Through an exploration of a range of historical sources, this activity will develop young scholars' understanding of some of the pressures facing women in the 19th century and to consider the problems that Charlotte Bronte encountered as...

A compilation of primary source documents addressing building and running the railroad system in the late 19th century.

Here, you will find lesson plans through which students research, study, and discuss the problems faced by Irish immigrants during the 19th century. Provides bibliographies, as well as effective strategies for studying Irish culture and...

Information from an Ohio State University site. You can read about the many hazards coal miners in the 19th century faced while digging coal to fuel the emerging industry of America.

Combining art and literature, this lesson takes a look at how artists drew the line between civilization and wilderness in 19th century America.

This lesson plan is from a larger site examining the Chinese Experience in the United States in the 19th century. Discover the role the official support by the labor movement played in the discrimination, and in the case of the Rock...

Primary source photos depicting what life was like out west and in California in the late 19th century.

"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia, and Africa are also represented. The collection...

A site by Peter Palmquist on Women photographers and the American Indian. There are biographies and images from thirteen women who were active during the latter part of the 19th century.

Lesson on the 19th Century representation through art and maps of indigenous population and territory of the American West and Mexico. Primary source documents and questions for discussion are included.

This activity will introduce students to influential 19th-century philosophies that construct the nature of the child and childhood itself. Students will examine how Charles Dickens depicts both the character of Oliver and his upbringing...

This activity will encourage students to explore the character of Bertha Mason, Mr. Rochester's first wife, through the lens of medical history. They will compare Charlotte Bronte's presentation of the character with the perspectives...

Throughout the course of the 19th century, the middle classes expanded rapidly. Those moving up the social scale had to learn new modes of behavior and ways of life. These articles research how this sector of society was reflected in the...

These articles research how childhood was depicted in the literature of the 18th and 19th century, and how perceptions of childhood were different from those of today.

A brief recounting of the influx of inventions in the late 19th century that flooded the market. Of particular interest is the description of the use of hot air balloons.

Describes the structure of Mexican society in the 19th century and the cultural clashes that resulted in their dealings with Americans in Texas.

Stroll through the Bowery in New York City and see what the tenements looked like in the late 19th century. This mini museum shows the life of the Bowery. Information about tenement areas in other cities is included.

Learn about the life of 19th century French writer Jules Verne, whose imagination predicted a great number of inventions that have now come to pass.

From the PBS series, American Masters, this is the biography for the 19th century American realist painter, Thomas Eakins.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This image bank provides a slide show of two prints from the Victoria and Albert Museum of costumes from 19th century Shakespeare productions and ideas for discussion and teaching activities concerning...

A great resource for students or teachers interested in the history of photography, specifically the earliest method, the daguerreotype, of the 19th century.

Americans first began the custom of weekday voting in 1845, when Congress passed a federal law designating the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November as Election Day in the hope of streamlining the voting process. But why a...

This brief student-written article focuses on some of Horace Mann's contributions to American education during the 19th century.

This is a fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court from the 17th to...