CMHEC 2017 Archives - TPS-Barat Primary Source Nexus

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NHD 2017: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Wars, Labor

October 26, 2016 by Barat PSN Leave a Comment

These curated resource lists coincide with the order of the topic ideas listed in the Chicago Metro History Fair (formerly CMHEC) NHD 2017 theme-related topic ideas. The links lead to resources from the Primary Source Nexus and the Library of Congress (LOC.gov) unless otherwise noted. Note: U.S. historic newspaper coverage is from 1789-1922 unless otherwise noted. WW1 and the IWW, One Big Union: The IWW Industrial Workers of the World primary source set Industrial Workers of the World … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Primary Source Picks Tagged With: Agnes Nestor, ben hect, black hawk, black regiments, chicago, chicago federation of labor, cio, civil war, CMHEC, CMHEC 2017, congress of industrial organizations, copperheads, cwr, dodo chapter, ellen gates starr, fighting eigth, Florence Kelley, haymarket, holocaust, hull house, illinois, illinois regiments, indians, Industrial Workers of the World, iww, john altgeld, John Fitzpatrick, joseph medill, journalists, labor, Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, native americans, newspaper articles, newspapers, nhd, nhd 2017, pullman strike, Steel strike 1919, tuskegee airmen, victory monument, war, Women’s Trade Union League, world war I, world war II, WTUL, wwI, wwII

NHD 2017: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Politics, Law, Economy, Arts, Culture

October 13, 2016 by Barat PSN Leave a Comment

These curated resource lists coincide with the order of the topic ideas listed in the Chicago Metro History Fair (formerly CMHEC) NHD 2017 theme-related topic ideas. The links lead to resources from the Primary Source Nexus and the Library of Congress (LOC.gov) unless otherwise noted. Note: U.S. historic newspaper coverage is from 1789-1922 unless otherwise noted. Albert Parsons Inside/Outside Politics Albert Parsons anarchist historic newspaper coverage International Working People's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Primary Source Picks Tagged With: 1968, abner mikva, albert parsons, ama, american medical association, anarchists, arts, bimetallism, black codes, black laws, Black Panthers, cairo illinois, chicago, chicago seven, clarence darrow, CMHEC, CMHEC 2017, colonel mccormick, culture, democratic national convention, dnc, economy, fred hampton, gold, health care, Henry Demarest Lloyd, hull house riot, illinois, International Working People's Association, law, Margaret Burroughs, miranda rights, miranda v. arizona, muhammad ali, national health care, nhd, nhd 2017, paul robeson, politics, Robert McCormick, silver, silverite, WPA chicago, WPA Illinois

NHD 2017: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Women, Gender, Feminism, Education

October 10, 2016 by Barat PSN Leave a Comment

These curated resource lists coincide with the order of the topic ideas listed in the Chicago Metro History Fair (formerly CMHEC) NHD 2017 theme-related topic ideas. The links lead to resources from the Primary Source Nexus and the Library of Congress (LOC.gov) unless otherwise noted. Note: U.S. historic newspaper coverage is from 1789-1922 unless otherwise noted. Chicago Women’s Clubs reform (Insane Asylum, Chicago Fire, Juvenile Court, discrimination) Annals of the Chicago Woman's Club … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Primary Source Picks Tagged With: 1893 world's fair, activism, betty friedan, Black Women’s Clubs, Catherine Waugh McCulloch, Catherine Waugh McCullough, chicago, Chicago Teachers' Federation, chicago woman's club, CMHEC, CMHEC 2017, columbian exposition, cook county insane asylum, education, Ella Flagg Young, Equal Rights Amendment, era, Feminism, Frances Willard, Gender, Grace Wilbur Trout, ida b wells, jane addams, John Dewey, Julia Lathrop, legislation, Margaret Haley, nhd, nhd 2017, october, woman suffrage, Woman's building, woman's congress, women, women activists, women's clubs, World Columbian Exposition, world's columbian exposition, World's Congress Auxiliary

NHD 2017: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Race, Ethnicity Rights, Justice

September 28, 2016 by Barat PSN Leave a Comment

These curated resource lists coincide with the order of the topic ideas listed in the Chicago Metro History Fair (formerly CMHEC) NHD 2017 theme-related topic ideas. The links lead to resources from the Primary Source Nexus and the Library of Congress (LOC.gov) unless otherwise noted. Note: U.S. historic newspaper coverage is from 1789-1922 unless otherwise noted. Anti-Lynching Anti-Lynching historic newspaper coverage Primary Source Spotlight: Lynching Recognition of Jean Baptiste … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Primary Source Picks Tagged With: abolition, abraham lincoln, anti-lynching, Ben Reitman, black laws, Carlos Montezuma, chicago, Chicago Commission on Race Relations, Chicago Defender, CMHEC, CMHEC 2017, doctor, east st. louis, Edward Coles, elijah lovejoy, Ethnicity Rights, free state, great migration, house divided, illinois, Jean Baptiste du Sable, John H. Sengstacke, john hossack, justice, Lincoln speech, lynching, Mamie Till-Mobley, medicine, millburn, nhd, nhd 2017, puerto rico, race, Race Riots, Robert Abbott, Robert Sengstacke Abbott, Springfield, trial, young lords

NHD 2017: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Urban Planning, Housing, Architecture, Environment

September 26, 2016 by Barat PSN Leave a Comment

These curated resource lists coincide with the order of the topic ideas listed in the Chicago Metro History Fair (formerly CMHEC) NHD 2017 theme-related topic ideas. The links lead to resources from the Primary Source Nexus and the Library of Congress (LOC.gov) unless otherwise noted. Note: U.S. historic newspaper coverage is from 1789-1922 unless otherwise noted. Burnham and the City Beautiful Today in History: Daniel Burnham background & primary sources Featured Source: 1893 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Primary Source Picks Tagged With: 1893, architecture, articles, automobile laws, automobiles, chicago, chicago edison, chicago gas light, chicago highways, Chicago Metro History Education Center, chicago parks, chicago playgrounds, Chicago Settlement Houses, CMHEC, CMHEC 2017, commonwealth edison, daniel burnham, economics, economy, electricity, environment, frank lloyd wright, frederick law olmstead, gas, highways, Housing, illinois, Illinois Public Utilities Commission, images, legislation, louis h. sullivan, mary mcdowell, mckinley park, newspaper articles, nhd, nhd 2017, parks, photographs, photos, playground movement, Power, public utilities, Public Utilities Act, Richard Nickel, samuel insull, september, south park commission, streets, Urban League, Urban planning, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Women’s Trade Union League, world's columbian exposition, world's fair

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