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17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson, Visual Literacy

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, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson, Visual Literacy

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

16th Century, 17th Century, Classroom Materials, Collection Essays

Spanish Golden Age Nobility Documents

Two-page spread of an open book. On the right is a full-page illumination depicting a plumed helmet above a crest on a shield. The shield is split into four parts. Clockwise from the upper left: an armed knight on top of a tower, leaves surrounding a green rectangle crossed by a diagonal orange line, five black pots within a square surrounded by black Xs on a gold background, and a pattern of gray, black, and orange and gold checkered horizontal lines. The image is bracketed on both vertical side by a floral border. The image on the left also has vertical floral borders. These bracket two illuminations stacked vertically. The upper illumination shows Jesus (white) floating in a halo above a gold tomb. Three white men wearing armor cower away from him. The lower illumination shows a white man on a rearing white horse with sword raised. A figure wearing orange lays under the horse's feet.

DCCAuthor
April 13, 2023

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

Movable Mayhem: Pop-Up Books through the Ages

Sheets of paper layered one behind the other to create a 3D scene of buildings as if they rise up a hill. At the bottom is a body of water with fountains and a decorative balustrade running along its edge. Above this is a large neo-Romanesque house. Above this is an even larger rectangular building with grand entrances on each side, domes on the corners, and many flags. Above this is a cathedral-like building with tall windows filled with light and many domed towers. A US flag flies from its central, largest dome. The buildings are surrounded by lush plants.

DCCAuthor
March 3, 2023

17th Century, 18th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up

American Indians in an Age of Empire and Revolution, 1750-1783: Primary Source Activities

DCCAuthor
March 17, 2022

14th Century, 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century

Learning from Premodern Plagues

DCCAuthor
October 13, 2021

14th Century, 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century

Renaissance Humanism

DCCAuthor
October 4, 2021

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

Sugar and Power in the Early Modern World

Etching of white men participating in the sugar refinement process, including chopping up sugar cane, melting it in vats, and removing finished sugar from drying containers.

newberry
March 18, 2021

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

Renaissance Invention: Stradanus’s Nova Reperta

newberry
June 3, 2020

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

The Making of the Bible, 400-1700

newberry
May 27, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, College Prep, Lesson Plans, Visual Literacy

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

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

newberry
January 22, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, College Prep, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Lesson Plans, Visual Literacy

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.

newberry
January 17, 2020