What's New in WHS Education

Old World Wisconsin is currently in the process of creating new school programs for grades 8-12 that will COME TO YOU. As we develop them we are thinking about how our professional museum staff can bring you an experience that is rooted in critical thinking, aligns with current standards, and uses game play and creativity to help students understand that our shared history is THEIR story.

Follow the link below to a survey that will help us gather YOUR feedback. We’d love to learn more about your classes. If you'd like to be a part of our Advisory Team you can share your contact info at the end. The Advisory Team educators will meet with us and also be part of the FREE program pilot later this spring. - Anna Hope-Altschwager, Guest Experience

Tell us about yourself:

I'm a 3rd year PhD student in the Educational Studies and History departments. I'm also a former history teacher! My wife and I really enjoy Madison, even though we moved from North Carolina and are still acclimating to the cold.

What do you enjoy about your work?

Ever since my undergraduate days I have been really interested in public history. I love working with Wisconsin 101 because not only is the project intended for a public audience, but it is crowd sourced. I've been able learn a lot about the state of Wisconsin and meet and work with some really interesting people along the way.

Anything exciting coming up?

We have worked really hard to revamp Wisconsin 101 to engage a new audience: K-12 teachers and students. I'm excited to get our resources in the hands of teachers and to see students creating new object histories that can be published online. I think this is a great way for teachers to have students experience object-based learning with an authentic audience.