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3rd Grade Chicago World's Fair Research Project
Essential Questions:
What effect did the Columbian Exposition and the Century of Progress World’s Fairs have on the development of Chicago?
Think About Questions:
How did the City of Chicago prepare for the World’s Fair?
What types of architecture were designed for the World’s Fair?
How did transportation change to prepare Chicago for these fairs?
Why were inventions important to the Fairs?
Who were some of the important people that designed and organized the World’s Fairs?
Do we use those ideas today?
Windsor LMC Wiki - Use your student login and password to enter the Wiki.
Web Resources:
1893 World's Columbian Exposition Websites:
Chicago Field Museum: 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Collectionhttp://www.fieldmuseum.org/columbianexpo/history.asp
Chicago Historical Society: World's Columbian Exposition
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/expo.html
Chicago History Museum Great Chicago Stories "The Best of the Fair" (story with audio) http://greatchicagostories.com/worldsfair/index.php
Chicago Postcard Museum 1893 Fairhttp://www.chicagopostcardmuseum.org/19th_century_rotunda_1893_worlds_columbian_exposition.html
Encyclopedia of Chicagohttp://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1386.html
Interactive Map of the Fairgroundshttp://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/diglib/social/worldsfair_1893/interactives/worldsfair_map.html
Kids Net Encyclopedia: World's Columbian Expositionhttp://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/wo/World_Columbian_Exposition
Urban Simulation Team: World's Columbian Expositionhttp://www.ust.ucla.edu/ustweb/Projects/columbian_expo.htm
Wikipedia: World's Columbian Expositionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_Exposition
World Book Online Ferris Wheel http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar194860&st=ferris+wheel
1893 Ferris Wheelhttp://www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/2951_0_3_0_C/
1933 Century of Progress Websites:
Architecture in the Century of Progresshttp://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/3on1/worldfair/architec.htm
Chicago Historical Society http://www.chicagohistory.org/history/century.html
Chicago Postcard Museum 1933 Fairhttp://www.chicagopostcardmuseum.org/20th_century_wing_a_century_of_progress_LOBBY.html
*Chicago World's Fair http://www.cityclicker.net/chicfair/
Encyclopedia of Chicago http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/225.html
GM Exhibit at the 1933 Fair http://www.futurliner.org/gm.htm
Homes of Tomorrow Exhibithttp://users.marshall.edu/~brooks/1933_Chicago_World_Fair.htm
International Exhibits from the 1933 World's Fairhttp://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/3on1/worldfair/newpage3.htm
Kids Net Encyclopedia: Century of Progresshttp://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ce/Century_of_Progress
Wikipedia: Century of Progress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_Progress
Private Collection of World’s Fair Memoribilia - Secure login
Additional Links http://www.cityclicker.net/chicfair/links.html
Videos: Use Dryden UbD selections
Online videos: WTTW - Geoffery Baer Tours
Additional Resources about Chicago
Chicago
Interactive Project using Google Maps, video, and Photos.
Worksheets: Google Map Chicago Landmarks
City of Chicago Fact Book: Fun and Sundry Facts - Did you know?, Chicago Inventions, etc....
Chicago Postcard Musuem - A cultural snapshot of the city from around the World’s Colombian Exposition to the present.
Chicago Flipbook Worksheet
Chicago History Museum (The Best of the Fair audio story-awesome background info)
Great Chicago Stories
Chicago Project
Chi Quest
Neighborhoods
Chicago Neighborhood Tour
Wilmette Virtual Museum
Architecture
Chicago’s Best Buildings
Inventions - University of Michigan - Invention Exposition
(includes Cracker Jack, Aunt Jemima Ready-Made Pancake Mix, The Zipper, The Ferris Wheel, Wrigley’s Gum,
Automatic Dishwasher and brief biographies of the inventors)
Cracker Jack
Cracker Jack History
NPR - Present at the Creation includes video tour of factory, classic commercial, and fun links
Wikipedia - Cracker Jack
People
Italo Balbo - Who is Balbo?
Ask the Librarian - Italo Balbo and Chicago’s Gift
Postcard Museum
Flying Tiger Antique Pin
Daniel Burnham
Historic Architect
Photos from 1893
Chicago History