The effects of war on soldiers and their families at home is the focus of a new, million-dollar teaching project. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is teaming up with the Madison Area Technical College and the University of Wisconsin on â??Life During Wartime,â? which will use veteransâ?? testimonies, photographs, and artifacts in creating a unique curriculum. Coordinators plan to connect state veterans and historians with 150 history teachers during the three-year program.
Stanley Schultz, professor emeritus of History at UW-Madison, says war is such a valuable tool to learning American History. He says they believe that using the wartime experience as a window or a lens onto the American past, they can get people, both teachers and ultimately students, far more excited about the history of their nation, the history of their parents, their grandparents, and ultimately the history of themselves.