The Traveling Trunks Program
This program brings history to life in the classroom through a popular outreach program.These magical trunks, brimming with authentic artifacts, are an opportunity for students to actually hold and touch objects of the past and let their imaginations soar.
What was its purpose?
Who has used this object before me?
In what time period?
How does it work?
Through a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council (WHC), the trunk program includes lesson plans. The trunks are available for a $25 refundable deposit. Trunks can be customized to grade level and area of study and would include an inventory of items and lesson plan.
Trunks available:
• General Trunk designed for the Fond du Lac County history curriculum
• Pre-historic and Native American
• Civil War
• World War I
• Depression
• World War II
• Business and Industry
• School Days
• Women in History 1930s
Follow up classroom work with a personalized tour at the Blakely Museum, open for tours throughout the year. This remarkable collection contains original artifacts (not reproductions) that represent the story of Fond du Lac County history and the growth of our state and nation. The displays at the Blakely Museum are presented in chronological order, beginning with the Rueping Collection of Native American artifacts all the way through the end of the 20th century. Special school tour rates are available. Call the Fond du Lac County Historical Society at 920-922-0991 or email fdlhistory1@yahoo.com.
Townships of Fond du Lac County:
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Alto Ashford Auburn Byron Calumet Eden Eldorado |
Empire Fond du Lac Forest Friendship Lamertine Marshfield Metomen |
Oakfield Osceola Ripon Rosendale Springfield Taycheedah Waupun |