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CPS Social Studies Resources


	Note: This collection of links was specifically aligned to the Chicago Public Schools K-10 Social Studies curriculum map. Please note that some resources listed by time period may cover more than one section.


	Kindergarten K, Q1: Who Am I? Abraham Lincoln & Me Primary Source Activity Book K, Q3: People - The Same & Different When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information BW Negatives: Children Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Images: Children The Water-Babies: Illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith Digitized Children's Literature from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division


	1st Grade G1, Q2: Family Traditions & Celebrations Exploring Cultural Rituals Pictorial Americana: Holidays Looking Into Holidays Past Thanksgiving Resources G1, Q4: Families Then & Now Abraham Lincoln & Me Primary Source Activity Book Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information BW Negatives: Families Digitized Children's Literature from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division


	2nd Grade G2, Q1: My Community Project - The Star Spangled Banner: The Story & the Song (K-3) Exploring Community Through Local History: Oral Stories, Landmarks, Traditions Come Celebrate G2, Q2: People in My Community Project - American Memory & Me Birthday Project G2, Q4: Different Communities Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots America Eats Pictorial Americana: Holidays Looking Into Holidays Past Thanksgiving Resources Small-Town America: Stereoscopic Views, 1850-1920 America at Work, America at Leisure: Films, 1894-1915 Bound for Glory: America in Color, 1939-1943 (Interactive) Bound for Glory: America in Color, 1939-1943 (HTML)


	3rd Grade G3, Q2: How Chicago Came to Be Photographs from the Chicago Daily News Chicago Posters: WPA Poster Collection Chicago: Popular Graphic Arts Chicago: American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 Chicago: Black-and-White Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945 Chicago: Color Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1939-1945 Illinois (mostly Chicago) Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 Chicago: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration Chicago Cubs: Baseball Cards, 1887-1914 Chicago Maroons: Baseball Cards, 1887-1914 Chicago White Sox: Baseball Cards, 1887-1914 Chicago White Stockings: Baseball Cards, 1887-1914 Chicago Eagle Newspaper: Saturday Editions, 1889-1920 G3, Q4: Chicago & Other Global Cities Panoramic Photographs: Cityscapes Photographs from the World's Transportation Commission, 1894-1896


	4th Grade G4, Q1: History of Illinois Primary Source Set: Illinois History Illinois Posters: WPA Poster Collection Illinois: American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 Illinois: American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936 Illinois: Black-and-White Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945 Illinois: Color Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1939-1945 Illinois Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 Illinois: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera Chicago Eagle Newspaper: Saturday Editions, 1889-1920 G4 Q2: Illinois Today Project - Digital Stories of Our Heroes Project Illinois Local Legacies G4, Q3: U.S. Regional Movement & Culture Primary Source Set: Dustbowl Migration The Migrant Experience Voices from the Dustbowl Voices from the Dust Bowl: Teaching Ideas Visions in the Dust: Lesson Plan The African-American Mosaic: Western Migration & Homesteading Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration


	5th Grade G5, Q 1: North America-Past Exploration & Explorers 1492: An Ongoing Voyage Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America The Lewis and Clark Expedition Resources Links to Native American Resources at the Library of Congress Farm Security Administration/Office of War Info Color Photographs 1934-44 Farm Security Administration/Office of War Info Black-White Negatives 1934-44 G5, Q2: North America-Today Project - Digital Stories of Our Heroes Project United States Local Legacies G5, Q3: South & Central America-Past Beginnings (of the world) 1492: An Ongoing Voyage The Cultures and History of the Americas: The Jay I. Kislak Collection Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures


