Welcome to the Picturing America School Collaboration Conference

This site provides information and resources for conference participants and other teachers and librarians who are using Picturing America images in their classrooms. The Newberry Library hosted National Picturing America School Collaboration Conferences on October 23 and 24, 2009 and April 16 and 17, 2010, and a Picturing America Regional Conference on August 19 and 20, 2010.

 Take a virtual tour of Chicago's Loop

View artworks from the Art Institute of Chicago's collection that complement Picturing America images

Hear scholars discuss materials from the Newberry Library's collection that complement Picturing America images

Watch presentations by scholars from the October 2009 Picturing America Conference

Read Lesson Plans written by conference participants

Information for August 2010 Conference Participants:

• August 2010 Annotated Conference Schedule

More Resources:

• Previous Conference Agendas (October 2009 and April 2010)
• General conference information
• Participating Scholars and Staff
• Visit the National Endowment for the Humanities' Picturing America website
• Lesson Plans
• Suggested Readings for Registered Conference Participants

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• Useful Links

All activities of the Scholl Center are supported in part by the Dr. Scholl Foundation.

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed on this Web site do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.