Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies and International Education Conference

Description

This conference will focus on the theme "Planning for Our World: Our Dreams and Our Actions." It will include workshops and sessions for K-12 teachers, focusing on curriculum development and instructional improvement and examining subjects in the sciences, arts, and humanities that can strengthen and complement social studies lessons. Keynotes speakers will be author Greg Mortenson, director of the Central Asia Institute, and Harvey J. Kaye, director of the Center for History & Social Change.

Website
http://www.education.wisc.edu/elpa/conferences/iec/index.shtm
Sponsoring Organization
Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies
Contact email
mcollum@ils.k12.wi.us
Location
Middleton, WI
Contact name
Collum, Melissa
Contact Title
Conference Chair
Phone number
1 920-424-0335
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End Date
Registration Deadline
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Late fees apply after Mar 1, 2008

Fairwater Historical Society [WI]

Description

Fairwater was founded in 1847 around the water power of Grand River, and has a colorful 155 year history. The society is focused on maintaining the history of the Fairwater area through several projects. First of all, the society helps to maintain the Fairwater local history site. In addition, the society has worked to preserve the Fairmont Public School Building and William Plocker's 1848 Stagecoach Inn.

The site offers a brief history of the organization as well as access to the Fairmont local history site, which contains a variety of online historical resources, including histories, records, and genealogical information.

A local history museum and restored inn are under development. The above entry is pre-existing.

Merrill Historical Society

Description

The Society is currently in the process of crafting the best use of its "new" properties—the former Bethlehem Lutheran Church and Parsonage at 100 & 102 E. Third Street in Merrill. The Society is refurbishing the church into a Heritage Center, also creating space for exhibits and interaction with the community of Merrill.

Does not yet appear to operate any museums or historical sites.

Washburn Historical Museum

Description

Located in a restored National Register brownstone bank building, the first floor of the center has historic exhibits and a cultural center that provides ongoing art exhibits, workshops for adults and children, and performing arts programs. The second floor contains the stories and memorabilia of Washburn's businesses and industries, family photos and heirlooms, ethnic displays and a collection of toys.

The museum offers exhibits and educational and recreational programs.

Cannot find a website.

Neenah Historical Society and Octagon House Museum

Description

The mission of the Society is to collect, interpret, preserve, exhibit, and promote the history of Neenah and the surrounding area, in order to educate the public and heighten understanding and appreciation of the heritage and cultural past of the community.

Sounds as though there's a museum, but the website provides no details. More information needed before inclusion?

The March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project

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A project of the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, The March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project preserves the history of the Civil Rights Movement in Milwaukee, WI. In the late 1960s, the open housing movement worked to break down housing restrictions that segregated the city's population. Milwaukee residents of all ages and walks of life supported or opposed this movement.

The site features more than 150 digitized primary sources from the period, including oral histories, letters to organizations, support and hate letters, meeting minutes, Henry Maier's 1967 mayor's log, speeches, press releases, photographs, official reports and research studies, video clips, curriculum and programming from Freedom Schools (alternative schools children could attend during school boycotts), and more. Sources can be searched by keyword and browsed by media type (audio, documents, photos, or video) or collection (materials are divided into 10 collections by relationship to prominent individuals and groups in the movement). Visitors can add sources to "My Favorites" and review them as they browse.

In addition, a downloadable map shows the division of Milwaukee neighborhoods in 1967 and the path of the Aug. 28 open housing march, and a timeline tracks local and national events from 1954 to 1976. A glossary of key terms gives the context for more than 60 acronyms, names, places, and other terms, and a bibliography lists more than 40 primary sources and more than 50 secondary sources.

Teachers may need to do a little extra legwork to contextualize the primary sources, but the collection can bring Civil Rights Movement history home to Wisconsin students, particularly those in Milwaukee and the surrounding area. Teachers nationwide can use the materials to explore the work of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), NAACP Youth Council, and local institutions like Freedom Schools and integration committees.

Film and Video
Literary Sources
Newspapers and Periodicals
Official Documents
Oral History
Personal Accounts
Photographs
Political Documents
Speeches
Civil Rights Movement
housing
marches
Milwaukee
protests
segregation
Wisconsin
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African American History Month
Splash Pullout AAH Month
Learn AAH Month
Postwar US, 1945-Early 1970s
Contemporary US, 1968-Present
African Americans
Cities & Suburbs
Legal History
Midwestern States
Politics
Reform
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