Message-ID: <1386360644.5292.YahooMailNeo@web161603.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:10:44 -0800 (PST) From: Jeanne Engle <joyfulwoman@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Wisiconsin history DVD
Watch the DVD for the various parts of Wisconsin history that are told in s
ong and pictures. Then check out Turning Points in Wisconsin History on the
Wisconsin Historical Society's web site: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/t
urningpoints/
On the right-hand side of the screen you'll see a link f
or "lesson plans." Click on that for some ideas of discussion questions/act
ivities that are suggested for school children. Adapt those for your adults
. The DVD is an hour long (if memory serves) so you just may want to focus
on certain parts depending on how long your discussion group meets. For e
xample, there's a part on the DVD about immigrants coming to Wisconsin. In
Turning Points there are are lesson plans for elementary students on this p
articular subject.
Or maybe you could use the DVD for a series of disc
ussions on Wisconsin history. Then you could use several of the lesson plan
s that match with the DVD segments.
Of course, the adults will have
experiences/Wisconsin stories to share and a good discussion leader just n
eeds to use a few good questions to get the discussion going.
Hope thi
s helps,
Jeanne
On Friday, December 6, 2013 11:32 AM, Sue Hemm
en <shemmen@firstweber.com> wrote:
You have an interesting idea there
. We will have to keep that in
mind. If you purchase the DVD that
the other society mentioned,
I'd be interested to know what you thin
k of it.
I would also be interested in how you implemented your discus
sion
group. Have you tried something like this before?
Sue
-----Original Message-----
>From: Barbara Ann Pforr <bap4@earthlink.net>
>To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
>Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 08:48:34 -
0600
>Subject: Wisiconsin history DVD
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>I would appreciate knowl
edge of a DVD produced by Wisconsin
Historical Society on the history
of Wisconsin that would be
appropriate for an adult study group.
>
We have realized that senior citizens enjoy group discussions that are
i
nformational, require no textbook investment, etc. A good group
leade
r is all that is required. Thank you, Barbara Pforr (Franklin
Histor
ical Society)
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