Updated : 10 April 2007
January 2006 President's Newsletter (MS Word format)
National History Day. Click on the link to get information about National History Day in Wisconsin.
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS – WISCONSIN STUDENT TAKES FIRST! If you didn't get a chance to check out the national contest blog from this year, you missed some big news. In addition to a fantastic group of Wisconsin students and a ton of fun at the competition, Cody Haro of Holmen took first place for his senior individual exhibit about the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. In a separate competition at the contest, Cody also won a scholarship to the University of Minnesota – Minneapolis . You can read more about it on the blog –
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/historyday/nationals2007/index.asp
CURRICULUM PACKETS We will begin distribution of the 2008 Curriculum Packets at the end of this month. It's packed with great resources to get you started working with the program. If you're interested, please mail us at historyday@ wisconsinhistory.org to be added to the mailing list. Please note: All teachers participating in a regional event in 2007 are automatically added to the list. If you have changed schools, please remember to update your mailing address with us.
REGIONAL EVENT DATES As you head back to school, make sure to check out the event dates for the upcoming year. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/historyday/dates_contacts.asp
WISCONSIN BLUE BOOKS ONLINE "One of the most used reference books about the Badger State , the Wisconsin Blue Book is a biennial compilation of facts and figures pertaining to the government, people, industry, lifestyle and history of the State of Wisconsin . Now, this important and endlessly interesting series is available online at http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBks. With generous support and funding from the University of Wisconsin System and UW Libraries, the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center has digitized 85 volumes that span the years 1853-2003 and total over 56,000 pages."
WISCONSIN PEOPLE & IDEAS Wisconsin History Day students from 2006 are featured in this article in Wisconsin People & Ideas, the summer 2007 publication from the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. If you'd like to get a better idea about National History Day or learn more about some History Day students in the state, check it out!
WEB SITE CATEGORY Remember the web site category will be official in the upcoming school year. This means that students who compete in the web site category will finally have an opportunity to attend the national contest. This is a great opportunity for technology savvy students to become engaged with history.
The rules for this category will be very similar to the test rules Wisconsin has already been using, however, there is one important change for you to note. Individuals and groups are eligible to create web sites, however, they will compete in a "combined category." This means that there will be "junior web sites" and "senior web sites" with individual and group entries competing against each other in each division. Once participation in the category increases, the national office plans to split the categories into group and individual.
If you have questions or comments about the National History Day in Wisconsin program, please do not hesitate to contact state coordinator Sarah Clement at sarah.clement@wisconsinhistory.org or (608) 264-6487. We enjoy hearing from you!
To have your name removed from this email list, to change your address, or to subscribe another interested educator, please send your request to historyday@wisconsinhistory.org.
WI Directory of Organizations, Archives, Libraries, Historical Societies, Museums, & Historic Sites (from NHD).
General Links
NCSS Resources--Teaching With Documents Archives, The Social Studies Professional (TSSP) archives, Social Education archives, and more. This is accessible to NCSS members only and is one more reason to join NCSS! You will need your membership number (the 1 - 7 digit number on the mailing label of TSSP).
Social Studies at the WI DPI (Beth Ratway)
Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE) Workshops ($150 stipends available for Gillette Workshop) MS Word document
Wisconsin Indian Education Association
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council (with interactive map with links to WI tribes and bands)
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
The Writing Center from UW-Madison (APA, MLA, Turabian, etc.)
WWW Social Sciences Resources from the University of Kentucky
Library Spot for Wisconsin (Links to WI resources)
H-Net (Humanities & Social Sciences Online)
Social Studies Links from Indiana University
Info USA Links to News Resources
The Library of Congress for Teachers
Edusolution Links to the NY State Regents exams, lesson plans, etc.
Social Studies Help Center for 11th grade American History & 12th grade Economics & AP Government. There are class notes, numerous Supreme Court case summaries & information on how to write a research paper.
