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Newberry Library: The World of Don Quixote
Learning module using primary resources in which students explore how Cervantes' Don Quixote respond to the social conditions and literary traditions of early modern Spain.
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Newberry Library: Trade, Diplomacy, and China's Modern Transformation
Learning module with primary resources and questions for critical thinking explores how China's economic and diplomatic ties to the outside world shaped its modern history
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Treason or Loyal Opposition? The Copperheads and Dissent During the Civil War
Learning module with primary resources and questions for discussion on the Copperheads and the limits of free speech and government criticism in times of war.
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Newberry Library: Victorians and the Hidden Self
Learning module in which students examine two pieces of Victorian literature, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, to explore the idea of the hidden or double self during the Victorian Age.
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Newberry: Wives and Wenches, Sinners and Saints: Women in Medieval Europe
Learning module on women in Europe during the Middle Ages teaches about medieval Christian beliefs about women's nature and social roles and how they were expressed in illustrations, poetry, and religious writings.
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Women on the Move: Gender and Mobility in American Culture, 1890 to 1950
Newberry Library learning module uses primary source documents and literature to explore the influence of gender on social and physical mobility and the concept of freedom in American culture from 1890 - 1950.
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Newberry Library: World War I in u.s. Popular Culture
Learning module from the Newberry Library uses primary source materials to explore the impact of WWI on the American public and how WWI was promoted or criticized through the popular culture of the day. With questions for discussion.
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Newberry: Migration and Settlement: Map 4, "Nouvelle Orleans", 1723
Lessons based on a map of French settlement in and around New Orleans which teaches students about adaptation to new environments. Includes maps, supplemental material, and curators notes.
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Newberry: Exploration and Encounter: Map 3, Captain Cook and Hawaii, 1778
Map and primary source information provide first-hand account of exploration and encounters between Europeans and Hawaiians. Includes lesson plans for k-12, links to reference material and supplemental resources, and curators notes.
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Newberry: Settlement and Migration: Map 6: Indian Removal, Oklahoma Land Rush
Lessons for all ages on the European quest for land and the displacement of Native Americans during the late 1800s. Lessons use maps and supplemental material.
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Newberry Library: Library Exhibit: Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend: Funeral Scroll
View the lengthy illustrated scroll that documents Elizabeth's funeral procession, a microcosm of Elizabethan society at the time of Elizabeth's death, in 1603.
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Newberry Library: Library Exhibit: Mapping the French Empire in North America
A virtual exhibit containing documents illustrating the historic French presence in the Americas.
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Newberry Library: Library Exhibit: Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend
Full-featured online exhibition about Elizabeth I, her reign, and Elizabethan times.
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Newberry Library: Library Exhibit: Outspoken: Chicago's Free Speech Tradition
A virtual library exhibit about free speech, focusing on the principles that unite Americans and the conflicts that divide them.
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Newberry Library: Library Exhibit: Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country
A virtual library exhibit which explores how the United States history and Indian peoples along the expedition route, came together over two hundred years ago, and how they remain intertwined today.
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Newberry Library: Historic Maps: Revolutionary Boston: Old South Meeting House
Uncover what happened the night of the Boston Tea Party in 1773 where a large meeting was held in the Old South Meeting House to decide how to handle the duty taxes being put on tea by the British.
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Newberry Library: Historic Maps: Revolutionary Boston: Boston Massacre
A brief synopsis of the Boston Massacre includes a newspaper clipping reporting the event.
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Newberry Library: Historic Maps: Revolutionary Boston: Paul Revere's House
A photo of the only building still standing in Boston from the 17th century, Paul Revere's home. Paul Revere is known for his role as a revolutionary patriot in the 18th century. A brief biography of Revere is included.
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Frontier to Heartland: Join the Women's Land Army
See a recruitment poster encouraging women to join the Women's Land Army to help work the land and harvest crops in World War II.