Free Illinois Field Trips

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1 FIELD TRIPS Our fun-filled, content-rich visits for pre-k to grade 12 are free for Illinois students.

2 PLAN YOUR TRIP It s easy and FREE.* To schedule your field trip, complete and return the reservation form or visit chicagohistory.org/fieldtrip. Due to the popularity of school group visits, reservations must be made in advance and in writing. Your visit is not guaranteed until you have received a confirmation letter, which should arrive by fax or (or mail, if requested) in seven to ten days. If you don t receive a confirmation letter, call We look forward to your visit! PLANNING TIPS Plan to spend two to three hours at the Museum including lunch. Visits begin at 9:30 a.m., Monday through Saturday. Request 30-minute lunchroom seating (available up to grade 8). Students should bring their own lunches and beverages; storage is provided. Indicate the size of your group. Maximum group size is 120 for a self-guided visit. Divide your students into groups of ten prior to arriving at the Museum. For workshop reservations, the maximum number of students is sixty-five or two classrooms per day. Secure chaperones: one adult for every ten students in grade 3 and above; one adult for every five students from pre-k to grade 2. Each adult exceeding these ratios will be charged $7. Backpacks are not allowed in exhibition spaces. Place medical supplies and emergency information in a shoulder bag. All Illinois school groups are admitted free of charge. Out-of-state groups are charged discounted admission. See the chart below for details. * Admission for: Illinois schools Out-of-state schools Students FREE $6 each Teachers/Chaperones (pre-k to grade 2, 1:5; grades 3+, 1:10 ) Additional adults (exceeding the requirements) FREE $7 each $7 each $7 each STANDARDS ALIGNMENT Field trips to the Chicago History Museum align with state and national standards for literacy, science, and social science. 1 2 ACTIVITY STATIONS EXHIBITIONS 3 4 SELF-GUIDED GALLERY ACTIVITIES STUDENT WORKSHOPS ILLINOIS STATE LEARNING STANDARDS COMMON CORE Science Social Science English Language Arts Anchor Standards Speaking and Reading Writing Language Listening B A B B C D F A D A B C D E A C D A B Bridges n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Chicago Fire n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Prairie n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Skyscrapers n n n n n n n n n n n Maps n n n n n n n n n n Artifacts n n n n n n n n n n n Chicago: Crossroads n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n of America Sensing Chicago n n n n n n n n n n The Dioramas n n n n n n n n n n n Facing Freedom n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Jazz Talk and L Cards n n n n n n n n n n n n In Our Own Words n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Crazy for Trains n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Painted Memories n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Wonderful World s Fair n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Facing Freedom n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n 1

3 FIELD TRIP RESERVATION FORM Complete this form to schedule your free* field trip. Book online at chicagohistory.org/fieldtrip, fax the form to , or mail it to Chicago History Museum, attn: Visitor and Member Services, 1601 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, ABOUT YOUR GROUP SCHOOL NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP CODE SCHOOL PHONE SCHOOL FAX YOUR NAME YOUR PHONE YOUR ADDRESS Names and addresses of other teachers coming on the field trip: NAME ADDRESS NAME ADDRESS Number of: students teachers chaperones classes Student grade level: Please identify any special needs your group might have: Special education ELL Physical disabilities Other (please specify) DATE AND TIME OF VISIT We recommend a visit of two to three hours including lunch. Groups are scheduled to enter the building every 15 minutes beginning at 9:30 a.m. If your requested entrance time is not available, you will be booked into the next available slot. We will make every effort to schedule the date of your first choice. 1st choice 2nd choice 3rd choice DATE OF VISIT ENTRANCE TIME EXIT TIME DATE OF VISIT ENTRANCE TIME EXIT TIME DATE OF VISIT ENTRANCE TIME EXIT TIME ADDITIONAL OPTIONS These options require advance reservations. Please check the box in front of the option(s) you would like included with your visit. Your confirmation letter will indicate any associated fees. Full payment is due upon arrival. Lunchroom seating Available up to grade 8. WORKSHOPS Sensing Chicago children s gallery Recommended for Capacity for all workshops: minimum ten students, grades 3 and 4; available in 30-minute time slots. maximum sixty-five. Crazy for Trains discovery bags Recommended for pre-k groups Painted Memories: The Great Chicago Fire and kindergartners. Maximum forty students. See page 5. Recommended for grades 3 and 4. Offered on Wednesdays In Our Own Words audio tour Recommended for grades and Fridays. $3 per student. See page 3. 6 to 12. Maximum sixty users. $2 per ipod. See page 5. Wonderful World s Fair Recommended for grades 3 and 4. Offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. $3 per student. See page 4. MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SYMPOSIUM Facing Freedom Recommended for grades 7 to The Whole World Was Watching See page 4. Offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. $5 per student. See page 4. Special event: Tuesday, December 2, 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Recommended for grades 7 to 12. Free but reservations required. After submitting your form, allow seven to ten days for processing. If you don t receive a confirmation letter, call Please print legibly. Reservations are not accepted via telephone. * Out-of-state groups: Kindly refer to the fees chart under planning tips. 2

