The Burnham Plan Centennial - Bold Plans, Big Dreams

Calendar & Projects

ALL CALENDAR ITEMS ARE FROM 2009. PLEASE CHECK WITH PROGRAM PARTNERS FOR CURRENT COSTS AND DATES.

Professional Development Workshop for CPS Teachers

The Burnham Plan Centennial in collaboration with the DePaul Center for Urban Education and the Chicago Public Schools Office of Literacy, Instruction and Assessment invites third- and eighth-grade and special education teachers to participate in a special day-long workshop that will help teachers to make the city itself a vital part of the curriculum.

The workshop will introduce units, aligned with Illinois Learning Standards, that emphasize literacies and critical thinking; literacy about the city itself, literacies of reading and writing, and critical thinking about the past, present and future.

Who: Third and Eighth Grade and Special Education Teachers.

What: Professional Development workshops to introduce two new Bold Plans Big Dreams Units that enable teachers to make the city itself a vital part of the curriculum. Aligned with Illinois Learning Standards, the units emphasize literacies and critical thinking; literacy about the city itself, literacies of reading and writing, and critical thinking about the past, present and future.

When; March 27, 2009, 8:30 am-2:30 pm

Where: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago History Museum, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, National Mexican Museum of Art, and The Newberry Library. (Location to be assigned upon receipt of registration form.)

What you will receive: At each workshop teachers will receive:

Bold Plans Big Dreams lesson plans and classroom resources

Orientation to the resource materials

Orientation to and exploration of museum exhibits

Opportunity to plan collaboratively with colleagues

Continental breakfast and lunch


How to Register:

Please complete and return this form and return via fax to 773-439-2454 or register on-line at http://www.teachingchicago.org by March 11, 2009

Sponsor; The workshop is made possible by the Polk Bros. Foundation, Presenting Sponsor for Education for the Burnham Plan Centennial.

Program Partners

Burnham Plan Centennial Committee

Chicago's civic leaders are rallying around the opportunity to continue the legacy of the Plan of Chicago through the Burnham Plan Centennial Committee, chaired by John Bryan and George Ranney with Adele Simmons as Vice Chair. Staff support is provided ...[MORE]

Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879 as both a museum and school, first stood on the southwest corner of State and Monroe Streets. It opened on its present site at Michigan Avenue and Adams Street in 1893. Built ...[MORE]

Chicago Architecture Foundation

The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing public interest and education in architecture and design. CAF presents a comprehensive program of tours, exhibitions, lectures, special events, and adult and youth education activities, all designed to ...[MORE]

Chicago History Museum

The Chicago History Museum stands at the crossroads of America's past and its future. If you live in Chicago or visit here and are curious about the city's past, present, and future, the Museum should be your first stop. The ...[MORE]

National Museum of Mexican Art

The National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA), located in Chicago's Pilsen community area, offers visual arts exhibitions, classes, workshops, tours, and performing arts events and festivals.  The museum has 6,000 objects in its permanent collection, which range from artifacts of ancient ...[MORE]

Newberry Library

The Newberry Library provides a home to a world-class collection of books, manuscripts, and maps, and also to a growing community of readers. Our collections, spanning many centuries, feature a wide range of materials, from illuminated medieval manuscripts to rich ...[MORE]


This program was offered on these dates:
Friday, March 27, 2009 8:30am to 2:30pm

Burnham Plan Centennial Committee

Cost: Free, RSVP by March 11, 2009

Contact: Caroline O'Boyle, 312.332.8163, caroline.oboyle@cm2020.org

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