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World History

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)

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

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)

Nicholas Kryczka, PhD
January 15, 2020

20th Century, Collection Essays

Experiencing the Great War, 1914-1918 and Beyond

Eugene Beiriger, Ph.D., DePaul University
May 16, 2019

18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Voltaire and the French Enlightenment

Dr. Michael R. Lynn
November 9, 2018

16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

Religious Wars in Early Modern Europe

Christopher Fletcher, The Newberry
August 31, 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

20th Century, Collection Essays

Americans and the Holocaust

Daniel Greene, Newberry Library
May 10, 2018

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

The European Discovery of Chocolate

Sarah Peters Kernan
April 13, 2018