4 Discover more at chicagohistory.org/fieldtrip where you can find detailed information about the programs and resources listed in this brochure. ENGAGE with history At History à la Cart stations, students actively analyze and interpret the past. Facilitated by trained staff and volunteers, these 20-minute hands-on experiences are located throughout our galleries. STATIONS Recommended Grade Levels M T W Th F Chicago Fire 3 5 n n n n Prairie 3 5 n n Skyscrapers 3 5 n n n Artifacts 3 5 n n n Bridges 3 8 n n n n Maps 3 8 n n n History à la Carts are available between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. For more flexibility during your visit, all stations are accessible throughout the Museum on a first-come, first-served basis. ENHANCE your vis These in-depth workshops are d consider multiple perspectives, a analysis, hands-on encounters w Advance reservations are required. All workshops serve a minimu Painted Memories: The Great Chicago Fire Recommended for grades 3 and 4. Offered on Wednesdays and Fridays. 45-minute experience per class. Cost: $3 per student Although there are no photographs of the Great Chicago Fire, artists recorded their memories of it so vividly that today, more than a century later, we can understand this important event through their work. This workshop invites students to share written and physical responses to Memories of the Chicago Fire, a historic painting by Julia Lemos. Then, using excerpts from Lemos s written account, take their analysis one step further, gaining insight into the lives of the people who experienced the fire. The workshop concludes with an opportunity for students to create a cover for their own fire narrative. The development of Painted Memories: The Great Chicago Fire Workshop is supported by a generous grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art.. TEACHER PROGRAMS Our professional development programs provide rich and unique experiences with history. Support your curriculum, network with other teachers, and earn PD hours. For more on our teacher programs, visit chicagohistory.org/education 3

5 it esigned around the Common Core to help students think critically, nd work collaboratively. Students discover history through text ith objects, and focused time in our exhibitions. m of ten students and a maximum of sixty-five (or two classrooms) per day. Wonderful World s Fair Recommended for grades 3 and 4. Offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 45-minute experience per class. Cost: $3 per student Imagine spending the day at the World s Columbian Exposition! This workshop introduces students to the buildings and innovations of the fair including the first-ever Ferris wheel. Journey back to 1893 through hands-on object and photograph analysis, a mapping exercise, firsthand accounts, and time in the Chicago: Crossroads of America exhibition. Facing Freedom Recommended for grades 7 to 12. Offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 75-minute experience per class. Cost: $5 per student Special event: December 2, 2014 Middle and High School Student Symposium 1968 The Whole World Was Watching Tuesday, December 2, 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Recommended for grades 7 to 12 Free but advance reservations are required. Take a look back at the highs and lows of the year that changed America During this symposium, students will explore this pivotal year through gallery experiences, hands-on artifact analysis, thought-provoking discussions, and art making as well as delve into popular culture and social justice issues of the era. The program is free of charge, but advance reservations are required. Based on the Facing Freedom exhibition, this workshop encourages critical thought about freedom and issues of social justice in American history, particularly in the areas of workers rights, armed conflict, public protest, and race and citizenship. Students become historians as they analyze and discuss objects and then add their own voices to the exhibition curating a display case filled with their selected artifacts and handwritten interpretive text. Students crowd the General Logan Monument during the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, August Photograph by Peter Bullock, ICHi

6 ENRICH your experience These self-guided resources are designed for use in Chicago: Crossroads of America. Pre-K and Kindergarten Crazy for Trains: Use these discovery bags filled with role-play activities, picture books, and songs to sing while you explore our two biggest artifacts: L Car No. 1 and the Pioneer locomotive. Free but advance reservations required. Bags are available for up to forty students at a time. Visit chicagohistory.org/ education/fieldtrip/pre-k for more information and to download pre- and post-visit activities. Middle School and High School Jazz Talk: Take a seat in the jazz and blues club and use these slang cards to have a Roaring Twenties style conversation. EXPLORE Visit our galleries at your own p The Exelon Wing Chicago: Crossroads of America Explore Chicago s changing economy, challenging crises, diverse neighborhoods, and groundbreaking innovations. Konen Family Children s Gallery Sensing Chicago Use your five senses to investigate Chicago s beautiful, noisy, rough, stinky, and delicious history. Recommended for grades 3 and 4. Tawani Foundation Diorama Hall Imagining Chicago: The Dioramas Take in Chicago s first century in miniature. The Naphtali ben Yakov Pritzker American History Wing Facing Freedom Encounter eight moments in our nation s past when Americans struggled over the meaning of freedom. Recommended for middle and high school students. our thoug L Cards: Climb aboard Chicago s very first L car and use these character cards to imagine riding home from a visit to the 1893 world s fair. In Our Own Words audio tour: Local high school students wrote and performed this tour, which features original interviews, music, and dramatic readings about all things Chicago. 40-minute tour, $2 per ipod, advance reservations required. Visit chicagohistory.org/education/fieldtrip/audio_tours for more information and to download a free discussion guide. 5

