CHICAGO  CONNECTION
Overview | Objectives | Resources | |Enrichment | Assessment Worksheet


Overview:
The Chicago Connection  page on the web has been created by teachers for use in the third grade study of Chicago. The focus of this site is to acknowledge the people who played a role in the growth of Chicago. Pictures of each person are included so the student can connect faces with the information. 
 In this web site, four areas of interest about the city of Chicago have been highlighted: Builders and Architects, People in Government, Historical Figures, and Writers and Poets.  The information available in this site is basic for the research needed by a third grade student. Additional URL’s which are related in some way to each person are included. A worksheet designed to guide the student is included below and can be printed for use by the student. 
 


Objectives: 
As a result of these lessons, the student will be able to...
-navigate the Chicago Connection Website 
-match important people with the contributions they have made to Chicago.
 

Teacher Notes:
The additional URL sites at the end of each person's section will take the student out of this web page onto the world wide web. It is important the the student be instructed on how to return to the web page.

Prerequisite:
Students should have some experience  in using the web.
 

  • Resources
    • Cybrary --The web addresses given here are specifically geared to the study of Chicago. Categories included in the resource guide include museums,  architecture and landmarks, communications and resources, and tours and recreation. 
    • Mediaspace
    • Chicago Connection Web page

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    • Teacher Reference Books

      • -DeBartolo, Joseph A. (1985). The Original Chicago Trivia Book. Chicago, Sarsaparilla, Ltd.Heise, Kenan, and Frazel, Mark (1987).

      -Hands On Chicago. Chicago, Bonus Books.Pacyga, Dominic A. (1986). Chicago:  City Of Neighborhoods. Chicago, Loyola University Press

      -Pfeiffer, Christine (1988). Chicago:  A Downtown America Book. Minneapolis, MN, Dillon Press, Inc. 

      -Sawyers, June (1991). Chicago Portraits. Chicago, Loyola University Press. 

      -Sawyers, June Skinner and Sue Telingator (1993). The Chicago Arts Guide. Chicago:  Chicago Review Press, Incorporated

      -Stec. Genean (1986). Teacher’s Handbook of Activities and Information on Chicago History. Chicago, The Joyce Foundation.

      -Viskochil, Larry A. (1984). Chicago At The Turn Of The Century In Photographs. New York, Dover Publications, Inc.

         
      Student Books:
         
       -Alvermann, Arrington, Bridge, Bruce, Fountas, Garcia, Paris, Ruiz, Schmidt, Searfoss. Winograd, (1995).  Images:  City Life.  United States, D. C. Heath and Company

      -Beh, Lois C. (1990). Chicago, The Coloring Book. Des Moines, Iowa, Passport Coloring Books.

      -Davis, Lauren (1990). Kidding Aroung Chicago:  A Young Person’s Guide to The City.  Santa Fe, New Mexico, John Muir Publications.

      -Freeman, Annie (Special Consultant), (1987). Learning About Chicago. Morristown, NJ, Silver Burdett & Ginn

      -Grimm, Gary & Associates (1993).  Let’s Color Chicago. United States, Gary Grimm and Associates.

      -Valdez, Phillip ,Maenza, David and Blank, James.  Chicago . Aurora, IL, Illinois Distributing Company.

    Enrichment:
    • Draw a picture of  each person being involved in the activity that is mentioned in their article. Write a sentence to describe the picture. 
    • Create a mock web page on paper adding an additional person that you have researched.


    Assessment -- Web Page Matching Activity-Read the information in the Chicago Connection to answer the questions below
                                  (The following page should be printed out for completion by the student.)



     

    Who's Who in 
    Chicago History    		 .
    Match these important Chicago 
    people with their contributions 
    to our city.    		 .
    ____ Jane Addams

    ____ George Ferris

    ____ Gwendolyn Brooks

    ____Carl Sandburg

    ____Harold Washington

    ____Richard J. Daley

    ____Daniel Burnham

    ____Louis Sullivan

    		 A. “Chicago’s  lakefront belonged 
    to all the people.”

    B. “I was the mayor of Chicago for 21 years.

    C. “My poems talked about the problems 
    of the big city.”

    D. “ People rode in my invention at the Colombian Exposition.”

    E. “ I was Chicago’s first  African American Mayor.”

    F. “I help the poor at Hull House.”

    G. “The skyscraper style of architecture  was developed by me.”

    H. “I wrote about being an African- American girl in Chicago.”
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    Click here to contact M. Puente--mpuente@healy.cps.k12.il.us
    Click here to contact N.Sepulveda --nsepulveda@healy.cps.k12.il.us
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