Article describing the experience of the U.S. Marine, First Marine Battalion as they were the first to land in Cuba, leading the assault and capture at Guantanamo during the Spanish-American War.

Teachers will learn about importance of character maps. Teachers will learn how to implement character maps; measure progress with character maps; and find research to support the use of character maps. Several reproducible character...

Teachers will learn how to use Venn Diagrams in their classrooms. Teachers will learn how to implement Venn Diagrams; measure progress with Venn Diagrams; and find research to support the use of Venn Diagrams. A blank Venn Diagram is...

Teachers will learn how to use event maps with students. They will learn how to implement event maps with literary and informational texts; measure progress with event maps; and find research to support event maps. A reproducible event...

Teachers will learn about the Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy with students. They will learn how to implement QARs; measure progress with QARs; and find research to support the QAR strategy. A reproducible QAR strategy chart...

Classroom teachers will learn how to use use the K-W-H-L research strategy. Teachers will find this activity that may be used as a pre-research, during-research, or post-research strategy.

Classroom teachers will learn about interactive vocabulary journals, engaging instructional strategy tools. They will learn how to implement interactive jounals, understand how to measure progress with interactive journals, find research...

Classroom teachers will learn about semantic maps, an engaging instructional strategy tool. Teachers will learn how to implement semantic maps, understand how to measure progress with semantic maps, find research that supports semantic...

Classroom teachers will learn about word play, an engaging instructional strategy. Teachers will learn how to implement word play, understand how to measure progress with word play, find research that supports word play, and find a list...

Classroom teachers will learn about previewing vocabulary words, an important instructional strategy. Teachers will learn how to implement the previewing of vocabulary, find research that supports the previewing of vocabulary, and find...

A rubric that can be used for assessing students' contributions to a blog.

A rubric that can be used for assessing how students use Twitter when working on an assignment.

This site, which is provided for by the University of Wisconsin, gives a discussion in how to graph an inequality is presented. A link to practice problems is provided.

Frank Zeidler was mayor of Milwaukee from 1948-1960. He published a book called A Liberal in City Government, which is highlighted on this website. This particular page has a short biography of his life.

Residence of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

A charismatic demagogue, Joe McCarthy grew up on a Wisconsin farm and attended a one-room schoolhouse. While still a teenager, he established a thriving business as a chicken farmer. He dropped out of school after eighth grade, but...

A description of several demonstrations for static electricity concepts. The demonstrations utilizing the Telsa coil, Faraday cage, and Van de Graaff generator are ideal for demonstrating electric potential concepts. Suitable for student...

This is an animated resource that lists countries that have joined the European Union. Includes dates and maps of the countries.

Interactive quiz provides immediate feedback as well as explanations for each answer. Provides the option to print or email individualized results as well.

Get FAQs about poverty in Wisconsin and find out about what research is going on at this site for the Institute for Research on Poverty.

Governor of Wisconsin and U.S. Senator

Site of early Native American settlement.