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Collections, subcollections, and works that need your lesson plans

History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life

http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.USAIN
This collection includes printed materials on Wisconsin agriculture and rural life with documents relating to a number of topics, including: General Agriculture, Economics, Food and Nutrition, Rural Sociology and more. Below are a few specific documents that illustrate the broad nature of this collection

• Is Dairying Doomed?
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.DairyDoom
  History of Agriculture and Agricultural Economics; also general economic themes
• Field Problems for Rural Teachers
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.FieldProbs
  History, History of Education; problems of the past may seem a little familiar
• How you can get a Wisconsin farm
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.GetAWIFarm
  History, Westward Expansion, Marketing and Advertising

History of Science and Technology

http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HistSciTech
There are some beautifully illustrated volumes in this collection that might appeal to students in the classroom. Topics would include: Anatomy (human and other animals), History of Science, Biology and Literature.

• The Bestiary: A Book of Beasts
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HistSciTech.Bestiary
  Bestiaries were catalogs of animal stories, combining zoological information, myths, and legends. The author of this edition provides an excellent appendix that explains how the creatures of the bestiary influenced the development of allegory and symbolism in art and literature.
• A Comparative View of the Human and Animal Frame
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HistSciTech.CompAnat
  The textual explanations of variation in animal form did not yet reflect the influence of Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory, but the detailed illustrations added much to the understanding of mammalian anatomy.

The Galapagos Collection

http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Zoology.Galapagos
This collection is currently made up of text based materials exploring the unique flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands. We will soon be adding some stunning photographs of the area that were recently on display at the Zoology museum. A particularly interesting text, with images of the animals, is the article, “Adventures in exploration at the world's end” in the April 1925 The Mentor, http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Zoology.GIMentor

Image Collections

Africa Focus: Image and Sound Collection
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/AfricaFocus.Focus
This contains more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs, and 50 hours of sound from forty-five different African countries. Go to Search the Collection and at the very top of the page there is an option titled, “atlas search” which allows users to find images and audio based on African region.

SouthEast Asian Image Collection
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SEAiT
Currently this collection focuses on the Phillipines during the first half of the 20th century and Laos during the 1950s and 1960s. The collection also has an atlas search and new images of Thailand and Cambodia will be added in the coming months.

State of Wisconsin Collection

http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI
Any number of collections would be appropriate for use in the classroom. There are dozens of image collections within the State of Wisconsin Collection that show a variety of Wisconsin communities.

Gender Studies

Playing House: Homemaking for Children
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/History.ChildHomeEc
These five texts represent domestic manuals that were often written to assist the “woman of the house” while others aimed at educating young girls, the homemakers of the future. This collection includes digitized versions of books from the UW-Madison collections spanning 1877 to the 1930’s.

The Housekeeper’s Book: comprising advice on the conduct of household affairs...prepared for the use of American housekeepers... (1837)
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.LadyHouseBk
This detailed level of household information is useful for the historical study of material culture and everyday life. Since the book was published in Philadelphia in 1837, it gives important insight into the material culture of the early United States.

The mirror of the graces; or, The English lady's costume: ...with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners.... by a Lady of Distinction...
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.MirrorGraces
This book is a readable and informative "conduct book" directed to young women of the early 19th century. This detailed level of information on behavior and personal adornment is useful for the historical study of material culture and everyday life.