The Great Chicago Fire |
| Reviewed by Diane Flynn Keith |
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| Resource: | The Great Chicago Fire | ||
| Provider: | The Great Chicago Fire & The Web of Memory | ||
| Summary: | Age Range: 10 and up (with parental guidance) Today is the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, the most formative event in the history of Chicago. It started on October 8th and burned for 27 hours in 1871, destroying 17,000 buildings |
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| Description: | egend has it that Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over a kerosene lamp that started the fire. Did that really happen? Find out at this website sponsored by the Chicago History Museum that covers the history of the city during the fire and in the years immediately following the fire as remembered by eyewitnesses, journalists, artists, historians, photographers, poets, civic leaders, and more. When you get to the site you'll see two images with links below them that represent the two main virtual exhibitions at this site. They include : *The Great Chicago Fire - Read essays and view photo and picture galleries that explore pre-fire Chicago, the calamity and devastation of the fire, and the rescue, relief, and recovery efforts. *The Web of Memory - Read essays of eye-witness accounts, see drawings and paintings of the fire by those who experienced it first-hand. Find out how the media covered the fire, and discover the fiction, poetry and art inspired by the fire. Examine the legend of Mrs. O'Leary, and see souvenirs of the event that have been preserved. As explained at the website, these features are enhanced with "MIDI music files that play fire songs, 3-D stereographs of the post-fire city, and QuickTime digital video of a 1955 newsreel clip about the fate of the site where the fire started." Click on "How to Navigate" for some tips on viewing all of the historical content here, and click on "Introduction" to get a good overview of all that is archived on this site. This is a remarkable resource of a major event in the history of Chicago that impacted the entire nation. |
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| Orientation: | General | ||
| Subjects: | History, Social Studies | ||
| Teaching Methods: | Online Interactive | ||
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| Ages: | 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 | ||
| Grades: | 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | ||
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| Web Site: | http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/intro/ | ||
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