After 10 years of hard work, researchers recently finished phase one of the Encyclopedia of Milwaukee project.
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO KEEPYOU BUSY WHILE YOU'RE STAYINGAT HOME DURING THE CORONAVIRUSPANDEMIC?
IT'S NOW EASIER THANEVER TO LEARN ABOUTMILWAUKEE'S HISTORY... THANKSTO A PROJECT CREATED IN LARGEPART BY áSTUDENTS.
PETEZERVAKIS JOINS US WITH THESTORY...GROWING UP IN THE 90'S... I'DHEAR "ENCYCLOPEDIA" ANDVISUALIZE A LARGE, HEAVY BOOKWITH SMALL PRINT.
BUT THEENCYCLOPEDIA OF MILWAUKEE ISALL ONLINE - AND IT'S FREE,YOU CAN SEARCH FOR TOPICS LIKETHE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT...OR MLWAUKEE'S LOCAL T.V.STATIONS: "NAT POP" - Joeshowing encyclopedia PROJECTDIRECTOR JOSEPH WALZER SAYSTHE ENCYCLOPEDIA'S 700 ENTRIESARE THE RESULT OF A DECADE OFRESEARCH... WRITING...EDITING... AND FACTCHECKING... BY LOCALHISTORIANS AND STUDENTS.JOSEPH WALZER PROJECT DIRECTOR8:50 the city has had a veryrich history - and it's worthtaking the time to recognizethat STUDENTS FROMUW-MILWAUKEE AND MARQUETTEBOTH WORKED ON THE PROJECT.HAYLEY JASINSKI - AN UNDERGRAD- ENJOYS LEARNING ABOUTMILWAUKEE'S HISTORY DURING HERWORK HAYLEY JASINSKIUW-MILWAUKEE STUDENT 48 i likelocal history a lot AND WITHMILWAUKEE SCHEDULED TO HOSTTHIS SUMMER'S DEMOCRATICNATIONAL CONVENTION... THEPROJECT DIRECTOR HOPES THEENCYCLOPEDIA WILL BE ARESOURCE FOR VISITINGJOURNALISTS ... LOOKING TOTELL STORIES ABOUTMILWAUKEE... JOSEPH WALZERPROJECT DIRECTORwe feel thisis a resource helping tocontextualize the stories theywant to do 7:52SO PHASE ONE OF THEENCYCLOPEDIA IS DONE... NOWWORK HAS SHIFTED TO THE NEXTPHASE: CRAFTING LESSON PLANSAND OTHER LEARNING TOOLS TO GOALONG WITH THE ENCYCLOPEDIAFOR LOCAL TEACHERS TO USE.
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