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  • 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

Indigenous Chicago Logo
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Dr. Daniella McCahey, Texas Tech University
  • 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
  • Janice Lobo Sapigao, Skyline College
  • 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"
  • Janice Lobo Sapigao, Skyline College
  • 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."
  • Dr. Michael Hines & Alexandrea Henry, Stanford University
  • 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.
  • Dr. Michael Hines & Alexandrea Henry, Stanford University
  • 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.
  • Dr. Michael Hines & Alexandrea Henry, Stanford University
  • September 12, 2024
  • 20th Century, Classroom Materials, Collection Essays

The Great Migration in Historical Perspective

Pullman Company ID Card of Willie L. Wynne
  • Dr. Tikia K. Hamilton, Loyola University Chicago
  • July 25, 2024
  • 16th Century, 17th Century, Activities, High School

Distilling in Early Modern Europe

Image of a distillation factory.
  • Sarah Peters Kernan, PhD
  • June 27, 2024
  • 16th Century, 17th Century, Classroom Materials, College Prep, Lesson Plans

Food, Health, and the Humors in Early Modern Europe

Two-page spread of an early printed book.
  • Sarah Peters Kernan, PhD
  • June 17, 2024
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