Online sources for photographs, maps and other multimedia you can incorporate into teaching.
Encyclopedia of Chicago
The Encyclopedia of Chicago is a dynamic and unprecedented metropolitan history. Thousands of historical resources-including articles, photos, maps, broadsides and newspapers-related to Chicago's colorful and complex history are at your fingertips.
The Chicago Daily News
This collection from American Memory comprises over 55,000 images of urban life taken during the years 1902 to 1933 in the Chicago area. In addition to many Chicagoans, the images include politicians, actors, and other prominent people who stopped in Chicago during their travels and individual athletes and sports teams who came to Chicago.
Chicago Maps at the University of Chicago Library
The University of Chicago Map Collection is one of the largest university map libraries in North America. A large selection of Chicago maps from different eras, census maps, and social science maps are available online.
American Memory
American Memory provides free and open access to written and sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that chronicle the historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America.
Online Exhibits
The Plan of Chicago:
A Regional Legacy
Learn about the Plan—the conditions that prompted it, the major recommendations, its implementation and its legacy in this highly illustrated booklet available for download or on-line viewing.
Feature Resources
The Plan of Chicago
The online Encyclopedia of Chicago has a wealth of information including a fully digitized copy of the Burnham Plan.
The Columbian Exposition
Explore Daniel Burnham’s vision of an ideal city with an interactive map of the World’s Fair of 1893.
Who is Metro Joe?
Think you know Chicago and the 'burbs? Play this online game that challenges your knowledge of the Chicago region.
Educational Programs
In and After School (K–16)
Schools and universities throughout the region are developing events and projects during the Burnham Plan Centennial.