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Jacksonville Mini-Project
Jacksonville Mini-Project
The Jacksonville Mini-Project is designed to extend your knowledge of some of the topics we have discussed in class, or introduce you to some topics we may not have studied in class. There are a number of web pages that contain information about some of the important people, places, and businesses in Jacksonville. You will be choosing a topic and reading the available information about it. You will then need to teach the class what you learned.
In order to be successful on this project, you will need to:
1) Choose a link/topic from the list below.
2) Visit and read the information about the person/topic related to Jacksonville.
3) Create a Google Slide Show in which you tell us the story about your topic. Your job is to extend our knowledge of the person/place, or business.
4) Use bullet points, NOT full sentences on your presentation. Your bullet points will guide your story, but it is NOT the entire story. You will need to tell us the story verbally.
5) Use pictures to illustrate your topic the best that you can.
Links
Links
Underground Railroad site, Ebenezer Carter, Farmer and Abolitionist 1797-1860
Col. U.S. Grant, 21st Illinois Monument
Underground Railroad site, Dr. Azle D. Pierson, Doctor and abolitionists, 1817-1910
C. Reed Parker Science Building
Bruner Fitness and Recreation Center
Jacksonville Developmental Center
Jonathan B. Turner Former House Site
Gen. Benjamin Grierson Home, 1826-1911
Frank Haven Hall, Inventor of the Braille Writer, 1892
Illinois School for the Visually Impaired (ISVI)
Underground Railroad Station, Henry Irving House
Underground Railroad Station, William Kirby house Site
Former site of the home of John J. Hardin
Capps Woolen Mill Factory, 1839-1970
Newton Bateman Memorial High School
Underground Railroad abolition, David Spencer, teamster, and a Black Civil War soldier,1832-1914
Dr. Dave Prince Former house site
Former location Dr. Green V. Black's home
Dr. Alonzo H. Kenniebrew Hospital
Stephen A. Douglas, Morgan County State Attorney, 1834-1836
Cigar Industry/Short Horn Label Mural
Underground Railroad Site, Dr. Marco McLean Reed, Spy and Medical Doctor 1801-1877
Frank Clay’s Tavern/Eleanora Lafayette-Clay’s Beauty Shop
The "Abolition Church" Congregational Church in Jacksonville
Dr. Green Black, Dental Office 1863-1876
Potawatomi Indian Tribe Monument
Potawatomi Trail of Death Camp Site, Jacksonville, Il 1838
Underground Railroad, Elihu Wolcott house site
“Anti-Negro Steeling Society” Meeting at the Second Courthouse, and the Repeal Party Central Park
Underground Railroad site, Joseph Olmsted King, Merchant, humanitarian, 1814-1887
Rev. John H. Ellis Former Home
Underground Railroad site, Benjamin Henderson, Free Slave and Teamster 1811-1890
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