	6th Grade G6, Q1: Intro to World Geography and Cultures Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection: Travel and World Geography World Digital Library Primary Source Set: Maps From The World Digital Library Photographs from the World's Transportation Commission, 1894-1896 Country Profiles Country Studies Nations: Government Resources from the Library Guide to Law Online Earth as Art: A Landsat Perspective G6, Q2: North & Subsaharan Africa Africana Collections: Illustrated Guide Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870 Abdul-Hamid II Collection: Photographs from the Ottoman Empire 1880-1893 Ancient Manuscripts: From the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu Islamic Manuscripts from Mali: Traditional Landscape Timbuktu - an Islamic Cultural Center Timbuktu in Space and Time - Maps G6, Q3: East, Southeast, South, Southwest Asia Asian Collections: Illustrated Guide The Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows, Dreams, and Substance Japanese Woodblock Prints and Drawings, Pre-1915 Japanese Fine Arts Prints 2003-05 (thumbnail images only) On the Cutting Edge: Contemporary Japanese Prints Selections from the Naxi Manuscript Collection Macau: A Selection of Cartographic Images The South Asian Literary Recordings Project Near East Collections: Illustrated Guide Hebraic Collections: Illustrated Guide The American Colony in Jerusalem Historical Images of the Middle East Sikkim (India, Himalaya Mountains) Photographs Voices from Afghanistan G6, Q4: Europe European Collections: Illustrated Guide John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations Churchill and the Great Republic For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliothèque Nationale France In America The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands Dresden: Treasures from the Saxon State Library Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture Leonardo’s Study for the Adoration of the Magi The Empire That Was Russia: Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated Prokudin-Gorskii Collection: Color Photographs of the Russian Empire 1905-15 Brumfield Collection: Architectural Heritage of Pre-Soviet Russia A Centennial Celebration of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, 1909-1929 Revelations from the Russian Archives Reflections: Russian Photographs, 1992-2002


	7th Grade G7, Q1: Worlds Meet / Establishing New Communities Primary Source Set: Hispanic Exploration Exploration & Explorers 1492: An Ongoing Voyage Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier Primary Source Set: Jamestown Primary Source Set: Thanksgiving Links by Time Period: Transatlantic Encounters & Colonial Beginnings Links by Time Period: Colonial North America Links by Theme: Colonial and Early America G7, Q2: Road to Revolution / Constitution Links by Time Period: American Revolutionary Era Links by Time Period: The Early Republic Primary Source Set: U.S. Constitution Links to U.S. Constitution Resources at the Library of Congress Cicero - Constitution: An Interactive, Question-Answer Game Project - The Star Spangled Banner: The Story & the Song Project - Presidential Portraits G7, Q3: Slavery in the U.S. / The Nation Expands Links by Time Period: Territorial Expansion & Manifest Destiny African American Perspectives: Pamphlets 1818-1907 From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 The Frederick Douglass Papers Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 G7, Q4: Civil War / Reconstruction Project - Photos & Perspectives of the Civil War Links by Time Period: Civil War & Reconstruction Primary Source Set: Abraham Lincoln Links by Theme: Abraham Lincoln Primary Source Set: Civil War Music Links by Theme: Civil War Primary Source Set: Jim Crow in America Links by Time Period: Origins of the New South


	8th Grade G8, Q1: Rise of Industrial Society / Immigration & Changing America Links by Time Period: Western Expansion Primary Source Set: The Industrial Revolution in the United States Links by Time Period: Industrial America Around the Turn of the 20th Century Links by Time Period: Urban Society Around the Turn of the 20th Century Primary Source Set: Immigration Challenges for New Americans Links by Theme: Immigration The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 G8, Q2: Ages of Reform: Progressive Era / America as a World Power: WWI Links by Time Period: Populism & Progressivism Project - Monumental Men Links by Time Period: The Emergence of America as a World Power Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-19 The Stars and Stripes: American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election From the Home Front and the Front Lines G8, Q3: The World at War: WWII / The Cold War and Its Aftermath Primary Source Set: The New Deal Links by Time Period: World War II Links by Time Period: The Home Front During World War II For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan Links by Time Period: The Cold War Links by Time Period: The 1950s Project - Digital Stories of Our Heroes G8, Q4: Modern Civil Rights & Reform Movements / The U.S. & Globalization Links by Time Period: The 1960s Primary Source Set: The NAACP, A Century in the Fight for Freedom Primary Source Set: Assimilation Through Education Primary Source Set: Veterans' Stories, Struggles for Participation Links by Theme: Civil Rights Links by Time Period: Politics & Economics Towards the End of the 20th Century Revelations from the Russian Archives: Internal Records of Soviet Rule Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection Links by Time Period: Society & Culture Towards the End of the 20th Century Links by Time Period: The U.S. & the World in the 21st Century


