Historical Fiction Presentation

Al Capone

Al Capone FBI page

Prohibition and Temperance

Life in 1930s America

America in the 1930s

Life in Chicago during the 1930s

Author summary

Ace pilots of World War II

Naval Aviation

American Aircraft of World War II

USS Cherokee information

Nazi Submarines off the United States East Coast Information

Franklin D. Roosevelt-fireside chat about German U-boats

Google Books Artists of World War II, By Barbara McCloskey

United States Holocaust Museum links of information

Timeline of stolen art during World War II

German Immigration to America

1940s in America

Women's clothing in the 1940s

The 1940s

For Teachers:

Literature Guide for teachers

Crispin Cross of Lead summary and booktalk

Cross of Lead Notes (Lots of literature background information)

For Students:

Life during the middle ages

Medieval Life

Middle Ages Timeline

For Teachers: Discussion Questions

For Students: 

Chicago's World Fair 1933-34

1933 Worlds Fair

Chicago's Words Fair 1933

Life in 1930s America

America in the 1930s

Life in Chicago during the 1930s

19^th Century American Culture

Life on the Prairie

Lives of women in 19^th century

Life in 1800s America

North American Prairie Grassland Biome

Alaska Gold  

Alaska Gold Rush Information Page

Alaska Gold Rush History Page  

Women in Alaska Gold Rush   

Story in video on Alaska Gold Rush  

Literature Guide and additional resources for teachers and students

Life in the year 1900

Housework in the late 19^th century

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

New York Times Reporting of the events of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire

About the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire

Women's Rights (Encyclopedia Britanica)

Labor and Industrial Law (Encyclopedia Britanica)

Made in the U S A ( poor working conditions)

  Organizing Labor

Labor movements (Encyclopedia Britanica)

Too Young to Work

Labor Day

The working man

Child Labor (Encyclopedia Britanica)

Summary of Nowhere to call home by the author  

Riding the Rails by PBS  

Riding the Rails by Living History Farm  

Life in 1930s America  

America in the 1930s

Life in Chicago during the 1930s

National Heritage museum exhibition on teen hoboes

Reconstruction information from PBS (Post Civil War)

Author information

People and policies after the Civil War in America

Ku Klux Klan

Ku Klux Klan by Thinkquest

Women in the Civil War era

Post Civil War American culture

For Students:

Food in the 1800s

19^th Century History

19^th Century Women's Fashion

19^th Century Fashion Pictures

Life in the 19^th Century

Marriage in the 19^th Century

Political Changes in England

19^th Century Gentleman etiquette

Women in the 19^th Century

Women's rights in the 19^th century

Child labor during the Industrial Revolution in England

Civil Rights timeline and information

Civil Rights Movement

Reading guide to the Watson's go to Birmingham

The Bombing of a Church in Alabama

Life in 1960s America

Civil Rights Timeline