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Wisconsin Studies Video Series and CD-ROMs

Cultural Horizons of WisconsinCultural Horizons logo

Cultural Horizons of Wisconsin invites students to think about culture in ways that may be new. This 11-program series helps students explore their own complex and ever-evolving cultural identities, and appreciate Wisconsin’s cultural heritage and diversity. Run the accompanying Cultural Horizons of Wisconsin CD-ROM to access twenty Visits with young people around Wisconsin who are learning about, celebrating and preserving their cultural heritage. These Visits relate to Eras 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, and 10.

Exploring Wisconsin Our HomeExploring Wisconsin Our Home logo

This 14-program series enhances the study of Wisconsin in the K-4 social studies sequence. Exploring Wisconsin Our Home explores the natural and human resources of our state by focusing on the five geographic themes: Location, Place, Movement, Human-Environment Interactions, and Region.

Investigating Wisconsin HistoryInvestigating Wisconsin Our Home logo

Investigating Wisconsin History models for students how to investigate history and how to ask questions of and seek answers from a variety of historical clues. This 12-program series helps students explore the history of Wisconsin and assists them in gaining an appreciation of and understanding of their own personal histories.

Wisconsin: Celebrating People, Place and PastWisconsin: Celebrating People, Place and Past logo

Narrated components of this CD-ROM are accessible by clicking on Era 8, "World Wars and Conflicts." These fourteen narrations include portions of letters written by men and women from Wisconsin who served in various capacities during World Wars I and II.



Choose an era to explore through video clips!
Eras to Explore Early Native Peoples Explorers, Traders and Settlers Territory to Statehood Immigration and Settlement Wisconsin and the Civil War Mining, Lumber, and Agriculture Progressive Era World Wars and Conflicts Industrialization and Urbanization Response to 20th Century Change
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