Curated OER
Battle of the Bulge
Students identify the date and location of the Battle of the Bulge and the sides battling in it and who the military leaders were. They identify what each side did in the battle, who the victor was, and the condition each side was in...
Curated OER
Bouncing Balls
Students make observations of a bouncing ball and study how it travels. In this height lesson students complete a lab activity and describe and explain the motion of the ball.
Curated OER
Pressure in Fluids
Students study the properties of fluids under different circumstances. In this pressure fluids lesson students view a demonstration, complete an activity and describe what they learned.
Library of Congress
Loc: Illinois Entered the Union 21st State
A brief history of Illinois including the origin of its name and famous landmarks. Features a historic map, a 1913 photograph of the city a
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: City and Suburb: Chicago and Park Forest, Illinois 1950s
Exhibition highlights the differences between city and suburbia living. Visit Park Forest, Illinois, a new suburb of Chicago, where every day is moving day. A station wagon and moving boxes sit in front of a new house and the new kids on...
Other
Chicago Historical Society
A rich source of historical information on Chicago. Search through entries, historical sources, maps, and special features.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Illinois
The historical account of how Illinois became a state, some of its prominent citizens, and great photographs can be found at this site.
Other
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
At the online home of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art find a variety of ways to view and experience the museum's collections and exhibitions, which focus on visual art from 1945 to the present. Interactive content includes podcasts,...
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
At the online home of the Art Institute of Chicago, browse the full scope and focus of the museum's collections of French impressionism, photography, architectural drawing, European decorative arts, American art, textiles, African art,...
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: The Anti Slavery Movement in Chicago and Illinois
Lesson on the actions of the anti-slavery movement in Chicago and Illinois examines how abolitionists tried to transform public opinion and how they responded to events of the 1850s. Primary source material and questions for...
Maps of Mexico
Virtual Picture Travel Map of Illinois
Click on Illinois and take a virtual tour of Chicago. Visit places of interest such as Oak Park, the Frank Lloyd Wright House, DuSable Museum, Lincoln Park and the Sears Tower.
Maps of Mexico
Virtual Picture Travel Map of Illinois
Click on Illinois and take a virtual tour of Chicago. Visit places of interest such as Oak Park, the Frank Lloyd Wright House, DuSable Museum, Lincoln Park and the Sears Tower.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago: Oriental Institute
Home page of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. A very simple, but easy site to navigate and find what you are looking for. Links to research archives, electronic resources, and projects are available on this site.
Other
University of Illinois: Gangs and the 1919 Chicago Race Riot
Features an article describing the history of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot and the crucial role that white gangs played in this riot, as told in the 1922 report of The Chicago Commission on Race Relations.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology: Famous Sculpture From Cathedral of Notre Dame
A tour of the sculpture in the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 brought to you by the Paul V. Galvin Library from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Black and white images show the artwork in a hauntingly beautiful way.
Northern Illinois University
Illinois During the Guilded Age: The Haymarket Bomb in Historical Context
Through essays, primary documents, images, and videos, relive the Haymarket Bomb incident and see what society and politics were like during the Guilded Age.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Abraham Ribicoff: Speech Nominating G. Mc Govern for President
This is the text and audio of Abraham Ribicoff's speech nominating G. McGovern for President delivered on August 28, 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Sandburg on Race
This article from the University of Illinois covers the work of Carl Sandburg as a reporter in Chicago during the riots of 1919.
Cayuse Canyon
The Us50: Information About Chicago, Il
Explore the city of Chicago using this interactive map. If you know what section of the city you want to look at, you can click on the zipcode. Can also access current weather conditions.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Chicago, Illinois , 1914
A city plan from 1914 of greater Chicago showing the city limits, major streets, railroads and stations, parks, major landmarks, rivers, and the shoreline of Lake Michigan. A grid reference at the bottom of the map lists the principal...
Chicago History Museum
Encyclopedia of Chicago: Adler Planetarium
Examine the history of famous Chicago landmark, the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum.
University of Chicago
Smart Museum of Art
Located on the University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus, Smart Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of over 7000 objects, spanning five centuries of both Western and Eastern civilizations.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Chicago
[Free Registration/Login Required] Flipchart gives students information about the government of Chicago.