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19th Century

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

Maps as Heritage: Commemoration and Travel in American Cartography

Hand-drawn map, showing the country from Lake Superior and the Mississippi in the east to Pacific Ocean in the west and the Kansas River in the south to the northern boundary of the Louisiana Territory in the north. The map shows the locations of many Indigenous groups along with natural features like rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges.

DCCAuthor
August 31, 2022

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

Perspectives on the United States

Title page of book printed on birch bark. Title readings "The Red Man's Greeting, 1492-1892 by Chief Pokagon." In the lower right corner is an image of a white man standing on a beach with many other white men behind him. They carry flags and crosses and are disembarking from a boat." The image is captioned "Landing of Columbus."

newberry
April 6, 2022

19th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Middle School

The Second Great Awakening

Right hand page of a printed book. Reads, "for a minister to read his sermon--to turn over leaf after leaf, and at the conclusion say 'amen,' seemed to me like an 'empty sound and a tinkling cymbal.' I was not benefitted by his reading. It did not arouse me to a sense of my danger--and I am of the opinion that it had no better effect on the people of his charge. I liked to attend church, as I had been taught in my younger years to venerate the Sabbath day; and although young I could plainly perceive the difference between the preachers I had formerly heard and the minister at whose church I attended. I thought, as near as I can remember, that the Christian depended on the Holy Spirit's influence entirely, while this minister depended as much upon his learning. I would not be understood as saying any thing against knowledge; in its place it is good, and highly necessary to a faithful preacher of righteousness. What I object to is, placing too much reliance in it, making a god of it, &c. / Every thing went on smoothly for two or three years. About this time the Methodists began to hold meetings in the neighbourhood, and consequently a storm of persecution gathered; the pharisee and the worldling united heartily in abusing them. The gall and wormwood of sectarian malice were emitted, and every evil report prejudicial to this pious people was freely circulated. And"

newberry
April 5, 2022

19th Century, 20th Century, Classroom Materials, Elementary School, Skills Lessons

Skills Lesson: Types of Photographs

newberry
April 4, 2022

19th Century, 20th Century, Classroom Materials, Elementary School, Middle School, Skills Lessons

Skills Lesson: Political Cartoons

A black-and-white line drawing of a giant, wheeled machine fronted with two outstretched hands pushes crowds of people off a cliff into a valley labeled "Unemployment Dump." The machine is labeled "Modern Machinery."

newberry
March 7, 2022

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

Civil War Letters

newberry
February 28, 2022

18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Latin American Independence in the Age of Revolutions

DCCAuthor
August 25, 2021

19th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Elementary School

Immigration and Universal Suffrage

Black and white image of diverse group of people joining Uncle Sam’s dinner table just four years after the close of the Civil War, a time when many Americans were trying to re-envision national identity.

DCCAuthor
July 12, 2021

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

From the Letters of Amy Eleanor Wingreen (1870-1919)

newberry
June 30, 2021

19th Century, 20th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Elementary School

The Narrative of Sarah Graves

DCCAuthor
June 25, 2021

19th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Middle School

Comparing Portraits

DCCAuthor
June 25, 2021

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

The Hull House Neighborhood

Detail of a map showing a set of Chicago blocks color coded by wage rate

DCCAuthor
June 25, 2021