	9th Grade G9, Q1, U1: Geography & Social Science Inquiry Skills Using Bloom's Taxonomy to Assess Primary Sources Learning with Primary Sources Citing Sources World Digital Library Geography & Maps: An Illustrated Guide Primary Source Set: Maps From The World Digital Library Geography & Maps Resources Online Map Collections: 1500-Present Travel and World Geography G9, Q1, U2: Exploring Identity & Culture Primary Source Set: Immigration Challenges for New Americans Links by Theme: Immigration Hannah Arendt Papers Project - American Memory & Me Birthday Project Project - Presidential Portraits Project - Photos & Perspectives of the Civil War Primary Source Set: Woman's Suffrage Links by Theme: Women's History Links by Theme: Women Leaders Primary Source Set: Women Workers During World War II Women Come to the Front: WWII Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters G9, Q2: Understanding Different Types of Power The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures Puerto Rico at Dawn of Modern Age: 19th- and Early-20th-Century Perspectives Links by Time Period: The Emergence of America as a World Power Links by Time Period: World War II Churchill and the Great Republic Links by Time Period: The Cold War G9, Q3: Exploring World Conflict and Compromise Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection: Travel and World Geography Yanker Poster Collection: Politics, Propaganda, Social Issues Voices from Afghanistan Webcast (streaming) - Stories from Afghanistan Webcast (streaming) - The Iraqi Revolution: Why is it Relevant to Modern Iraq? Webcast (streaming) - Islam, Science and Cultural Values Webcast (streaming) - Moral Conscience of the World: United Nations & Palestine in 1947 United Nations Structure United Nations: Photographs from the Library Collections Peace: Songs related to Peace from the Library Collections "Great Compromise" Saves the Convention Compromise of 1850 Missouri Compromise For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan Revelations from the Russian Archives: Internal Records of Soviet Rule Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection Witness and Response: September 11 G9, Q4: How Societies Promote Justice During Times of Injustice Materials Related to Genocide from the Congressional Record Congessional Bills Related to Genocide (enter "Genocide" in search box) Atrocities Images Historic Armenian Images Webcast (streaming) - Killing Neighbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda Webcast (streaming) - UNESCO's Role in Building Bridges to Cultural Peace: Case Studies of Somalia, Burundi and Ethiopia After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor "Suffering Under a Great Injustice": Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar Primary Source Set: Japanese American Internment During World War II Primary Source Set: Assimilation Through Education


	10th Grade G10, Q1, U1: Clash of Peoples Primary Source Set: Hispanic Exploration Exploration & Explorers 1492: An Ongoing Voyage Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier Primary Source Set: Jamestown Primary Source Set: Thanksgiving Links by Time Period: Transatlantic Encounters & Colonial Beginnings Links by Time Period: Colonial North America Links by Theme: Colonial and Early America G10, Q1, U2: Revolution & Constitution Links by Time Period: American Revolutionary Era Links by Time Period: The Early Republic Primary Source Set: U.S. Constitution Library of Congress Resources: U.S. Constitution Cicero - Constitution: An Interactive, Question-Answer Game Project - The Star Spangled Banner: The Story & the Song Project - Presidential Portraits G10, Q2, U1: Expansion & Manifest Destiny Links by Time Period: Territorial Expansion & Manifest Destiny African American Perspectives: Pamphlets 1818-1907 From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 The Frederick Douglass Papers Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 G10, Q2, U2: Civil War & Reconstruction Project - Photos & Perspectives of the Civil War Links by Time Period: Civil War & Reconstruction Primary Source Set: Abraham Lincoln Links by Theme: Abraham Lincoln Primary Source Set: Civil War Music Links by Theme: Civil War Primary Source Set: Jim Crow in America Links by Time Period: Origins of the New South G10, Q3, U1: Industrialization & WWI Links by Time Period: Western Expansion Primary Source Set: The Industrial Revolution in the United States Links by Time Period: Industrial America Around the Turn of the 20th Century Links by Time Period: Urban Society Around the Turn of the 20th Century Links by Time Period: The Emergence of America as a World Power Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-19 The Stars and Stripes: American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election From the Home Front and the Front Lines G10, Q3, U2: Immigration & the Progressive Era Primary Source Set: Immigration Challenges for New Americans Links by Theme: Immigration The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 Links by Time Period: Populism & Progressivism Project - Monumental Men Links by Time Period: The Emergence of America as a World Power G10, Q4, U1: WWII & The Cold War Primary Source Set: The New Deal Links by Time Period: World War II Links by Time Period: The Home Front During World War II For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan Links by Time Period: The Cold War Links by Time Period: The 1950s Project - Digital Stories of Our Heroes G10, Q4, U2: Civil Rights & Globalization Links by Time Period: The 1960s Primary Source Set: The NAACP, A Century in the Fight for Freedom Primary Source Set: Assimilation Through Education Primary Source Set: Veterans' Stories, Struggles for Participation Links by Theme: Civil Rights Links by Time Period: Politics & Economics Towards the End of the 20th Century Revelations from the Russian Archives: Internal Records of Soviet Rule Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection Links by Time Period: Society & Culture Towards the End of the 20th Century Links by Time Period: The U.S. & the World in the 21st Century


