Recollection

Wisconsin
Sharing our stories. Exploring our past.
Recollection Wisconsin brings together more than 200,000 state and local history
resources from libraries, archives, museums and historical societies across Wisconsin.
Wisconsin.
Find lesson plans and guidelines for using this free collection of historic photos, maps,
maps, newspapers, letters, diaries, artifacts, oral histories and other primary sources at
http://recollectionwisconsin.org/teachers.

Resources for teaching visual literacy

Photo analysis worksheet, National Archives and Records Administration

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/photo_analysis_worksheet.pdf

Media Literacy Clearinghouse: Photography and Visual Literacy
http://www.frankwbaker.com/mlc/visual-literacy/
Frank W. Baker, Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom
http://www.iste.org/docs/excerpts/MEDLIT-excerpt.pdf
Center for Creative Photography: Learning to Look
http://www.creativephotography.org/study-research/educators/learning-to-look
University of Maryland, Seeing Everything in the Picture
http://www.humanities.umd.edu/technology/visuallit/see/view.html
New York Times, Whats Going on in this Picture? series
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/

Finding historical photographs through Recollection Wisconsin

Discover collections near you http://recollectionwisconsin.org/map
Explore our interactive map to find digital collections from your community, county or region.

Browse by topic http://recollectionwisconsin.org/categories
Sort collections by subject categories like Civil War, Industry, Logging or Tourism.

Explore online exhibits http://recollectionwisconsin.org/category/online-exhibits
Investigate the history of sausage making in Wisconsin, take a tour of early department stores around the state, or
get a closer look at intricately beaded Native American bandolier bags. Learn more about these and other state and
local history topics in our online exhibits, curated by Wisconsin historians and other experts.

View collection highlights on Tumblr http://wiscohisto.tumblr.com

View collection highlights on Pinterest http://pinterest.com/recollectionwi


Discover all that Recollection Wisconsin has to offer at http://recollectionwisconsin.org.
Questions? Contact Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager Emily Pfotenhauer at emily@wils.org or 608-616-9756.
Recollection Wisconsin is sponsored by WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services) in partnership with the Milwaukee Public Library, the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Historical Society. Financial support is provided by a grant from the Nicholas Family Foundation and
annual membership dues from contributing partners.