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Illinois.gov: Official Website for the State of Illinois
The official web page of Illinois Government is chock full of information about the state from government, business, and employment to recreation, arts, and entertainment.
A&E Television
History.com: Illinois
Take a detailed look at the state of Illinois! From its earliest history and peoples, to present day facts which include population, climate, geography, plants and animals, economy, government, cultural life, sports and recreation,...
50 States
50 States: Illinois (Il)
Find here a collection of links to information about the state of Illinois. Categories include facts, government, geography, education, people, attractions, history, industry, and miscellaneous.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Illinois Pioneers and Prairies [Pdf]
"Illinois Pioneers and Prairies" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about life in the prairies of Illinois for the early settlers including their hard work, setting up governments, building schools, and making laws. It is...
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Illinois Department of Public Health
The government health site for the state of Illinois. Includes news releases, health fact sheets, online publications, etc.
BBC
Bbc News: Guantanamo Inmates to Be Sent to Illinois Prison
An account of President Obama's order that the federal government buy a prison in Illinois to hold inmates from the soon to close Guantanamo Bay Detention camp. A video clip of the Illinois prison's extreme security is included....
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: About Indian Boarding Schools
Several articles and essays about the federal government's attempt to assimilate Native American children into the dominant American society in the late 1800s through the establishment and use of Indian schools.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: About the Spanish Civil War
An extensive resource covering many aspects of the Spanish Civil War. First read an overview of the conflict before looking at the many primary sources related to the war.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Chicago
[Free Registration/Login Required] Flipchart gives students information about the government of Chicago.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Mormonism
This article on the Mormonism provides information on the religion's founder (Joseph Smith), holy book, (the "Book of Mormon"), and basic tenets. Also included is a history of Mormonism and the Mormon people, including an overview of the...
Yale University
Avalon Project: Treaty of Greenville 1795
This is the text of the Treaty of Greenville which was negotiatied following the Battle of Fallen Timbers, and which ceded most Native American land in Ohio,Indiana and Illinois to the US government.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Utah, 1898
A map from 1898 of Utah showing the capital at Salt Lake City, principal cities and towns, railroads, mountains, lakes, rivers, and the Great American Desert to the west of Salt Lake. "Settled 1848 at Salt Lake by Mormons from Illinois,...