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20th Century

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

Polar History at the Newberry Library

Woodblock print of a sailing ship moving through bay with icebergs. A polar bear is eating a seal on one of the icebergs in the foreground.

DCCAuthor
November 14, 2024

19th Century, 20th Century, Classroom Materials, College Prep, Lesson Plans

Causes and Impacts of the United States’ War with the Philippines

Postcard with image of Emilio Aguinaldo and short handwritten message

DCCAuthor
September 13, 2024

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

US Imperialism in the Philippines

Sketch of the stern of ship with a large hole from an interior explosion in the side just above the waterline. Captioned "McCutcheon/Manila Bay/June 29-98"

DCCAuthor
September 13, 2024

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

Black Childhood and the Great Migration

Hand-colored portrait of seven young Black men in basketball uniforms. Another Black man stands in the back row wearing a suit. The young man sitting in the front holds a basketball with the text "YMCA Champs 1921."

DCCAuthor
September 12, 2024

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

Black Labor and the Great Migration

Chart in a printed book showing the percentages of white and Black workers employed in different industries in 1930. Substantially larger percentages of Black men and women work in semi-skilled and unskilled jobs than white men and women. The difference is more pronounced for women, because 55.7% of Black women work as servants.

DCCAuthor
September 12, 2024

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

The Black Church and the Great Migration

Large, multi-story stone church on a residential streetcorner.

DCCAuthor
September 12, 2024

20th Century, Classroom Materials, Collection Essays

The Great Migration in Historical Perspective

Pullman Company ID Card of Willie L. Wynne

DCCAuthor
July 25, 2024

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

Women of the Great Migration, Part II: Women Journalists

Eighteen well-dressed African American women posing for a picture. They sit and stand in three rows in an alleyway between a fence and a building.

DCCAuthor
May 6, 2024

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

Women of the Great Migration, Part I: Letters from the South

Colored glass slide showing 15 Black women working at sewing machines in a large hall. Completed dresses hang on the walls around them.

DCCAuthor
May 6, 2024

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

The Chicago Defender as the North Star

Approximately 30 Black men in suits and ties sit at two long tables in a small, well-decorated room. Most have reading material in front of them. Two stand at a rack of newspapers on the side of the room.

DCCAuthor
May 6, 2024

17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Classroom Materials, Skills Lessons

Skills Lesson: Anatomy of a Map

Map of the United States and Indian Territory. Insets on around the edges show major cities and pieces of infrastructure.

DCCAuthor
September 29, 2023

17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Classroom Materials, Elementary School, Middle School, Skills Lessons

Skills Lesson: Decoding Lines in Maps

Map of Ohio with sections of surrounding states and Lake Eire, Ohio is broken into different colored counties. Roads, railroads, canals, and cities are marked.

DCCAuthor
September 21, 2023