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	All pages (text and audio) of the Abraham Lincoln & Me Primary Source Activity Book are available in English and Spanish.


	Moran, Percy. "The Star Spangled Banner." Circa 1913. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.


	American Tobacco Company. "Art Phelan" [Chicago Cubs]. 1914. Baseball Cards 1887-1914. Library of Congress American Memory Collection.


	Federal Art Project. "Curb service 10,000 current books - convenient, free, time saving : Chicago Public Library, Randolph St. corridor." Between 1936 and 1941. By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943. Library of Congress American Memory Collection.


	Geissler, Charles. "Illinois waltz." 1855. Music for a Nation: American Sheet Music, 1820-1860. Library of Congress American Memory Collection.


	Curtis, E.S. "Two Strike (The North American Indian; v.03)" 1908. Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian: Photographic Images. Library of Congress American Memory Collection.


	Boazio, Baptista. From "Santo Domingo, Hispaniola." 1589. Jay I. Kislak Collection. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.


	Bleau, William. "Map of the continent of Asia from Toonneel des Aerdriicx." 1635. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.


	Kunisada, Utagawa. "Floating Bridge of Dreams." 1854. The Floating World of Ukiyo-e. Library of Congress Exhibition.


	L. Prang & Co., "Columbus taking possession of the new country." 1893. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.


	Hintermeister, Henry. "The Foundation of American Government." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.


	Ward, A.R. "from Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume 1. 1865 and 1866. Selected Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress American Memory Collection.


	Underwood & Underwood. "U.S. inspectors examining eyes of immigrants, Ellis Island, New York Harbor." Circa 1913. Library of Congress Prints & Photograph Division.


	Allan, William and Herbert, J.B. "John Bull and Uncle Sam." 1898. Library of Congress Music Division.


	NAACP. "At the Ballot Box, Everybody is Equal, Register and Vote." Between 1970-1979. Yanker Poster Collection, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.


	"Taj Mahal." Circa 1920. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.


	"The Successful Start for Westminster." Circa 1909. Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911, Library of Congress American Memory Collection.


	Dance Observer. "Martha Graham Group in 'Tribute to Peace' [clipping]." May 1939. Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress Music Division.


	Good, Battiste. "Winter Count, 1230-1907." Circa 1907. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.


	Szyk, Arthur. "Bill of rights." 1949. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.


	Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspaper. "Educating the Indians--a female pupil of the government school at Carlisle visits her home at Pine Ridge Agency." 1884 March 15. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.


	Hart, Alfred A. "The Goliah, at Wadsworth, Big Bend of Truckee River." Between 1865 and 1869. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.


	True Comics. "Photofighter [Therese Bonney]." July 1944, p. 14. Library of Congress Serial and Government Publications Division.


	Telnaes, Ann. "Network sheep and war." February 14, 2003. Humors Edge: Cartoons by Telnaes. Library of Congress Exhibition.

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