Newberry: 1893: Chicago and the World's Columbian Exposition

Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this technological advancements lesson, students research and share information regarding technologies and inventions featured at the World's...

Learners identify connections between agriculture, advertising, and mail order catalogues during 1890s as expressed at World's Fair of 1893. Students interpret photographic exhibit and discuss how reactions of rural fair visitors...

Description and link to a map of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

Find essays, electronic books, and floor plans of the major Exposition buildings at the Columbian World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. A great resource with many related links to the exposition.

An hour-long professional development workshop on investigating the Chicago Exposition as a vision of America's future. Features experienced classroom teachers. Materials and a complete lesson plan are also provided.

Find photographs of buildings and other sights from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

Two views of late-nineteenth-century American progress: Henry Adams criticizes it in his autobiography, and the Columbian Exposition of 1893 praises it.

Students research and discuss the features and controversies of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.

Use this site to learn about the inventor of the Ferris wheel, George Ferris, from this 1893 newspaper account of its debut at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

What a surprise to read about the several controversies engendered by the request that the Columbian Exposition be open on Sundays. This lesson plan examines the background of the main controversy and its relation to the First Amendment....