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16th Century, High School, Lesson Plans

Accounts of Tenochtitlan

Hand-colored woodblock print of Tenochtitlan, showing it as a well-planned city in the middle of a lake. The core of the city is a rectangular plaza, surrounded by islands with houses. Causeways connect the city to the shore, and other settlements ring the lake.

Dr. Delia Cosentino
November 4, 2025

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

New Lessons for a New Empire: Americans Learn about the Greater United States

Color map of the Pacific Ocean labeled "Our Islands in the Pacific Ocean"

Dr. Nicholas Kryczka
October 1, 2025

13th Century, 14th Century, 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, College Prep, High School, Lesson Plans

Indigenous Chicago Curriculum

Created for the social studies classroom, the Indigenous Chicago curriculum reflects different perspectives and priorities of Indigenous people who reside in Chicago and the Native nations who recognize Chicago as part of their traditional homelands. The free curriculum currently consists…

Indigenous Chicago Project
December 20, 2024

19th Century, Classroom Materials, High School, Lesson Plans, Middle School

Indenture and Enslavement in Illinois

Indenture contract between John Posey and Phillis

Hilary Mac Austin
December 19, 2024

19th Century, Activities, High School, Lesson Plans, Middle School

Nineteenth-Century Currency

$1 bank note with illustrations (clockwise from top) of industrious white farmers, stateman Daniel Webster, and three Indigenous people.

Hilary Mac Austin
November 18, 2024

Classroom Materials, Elementary School, Middle School, Skills Lessons

Skills Lesson: Ephemera

Anti-women's-suffrage postcard showing an angry white man nursing a baby while a white woman, implied to be his wife, is protesting for women's votes outside.

Hilary Mac Austin
March 4, 2024

19th Century, 20th Century, Classroom Materials, Elementary School, Lesson Plans

The Carrington Store

Black-and-white photograph of a two-story building standing alone and fronting a street with horse drawn vehicles. The first floor has a covered awning over the sidewalk labeled "E.H. Carrington Groceries" and has advertisements for a variety of products. Six well-dressed people stand under the awning.

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
January 31, 2023

20th Century, Classroom Materials, High School, Lesson Plans, Middle School

Blockbusting

Single page of cursive text in pencil. The text describes the author's experiences and advocates for better housing access for African Americans in Chicago

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
December 16, 2022

20th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Elementary School

Latinx Discrimination

Black-and-white sign on a wall reading "We Serve White's Only; No Spanish or Mexicans." Originally from the Russell Lee Photograph Collection, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
November 9, 2022

18th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Middle School

The Will of Eduarda Rita Garduño

Two-page spread of a modern printed book.

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
November 3, 2022