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18th Century

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Collection Essays

Renaissance Invention: Stradanus’s Nova Reperta

Lia Markey, Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Stephanie Reitzig
June 3, 2020

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Collection Essays

The Making of the Bible, 400-1700

Dr. Christopher Fletcher, Newberry Library
May 27, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, High School, Lesson Plans

Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America: C3 Activity (Grades 9-12)

Nicholas Kryczka, PhD
January 22, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, High School, Lesson Plans, Middle School

Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America: Unit Plan (Grades 6-12)

This is part of a set of classroom materials for the Digital Collection Maps and the Beginnings of North America.

Nicholas Kryczka, PhD
January 17, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, College Prep, High School, Lesson Plans

Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America: Document-Based Questions

This is part of a set of classroom materials for the Digital Collection Maps and the Beginnings of North America.

Nicholas Kryczka, PhD
January 17, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, Elementary School, Lesson Plans, Middle School

Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America: Visual Literacy Class Activity (Grades K-8)

This is part of a set of classroom materials for the Digital Collection Maps and the Beginnings of North America.

Nicholas Kryczka, PhD
January 15, 2020

18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Race, Respectability, and Resilience: African Americans in the Midwest

Cathleen Martin, 2018-19 Mellon Foundation-Newberry Teacher Fellow
May 31, 2019

18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Voltaire and the French Enlightenment

Dr. Michael R. Lynn
November 9, 2018

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

The Inquisition

Drawing of stage in a city square surrounded by a crowd. Members of the Inquisition are on the stage surrounded by victims they will punish, who sit in tiered seats around the edges of the stage. Members of the crowd carry pikes or spears.

Christopher Fletcher
June 14, 2018

18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

The American Gothic

Dr. Kara Johnson, The Newberry
June 4, 2018

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Searching for Ophelia in the Archive

What does the archive offer for the exploration of Shakespeare in the digital age?

Paul Hecht
May 17, 2018

18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Beowulf: History, Legend, and Mythology

Karl E. H. Seigfried
May 9, 2018