Wisconsin State Human Relations Association
Civics/Government
Law Related Education (Wisconsin Bar Association)
We the People...The Citizen & the Constitution
C-SPAN
Contacting the Congress (Links to
House & Senate)
FEC Filings for
2008 Candidates
Presidency 2008
e-Democracy
Project Vote
Smart
League of Women
Voters
Vote 411.org
Road to 2008
Polling Report 2008
Constitutional Rights Foundation (Online Lessons)
Fair Vote The Center for Voting & Democracy
FIRSTGOV (The Official U.S. Government Portal)
U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
U.S. Dept. of State Bureau of International Information Program
U.S. Information Agency (Archived to 1999)
FedStats (Statistics from more than 100 federal agencies)
Government Accountability Office
Thomas (Legislative information from the Library of Congress)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)
The Montana Sedition Project (79 men and women were imprisoned during WW1. On 03 May 2006 Gov. Schweitzer pardoned them)
Economics
Foundation for Teaching Economics
The Wisconsin Council on Economic Education
National Council on Economic Education (NCEE)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Bureau of Labor Statistics (for Wisconsin)
Stat-USA (Economic Statistics)
World Economic Outlook from the IMF
Geography/ Maps
National Geographic Society "Geography Awareness Week" (12 - 18 November 2006)
My Wonderful World -- Geography Awareness Week
Teacher Toolkit for Wisconsin for the Geography Action! Africa program, sponsored through National Geographic. (MS Word document)
History of Cartography (from UW-Madison)
Oddens' Bookmarks "The Fascinating World of Maps & Mapping"
Abraham Ortelius: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Ancient Maps--6,200 BCE to 400 CE
Isadore of Seveille's Tripartite World Map, 1472 (the 1st printed map in Europe)
Novus Orbis: Images of the New World
History
National History
Day
National
History Day in Wisconsin
Colonial Williamsburg Teach American
History Conference: Bringing History to Life in Your Classroom. Saturday, 04
November 2006, Rotary Gardens, Parker
Education Center, in Janesville, Wisconsin. No registration fee or charge for
the materials. Contact: Amanda Turner at aturner@cwf.org by Wednesday, November
1, 2006.
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Tab Broyles
at 757-220-7975 or by email at tbroyles@cwf.org.
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin
WI ECB--Investigating WI History
WI History Links on the Internet
University of WI Digital Collections
Wisconsin's Immigrant Children
History 451 (Mike Gordon, UW-Milwaukee)
WI Labor History Society
WI Labor History by Kenneth A. Germanson
Madison Public Library Resources on WI (scroll down the list--the list begins with genealogy)
General U.S. History Links (compiled by Jim Adams)
History Links from the NCHE (National Council for History Education)
History Departments Around the World (Searchable database)
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Careers for Students of History
U.S. History Links from Mr. D'Z World
Traces--We Bring History to Life! (a non-profit educational organization created to gather, preserve and present stories of people from the Midwest and Germany or Austria who encountered each other during World War II)
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians (OAH)
History Links from Dennis Boals
Teaching With Historic Places (National Park Service)
America's Story from America's Library
Exhibitions from the Library of Congress
International Education
WI International Education Conference (Joint conference with the WCSS)
Center for International Education
UW-Milwaukee
Center
for Latin American & Caribbean Studies UW-Milwaukee
Global Educator Certificate
Program (UW-Oshkosh)
A World Class Education:
Community Action Kit (George Lucas Educational Foundation) DVD &
planning guide
Institute of World Affairs (including Great Decisions 2007)
Friends of International
Education
Friends of International Education
International Education Programs (DPI)
Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program
Friends of International
Education--Connecting Wisconsin to the World
Join Friends of International Education
Listserv -- to Subscribe, send an email to: join-frintled@lists.wi.gov
Global Educators Program -- www.global-links.org or (715) 425-6904
Fulbright-Hays Seminar Program -- www.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/index.html or (202) 502-7700
Fulbright Teacher Exchange -- www.fulbrightexchanges.org or (202) 314-3537
Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program -- www.iie.org/jfmf/ or 1-888-527-2636
PIER Summer Institutes, Yale University -- www.yale.edy/macmillan/pier/institutes.htm
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships -- www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/index.html
Remember that with all Rotary programs you have to apply through your local Rotary club. To find your local club, go to: www.rotary.org/support/clubs/index.html
Rotary Group Study Exchange -- www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/gse/index.html
Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program -- www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/rpcsp/index.html
Toyota International Teacher Program - http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?&Template=/programs/toyota/default.htm
Primary Source Documents
Hypertext of American History Documents
Words & Deeds in American History
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Library of Congress American Memory Project
Primary Source Materials & DBQs
EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
Professional Development
WI Educator Standards for Teacher Licensure & Development
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Social Studies (DPI)
National Council for the Social Studies
Social Studies Education Homepage (DPI)
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First Posted: 13 May 2001
Updated: 23 March 2007