About this Site and its Creators

This website was developed at the University of California, Los Angeles, as a joint project between History and Information Studies graduate students. Our goal was to create a new way to use the Columbian Exposition of 1893 to address Social Studies lessons at the 9-12 grade level. Over the course of 10 weeks, Professor Joshua Sternfeld led the group through developing the mission, content and design of the site. Other collaborators include Lisa M. Snyder, whose virtual model of the Fair was a particularly inspiring learning tool, and Jan Reiff, an expert on the World's Fair and guest lecturer.

Credit for each element of the site is as follows:

Website Design
Alexandra Carter - Rock Starology, 2016
Oleg Kagan - Information Studies, 2009
Shelly Ray - Information Studies, 2010
Michael Weismeyer - History

Content
Stephanie Amerian - History
Michael Cendejas - Information Studies
Claire Gilbert - History
Helen McManus - Information Studies and Political Science

Advisors
Josh Sternfeld
Lisa M. Snyder
Jan Reiff

Lesson Plans
Technology Lesson Plan - Electricity at the Fair
Shelly Ray
Michael Weismeyer

Globalization Lesson Plan - China at the Fair
Stephanie Amerian
Michael Cendejas
Oleg Kagan

Anthropology Lesson Plan - Anthropological Exhibits at the Fair and the Midway
Alexandra Carter
Claire Gilbert
Helen McManus

Other Content
The design and some light coding on the website were done by Oleg Kagan
Lesson plans were put on the website by Claire Gilbert and Helen McManus, with assistance from Oleg Kagan
Guidelines for lesson plans were drafted by Claire Gilbert and Michael Weismeyer
"Overview of the Exposition" - written by Stephanie Amerian
"Acknowledgments" - written by Helen McManus
"About this Site" - written by Shelly Ray
"Copyrights" - written by Mike Cendejas

Links
UCLA History Department
UCLA Department of Information Studies
For information on Lisa M. Snyder's virtual model of the fair, please visit the UCLA Urban Simulation Team’s website.