Dear Teachers,
Welcome to "The Making of Milwaukee" Teaching and Learning Strategies "Quick Links". This reorganization of the online curriculum provides teachers with easy access to "Quick Links" that include a wide variety of lesson possibilities as they relate to specific content areas. Take a look below at the various categories and locate the Teaching and Learning Strategies that are most pertinent to your assigned grade level or curricular area. Then download the appropriate pdf. ENJOY!
Note: Please know that at any time you should want to access the complete "Making of Milwaukee" curriculum, where lessons are organized within historical eras and themes, you can click here. The "Dear Teacher" letter at the beginning of the complete online curriculum will help you understand how all lessons are organized within each historical theme.
Art
Access this HOT link and discover learning activities to help students design and create collages, murals, scrapbooks, flyers, and MORE...
Discussion
Access this HOT link and discover learning activities that will help your students "act out" an advertisement, baseball game banter, missing events on the timeline, and MORE...
Learning in the Community
Access this HOT link and discover learning activities that take you and your students "into the community" to learn Milwaukee's history.
Maps/Mapping
Access this HOT link and discover learning activities that help students map Milwaukee landmarks, industries, suburbs and MORE...
Primary Source
Access this HOT link and discover learning activities that help students use historic Milwaukee photographs and data to learn MORE...
Research
Access this HOT link and discover learning activities that will help your students research Native Americans in Milwaukee, Historic Census Data, and MORE...
Speaking
Access this HOT link and discover learning activities that help students deliver speeches, make presentations, and debate important issues throughout Milwaukee's history.
Technology
Access this HOT link and discover learning activities that help students use digital cameras, Hyper-Studio, and online research about Milwaukee's history.
Writing
Access this HOT link and discover learning activities that will help your students "write to learn" about early Milwaukee leaders, industries, ethnicities, and MORE...