial status and later statehood.
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The Church Visible

During the 1830s and '40s, Europeans arrived. Each ethnic group built a church and formed a congregation in order to worship in their own language and share fellowship with others of their nationality.
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Dairy Gold

After the Civil War, crop farmers transitioned to dairy farming and Green Bay's industry turned to the processing, storage, shipping and distribution of cheese.
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Tissue Capital of the World

By the turn of the century, Green Bay had built its first paper mills that produced napkins, paper toweling and toilet tissue.
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The Little City that Could

The smallest city to have a National Football League franchise, the Green Bay Packers team was founded in 1919 by Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun.
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Resources

Click on the links below to jump down to the segment descriptions.

Teacher Resources
Intro
First People
A New Home
The Birth of Wisconsin
The Church Visible
Dairy Gold
Tissue Capital of the World
The Little City that Could

Curriculum development was funded by a grant from Wisconsin Public Service.

Other WI ECB Resources:

New Dawn of Tradition:
A WISCONSIN POWWOW

New Dawn of Tradition: A Wisconsin Powwow showcases one aspect of Native American culture that embraces many Indian nations, tribes, and bands. Young viewers of the 15 minute video can hear powwow participants their own age talking about different styles of dancing and learn about the distinct clothing, or regalia, that members of different tribes wear. The New Dawn of Tradition: A Wisconsin Powwow web site offers activities and resources for teachers and students.
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Cultural Horizons of Wisconsin

Cultural Horizons of Wisconsin takes a look the cultural heritage and diversity of Wisconsin with a focus on the present day. Designed for students in grades 4 through 6, this 10 program video series takes an expansive view of culture, rather than defining it by or limiting it to race and ethnicity. The Cultural Horizons of Wisconsin web site offers activities and resources for teachers and students.
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Investigating Wisconsin History

Investigating Wisconsin History helps students think like historians. Each of the 12 programs poses a "history mystery" and then follows a variety of historical clues to solve it. As history detectives, students analyze such clues as historical sites, oral histories, artifacts, maps and photographs. In putting together this historical evidence, they will form an image of the past and realize that history often involves multiple perspectives. The Investigating Wisconsin History web site offers activities and resources for teachers and students.
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democracy it is! Activism and Social Justice-

Sting Cancer: This group of students from Preble High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin, takes activism to a personal level. Heading out into the community, they take care of those who have been affected by cancer. From raking leaves to hosting benefit dances, the youth in Sting Cancer are helping those struggling with this deadly disease. The democracy it is! web site offers activities and resources for teachers and students.
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