Students identify connections between agriculture, advertising, and mail order catalogues during 1890s as expressed at World's Fair of 1893. Students interpret photographic exhibit and discuss how reactions of rural fair visitors...

Young scholars interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this technological advancements lesson, students research and share information regarding technologies and inventions featured at the World's...

Students become familiar with the art and architecture and history of the Chicago World's Fair.  In this public arts project lesson, students compare and contrast fine art and public art through a study of the exhibits at the...

Young scholars explore invention and unveiling of world's first Ferris wheel, analyze photographs and poster of first Ferris wheel, and discuss engineering achievements of Ferris wheel, including how it worked, how it was built, and its...

Fourth graders listen to a read aloud of a book that provides background information on the Columbian Exposition. They research the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the city of Chicago at the turn of the century and create a...

Middle schoolers investigate the environmental and human implications to local communities of hosting a major exposition or fair in their region. They study current site conditions and develop a comprehensive plan.

Learners research and discuss the features and controversies of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.

Create trigonometric functions from circles. The first lesson of the module begins by finding coordinates along a circular path created by a Ferris Wheel. As the lessons progress, pupils graph trigonometric functions and relate them to...

Pupils relate the economic growth of 18th century Deerfield, CT to that of America today.

Students K-12 explore a map of the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, to get a sense of how Americans entertained themselve prior to the automobile.

Historical photos of Chicago during the Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, gives viewers a sense of the image Chicago was trying to portray through the ideals expressed in the architecture.

An hour-long professional development workshop on investigating the Chicago Exposition as a vision of America's future. Features experienced classroom teachers. Materials and a complete lesson plan are also provided.

A brief description of the Exposition of 1893. Follow the links for more information.

Find essays, electronic books, and floor plans of the major Exposition buildings at the Columbian World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. A great resource with many related links to the exposition.

Find photographs of buildings and other sights from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

Description and link to a map of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

Leaflet regarding women's suffrage in Wyoming, presented at the World's Fair in Chicago, 1893. View the original document and a transcript of the text.

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.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Zigzag Journeys on the Mississippi by Hezekiah Butterworth (1892). This is a book from the Zigzag Series; it features illustrated stories about the Great World's...

Use this site to learn about the inventor of the Ferris wheel, George Ferris, from this 1893 newspaper account of its debut at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

A brief description of the peephole kinetoscope which Thomas Edison unveiled at the Columbian Exhibition in 1893.