Sixth graders participate in various activities in which they must complete research. Individually, they draw a human heart and label each part along with its function. They use the internet to research an invention in Mesopotamia was...

Pupils discuss how changing the environment can cause conflict between two groups. In groups, they brainstorm other ways to deal with this issue without using warfare. They use the internet to research the differences in today's army...

Learners observe a documentary on "Escuela" to explore the life and education of migrant families. After discussing the related topics in the movie, students share their conclusions migrant farmworkers. Using the Internet and other...

In this music worksheet, students circle names of Native American tribes or nations. They answer three true/false questions. Students answer 3 multiple choice question about the history of Native America. They name 8 music notations.

In this telling time worksheet, students draw in the clock hands for the analog clocks. Students read the digital times and draw the hands on the clock to illustrate those times.

Students observe the general structure and organelles of plant and animal cells. Students prepare microscope slides of elodea, onion, check, and cork and identify the cells by size and shape as unicellular, multicellular, plant or animal.

Young scholars study the structure and habitat of the hydra in this lab lesson. Students determine if the hydra can be used as an indicator to detect pollution from automobile exhaust.

Students identify consumers and producers in different communities. Students collect a variety of soil samples and record organisms found in the samples.

Students observe the reaction of living cells to mechanical and chemical stimuli by introducing different stimuli to an organism under a microscope and recording the response.

Fourth graders complete activities to study decimal numbers. In this decimal numbers lesson, 4th graders study decimal numbers to express numbers less than one and intervals. Students complete map and location activities to study the...

In this urban geography worksheet, students respond to 20 short answer questions about urban geography after they have read a related article. The article is not included.

Tenth graders differentiate angiosperms and gymnosperms. In this biology lesson, 10th graders construct a musical phylogenetic tree from information they gathered on resource websites. They present their project in class.

World War I brought turmoil to Chicago because of its large immigrant population, especially Germans. Read about how the war affected the politics and industry of Chicago both during and after the war.

An interesting look at how some businesses in Chicago practiced welfare capitalism, a way to give noncash compensation to workers primarily to stave off unionization, but also to promote a loyalty to the company. Many examples are given.

An article by NAACP executive secretary, Walter White, discusses the eight reasons he saw for the Chicago Race Riots in July, 1919. He goes into great detail to support these causes.

Read a part of an article written by Carl Sandburg for the Chicago Daily News reporting on the Chicago Race Riots of 1919.

"Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan" is a one page, nonfiction passage about Daniel Burnham, an architect and city planner for Chicago. He planned the layout of the city including Navy Pier, railroads, streets, and public buildings. It is...

As urban populations increased along with poverty in urban areas, charities began to offer help. Read about the Charity Organization Society that attempted to coordinate charitiable giving. Read about the evolution of the coordination of...

Read about the Chicago branch of the Women's Trade Union League and its alliance between women workers and upper-class women who supported their cause.

This article from the Encyclopedia of Chicago explains how a strike by railroad workers in West Virginia eventually made its way to Chicago and was taken up by workers from many industries. See how city officials resolved this general...

This website offers the complete e-text of Sandburg's "Chicago Poems," plus a biography and the Carl Sandburg Discussion Group.

Find information about the race riots in Chicago in the summer of 1919. Read case details, causes of the riots, and photographs of the incidents.

Read about the history of the Yerkes Observatory, which was run by the University of Chicago. This observatory houses one of the few research grade refractors in the world. The observatory was closed in October 2018 and discussions were...

A comprehensive overview with many interesting facts and information on the Chicago Mafia who were part of the organized crime wave led by Al Capone during the Prohibition Era.