Began our morning with a short trek to the “L” and a ride to the Chicago History Museum. Our 1st presentation was by Dr. Sarah Marcus and was very informational. The Encyclopedia of Chicago will be so useful. The images and information will bring the information alive for students.

I loved the website with the Stories of Chicago and can’t wait to incorporate that in to my class. I also like that it comes with pictures that relate to the stories, and activities including questions for discussion. Always nice to have those and not have to reinvent the wheel. I was a little disappointed to see that they only had elementary and high school as their focus of the grant but there are many usable activities in there that I can tie in to the middle school curriculum.

Then hopped a bus down to Adison St. to see Wrigley Field! Walked around the park and stopped for refreshments. Ate a magnificent dinner at a little italian restaurant called Mia Francesca. Mouth watering!