Activities for the Great Chicago Fire

Reference Links

The Great Chicago Fire and the Web Memory  http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/index.html  - online exhibition produced by the Chicago Historical Society to mark the 125th anniversary of the Fire. Site includes essays, biographies, and images.

CPL Chicago:  1871 October 8 - 9 :  Great Chicago Fire   http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/great_fire.html

World Magazine:  September 1998  Chicago Fire! http://www.nationalgeographic.com/world/9809/chicago/index.html

Chicago 1871  The Great Fire  http://cpl.lib.uic.edu/004chicago/timeline/greatfire.html

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Lesson Plan Links

Great Chicago Fire Web Site Rich in Language Arts http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson080.shtml

Disasters Project Planner  http://www.mce.k12tn.net/diasters/assignments_fire.htm

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Books

The Great Fire
   By: Jim Murphy