Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Well, it was a rainy, gray day here. This morning we took the bus back to the Chicago History Museum, and listened to Chip Brady give us a refresher course on DBQ lesson plans. I would LOVE to get the Mini Q’s, but alas that is not going to happen. Perhaps another time. I hope to have more time with my students this year to slow down just a bit and introduce DBQ’s on various history lessons. I was thinking since history is usually at a higher reading level, that I might teach a DBQ during a reading block, and incorporate the analytical thinking, and writing pieces during that time. There is always so much to get in, and not enough time. Cool stuff!
Next we went on a walking tour of some old Chicago neighborhoods. Our guide “Dick” took us all around and showed us beautiful old homes with beautiful gardens. I have to say some of these little homes were about $1,000.000. I can’t even imagine what the larger homes were. We went to St. Michael’s church which was burned in the fire. Apparently, the majority of the shell remained standing and it was refurbished within a year and three days. Many older movies were filmed in this area and one more recent filmed was the movie with Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson called, “What Women Want”. I will use the pictures that I took, to show my students pictures of old Chicago homes that would have been standing around the time of the fire.
My group then went back to University Center to catch up on blogging, laundry, picture taking etc. Apparently, some are going to the comedy show at the Second City, some are going to Sears Tower, or to Navy Pier. I think I will play catch up, so I can go do something else this evening. I hope everyone is having a great time!
June 11, 2009 at 4:09 am |
Great pics and comments.