Making of Milwaukee Original Curriculum (2006) Grades 5-12
Teaching & Learning Resources
Take a look below at the various categories and locate the resources that are most pertinent to your assigned grade level or curricular area. Materials are provided as downloadable PDFs.
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
Discover creative activities that help students explore Milwaukee’s history by creating postcards, travel guides, monuments, and MORE.
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Drama
Discover learning activities that help students “Act out” historic events such as labor negotiations, a day at the Milwaukee Braves or Brewers Ball Park, and MORE.
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Learning in the Community
Discover learning activities that take you and your students “into the community” to learn Milwaukee’s history.
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Math
Discover Milwaukee’s history through mathematics.
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Primary Source
Discover learning activities that help students use historic Milwaukee photographs and data to learn MORE.
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Speaking
Discover learning activities that help students deliver speeches, make presentations, and debate important issues throughout Milwaukee’s history.
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Writing
Discover learning activities that will help your students “write to learn” about early Milwaukee leaders, industries, ethnicities, and MORE.
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Discussion
Discover learning activities that will help your students “talk” about inventions, important Milwaukee happenings, and MORE.
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Historiography
Discover creative activities that help students “think like a historian”.
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Maps/Mapping
Discover learning activities that help students map Milwaukee landmarks, industries, suburbs and MORE.
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Music
Discover “The Blues” in a learning activity that also helps students compose a “Blues” song.
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Research
Discover learning activities that will help your students research Native Americans in Milwaukee Historic Census Data, Public Health Data, Family History, Timelines, and MORE.
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Technology
Discover learning activities that help students use digital cameras and develop Power Point presentations about Milwaukee’s history.
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