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 9-12
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
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
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
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
Lincoln’s Undying Words
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: DOCUMENTS Explore Abraham Lincoln’s changing views toward slavery and racial equality through five of his key speeches: A House Divided (1858); his first and second inaugural addresses … Learn More
Abraham Lincoln
PRIMARY SOURCE TYPE: 2D OBJECTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS This group of four lessons examines key subjects and events in Lincoln’s lifetime: slavery; his election in 1860; the Emancipation Proclamation and black … Learn More