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Pre-tour and Post-tour Suggestions for Teachers

Purchase An Experiment in Democracy DVD
Introduction to Jane Addams and Hull-House

Purchase Jane Addams and Chicago's Hull-House: Activity and Coloring Book

Purchase Women of Hull-House Video

To learn more about Jane Addams and Hull-House:

Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and its Neighborhoods, 1899 - 1963

Cedarville: Birthplace of Jane Addams

Chronology of Jane Addams

Near West Side Neighborhood Chronology

Bibliography and Suggestions for additional reading:

Works by Jane Addams

Works about Jane Addams

Works about Jane Addams For Young Readers

Works about Hull-House

Works about the Women of Hull-House

Extensive Bibliography on Hull-House, 1889-1963 (12p. PDF file)


Lesson plans:

Topics and Resources for History Projects

"Coming to America: The Immigrant Experience in the United States" (high school)

"Settlement Houses" (middle school)


Immigrants and Social Activities at Hull-House, 1890s-1930s (high school)


UIC Special Collections Department Resources

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Pictured above: Jane Addams with children in Mary Crane Nursery at bedtime, ca. 1930-1935. Photo by Wallace Kirkland. University of Illinois at Chicago, The University Library, Department of Special Collections, Jane Addams Memorial Collection, JAMC neg. 523