Additional Resources

Opening Day.

On this site
Use the Resources tab above to access all images, documents, maps, and worksheets referenced in the lesson plans.

On other sites
Lesson Plans
The World at the Fair (lesson plans on electricity, anthropology, and immigration)
The Global Community Meets at Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 (map-based lesson plans for K-12)

Fiction
Fair Weather by Richard Peck (historical novel for ages 9-12)
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (1900), for background on life in Chicago

Nonfiction
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Historical World's Columbian Exposition and Chicago Guide by Horace Hills Morgan
Interactive Resources
University of Chicago eCUIP
Virtual model of the fair (site under construction)
1893: A World's Fair Mystery (interactive PC game)
The World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath (virtual tour)

Other Resources
Illinois Institute of Technology project
Chicago Historical Society
Chicago History Museum
Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference resources
African-Americans in the White City
Chicago Postcard Museum

Topics for Independent Study

• Minority representation and reaction (e.g., African-Americans, Native Americans, and women)
• Foreign representation
• Views of Columbus and the discovery of America
• Engineering challenges in building the fair
• Hazards at the fair
• Visual arts
• Advertising

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