List of Materials for Classroom Use
This unit can be applied to any historic theme you may be studying with your students. What follows is a list of resources available for finding alternate images and poetry, including the materials for this unit.
"A Depression Art Gallery." Welcome to English " Department of English, College of LAS, University of Illinois. http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/artgallery.htm (accessed July 29, 2010).
Several images of art from the Great Depression Era, including topics of strike, homelessness, riots, and unemployment.
"American Poetry of the 1930s." American Studies The University of Virginia. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA05/dulis/poetry/index.html (accessed July 29, 2010).
This site includes many poems of the 1930s, with an introduction to each American poet.
DLC, Shapiro Bruce Rogers Collection, and Richard Watson Gilder. The poems of Richard Watson Gilder. Toronto: Nabu Press, 2010.
Includes two of Gilder's poems about the White City (can also be found online).
Dickinson, Emily. Poems (Classic Reprint). asdbjsadjkas: Forgotten Books, 2010.
Choose a stanza of "The Railway Train" to couple with art in discussing railroad transportation.
"Full text of "October 9, 1871 : the burning of Chicago : poems of the Great Chicago Fire"." Internet Archive: Free Movies, Music, Books & Wayback Machine. http://www.archive.org/stream/october91871burn00gert/october91871burn00gert_djvu.txt (accessed July 29, 2010).
Includes the selection from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Bells" used in this unit.
Hass, Robert. "washingtonpost.com: Style Live: Books & Reading." washingtonpost.com – nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp–srv/style/books/features/19980920.htm (accessed July 29, 2010).
A poem about life during the Great Depression, written by Donald Justice.
"Immigrant City Chicago." Welcome to UIC. http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/immigrantcitychicago/poems.html (accessed July 29, 2010).
An extensive list of links to poems about immigration.
"Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem: Columbian Ode." Read book online: Literature books,novels,short stories,fiction,non–fiction, poems,essays,plays,Pulitzer prize, Nobel prize. http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/12719/ (accessed July 29, 2010).
Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem inspired by the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
"Picturing America Home Page." Picturing America Home Page. http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/ (accessed July 29, 2010).
Picturing America is a site dedicated to teaching history through art. Included in the lessons is Charles Sheeler's American Landscape, which can be coupled with Carl Sandburg's "Chicago." This is one of the best sites for finding art by historic theme.
Powell, Richard J.. "African American Art: Great Depression and World War II Years." ArtLex Art Dictionary. http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/a/african_american_5.html (accessed July 29, 2010).
This is depression era art by African–American artists and include scenes from the Harlem Renaissance.
Sandburg, Carl. Chicago Poems. New York: Kessinger Publishing, Llc, 2010.
Many applicable poems about Chicago, and some which are inappropriate for children.
Service, Robert W.. "Pullman Porter by Robert W. Service : The Poetry Foundation [poem] : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry.." The Poetry Foundation : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry.. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=175996 (accessed July 29, 2010).
There are many Pullman photographs and advertisements available on line that could be used along with this poem. Check the Ludlam Library at http://www.pullman–museum.org/search/
"The Art Institute of Chicago: Education: Online Resources." The Art Institute of Chicago. http://www.artic.edu/aic/education/onlinelearning/index.html (accessed July 29, 2010).
Online resources provided byThe Art Institute of Chicago, includes search tools for images and resources for teachers.
"The Columbian Ode." Internet Archive: Free Movies, Music, Books & Wayback Machine. http://www.archive.org/stream/columbianode00monr#page/18/mode/2up (accessed July 29, 2010).
The official poem of the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, A Book of Postcards. Petaluma: Pomegranate, 2006.
This is a book of color postcards of paintings and engravings of the fire from the Chicago History Museum collection.
The Great Migration: An American Story. New York: HarperTrophy, 1995.
Paintings of the Great Migration by Jacob Lawrence, along with text (not poetry).
"Themed Resources – For Teachers (Library of Congress)." Library of Congress Home. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/ (accessed July 29, 2010).
The Library of Congress offers web–based materials by theme at their site.
Woodside, John W., and National Commissioner From Pennsylvania. "New Spirits Worlds Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893 State Poetry at the Columbian Exposition." Rebecca Edwards New Spirits Rethinking the Gilded Age in US History. http://rebeccaedwards.org/statepoems.html (accessed July 29, 2010).
Very ekphrastic – poetry inspired by two state buildings at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
trod, the path the Saviour. "The Vanishing Fair: Paul V. Galvin Digital History Collection." World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 . http://columbus.iit.edu/vanfair/poem.html (accessed July 29, 2010).
poetry inspired by the fire which destroyed buildings at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Chicago formatting by BibMe.org.
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