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PBS Wisconsin Education activates resources for the classroom and professional learning opportunities for educators. Learn more about supporting designated gifts for education.
Kacie Lucchini Butcher, public historian and The Look Back co-host, sits for a recording session in the PBS Wisconsin studios. (Source: The Look Back | PBS Wisconsin.)
The Look Back
Viewing Wisconsin history through a Revolutionary Era lens
The Look Back connected Wisconsin's past to America's founding story in 2025 through the artifacts that shaped them both.
Two new episodes of PBS Wisconsin Education's The Look Back brought Revolutionary Era history to life for grades 4–6, examining a British peace medal given to a Menominee Chief in 1778 and a portrait of George Washington, as part of the America@250 initiative.
Sovereignty and Silver
Portrait of Washington
America@250
WISCONSIN BIOGRAPHIES
People making history
Each addition to the Wisconsin Biographies project is developed in partnership with our PBS Wisconsin Education Innovators.
Wisconsin Biographies welcomed Georgia O'Keeffe to its collection in 2025. The pioneering modernist painter known for her iconic depictions of flowers, bones, and the American Southwest models determination and creativity, showing students the value of staying true to your vision.
ARTS-INTEGRATION
Whoopensocker!
A partnership between PBS Wisconsin Education and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education
PBS Wisconsin Education launched Whoopensocker, an educational resource collection for upper elementary learners that provides an on-ramp to writing through theater-inspired games and group brainstorming. Developed in partnership with UW-Madison School of Education professor Erica Halverson, the collection makes this whimsical approach to writing accessible to educators across the state.
EARLY LEARNING EDUCATOR ENGAGEMENT
Professional learning, inspiration and support
Cultivating compassion for educators and students alike through the Kindness Curriculum
PBS Wisconsin Education launched its first Kindness Cohort in fall 2025, bringing early learning educators together around the Kindness Curriculum — a free mindfulness and well-being program developed by the Center for Healthy Minds at UW-Madison.
Participants gained strategies to cultivate compassion for themselves as educators and resources to integrate mindfulness practices directly into their classrooms and learning communities.
An educator who participated in the PBS Wisconsin Kindness Cohort speaking to a student in her classroom. (Source: PBS Wisconsin Education.)
I was impacted when I learned that mindfulness is an act of kindness and self-care.
Karen MurphreeInstructional Coach
YOUTH MEDIA
Media production engages students in Wisconsin history
Through PBS Wisconsin Youth Media, high school students explore history through a new lens as documentary filmmakers.
PBS Wisconsin Youth Media empowered high school students to research, film, and produce their own short documentaries — combining media production skills with real historical inquiry to drive deep engagement with Wisconsin history.
Twenty-four student groups from West High School in Madison produced documentaries this year, culminating in ``Our City, Our Voices,`` a red carpet film festival celebrating student work and Madison's history. Five schools across the state participated in the program this school year.
A collage of titles from student documentaries on a wide range of topics. (Source: PBS Wisconsin Education)
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