7 ht-provoking exhibitions VISIT US! chicagohistory.org/fieldtrip ace and stop at student-friendly activities along the way. Abraham Lincoln Learn about Lincoln s election in 1860, his leadership during the Civil War, and his tragic assassination. Sanger P. Robinson Gallery Lincoln s Chicago Catch a glimpse of the city Lincoln knew through portraits of his contemporaries and lithographic views of 1860s Chicago. KPMG and Paul and Katherine Snyder Community Gallery Vivian Maier s Chicago For decades, Vivian Maier worked as a nanny for North Shore families. Loved by the children she cared for, she nonetheless kept a secret she was a talented photographer. Only after her death did her work become well known. In this exhibition, discover her diverse photographs, which capture Chicago s streets in unique ways. Benjamin Green-Field Gallery Railroaders: Jack Delano s Homefront Photography Explore the stories of Chicago railroaders during World War II as captured by photographer Jack Delano. The exhibition features more than sixty large images including several early color photographs of men and women who hustled on the rails, in the stations, and around the yards. Step into a caboose, play at a model rail yard, and discover Delano s legacy through the work of his son, Pablo. Railroaders is presented in partnership with the Center for Railroad Photography & Art with generous support from The Candelaria Fund, CN, Bon and Holly French, David and Cynthia Kahler, North American Railway Foundation, Union Pacific Foundation, and Wintrust Financial. Promotional support provided by Metra, Amtrak, and the Chicago South Shore Railroad. The lead exhibition sponsor for Vivian Maier s Chicago is BMO Harris Bank. Educational programs and resources for Facing Freedom are generously supported by JPMorgan Chase. The Naphtali ben Yakov Pritzker American History Wing is made possible through a grant from Tawani Foundation through the support of Colonel (IL) J. N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired), founder, Pritzker Military Library and Tawani Foundation. 6 Skyline Gallery, Bessie Green-Field Warshawsky Gallery, and Mazza Foundation Gallery The 1968 Exhibit October 4, 2014 January 4, 2015 Trace the events that changed the nation during this pivotal year, from the war in Vietnam to the flight of Apollo 8. Revisit the era s battles for civil rights and the election of Richard Nixon. Enjoy the fashion, food, and sounds of the 60s. Organized by month, The 1968 Exhibit highlights Chicago as host of the Democratic National Convention in August. Stories of tension and violence, confusion and anxiety form the core of this section of the exhibition. Visit for educator resources and to join the conversation about the lasting impact of this tumultuous year. Costume and Textile Gallery Chicago Styled: Fashioning The Magnificent Mile Opens November 15, 2014 Experience the glamour of North Michigan Avenue, one of the country s most celebrated destinations for upscale retail. Set against the shifting cityscape of the past decades, Chicago Styled features twenty-six ensembles including pieces by Gianni Versace, Christian Lacroix, Yohji Yamamoto, and Chanel. Together, these garments tell the story of the growth of this landmark district, showcasing remarkable fashion and the stylish people who wore it. The 1968 Exhibit is produced by the Minnesota History Center in partnership with the Atlanta History Center, Chicago History Museum, and Oakland Museum of California. The Chicago presentation is sponsored by the Guild of the Chicago History Museum and lead corporate sponsor Allstate Insurance Company. Chicago Styled is sponsored by the Costume Council of the Chicago History Museum and lead corporate sponsor BMO Harris Bank. The Robert R. McCormick Foundation is the lead exhibition sponsor of Lincoln s Chicago with education funding provided by JPMorgan Chase and the Terra Foundation for American Art.

8 ACCESS HISTORY ONLINE Use our award-winning website and teachercreated lesson plans to enhance your curriculum, prepare your students for their field trip, or implement a post-visit wrap-up. It s all at chicagohistory.org/education The Chicago History Museum gratefully acknowledges the support of the Chicago Park District on behalf of the people of Chicago. A portion of the Museum s general operating funds for this fiscal year has been provided through a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Chicago, IL Permit No VISIT US! chicagohistory.org/fieldtrip FIELD TRIPS