Designing for Change Learning Guide
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: 2D OBJECTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS Chicago Artists in the 1960s and ’70s used design to create powerful slogans, symbols, and imagery to amplify their visions for social change. … Learn More
Grade Level: Grades 6-8
American Medina: Stories of Muslim Chicago
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: PHOTOGRAPHS, ORAL HISTORIES Many people see Chicago as the American Medina, drawing Muslims from all over the country and world as Medina, Saudi Arabia has done for … Learn More
Remembering Dr. King
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: PHOTOGRAPHS The Remembering Dr. King: 1929–1968 exhibition invites students and teachers to walk through a winding gallery featuring of twenty-five photographs depicting key moments in Dr. King’s … Learn More
History Through Opposing Eyes: America and Protest
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: 2D OBJECTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS Great changes and events in history have often started with protest. From town hall meetings and rallies to demonstrations and war, protest has … Learn More
Face-to-Face with the Great Depression
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: DOCUMENTS, ORAL HISTORIES During the Great Depression approximately 25 percent of working Americans lost their jobs, but how did this really affect the people who lived through … Learn More
Through the Camera’s Lens: The Civil War in Photographs
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: PHOTOGRAPHS This unit uses the work of the studio of Mathew Brady to explore the process of photography during the Civil War, discuss issues of early photojournalism, … Learn More
Fighting for Freedom: African Americans in the Civil War
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: 2D OBJECTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS This unit explores the African American’s experiences during the Civil War. Students will learn how government policy evolved over time regarding African American … Learn More
African American Life in the Nineteenth Century
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: 2D OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS, ORAL HISTORIES John and Mary Jones were two of Chicago’s most influential and prominent black citizens in the late nineteenth century. By examining primary … Learn More
Slavery and Freedom in America
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: DOCUMENTS This unit examines the broad meanings of slavery and freedom in America through the life of a woman named Hannah Harris. Hannah was a weaver on … Learn More
America’s Documents of Freedom
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: DOCUMENTS The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and the Emancipation Proclamation are often referred to collectively as the Documents of Freedom. As a … Learn More