We plan to grow this video library and need your feedback to make it the best it can be. Our videos explore stories based on the Chicago: Crossroads of America and City on Fire: Chicago 1871exhibitions, which explore Chicago’s changing economy, diverse neighborhoods, groundbreaking innovations, and challenging crises, such as the Great Chicago Fire. These videos can serve as a virtual visit to the Chicago History Museum, or as a pre- or post-visit tool. Students analyze and discuss primary source materials and share contemporary freedom issues that are important to them.Ĭhoose one of these five topics for your workshop experience: Length: 50-55 minutes maximum 35 students per sessionīased on the Facing Freedom in America exhibition and companion website, this workshop offered via videoconferencing encourages critical thought about freedom and issues of social justice, particularly in the areas of workers’ rights, public protest, and race and citizenship. The session concludes with time for student questions. The workshop wraps up with a discussion around the effects of disasters and the lessons we can learn from the Great Chicago Fire to help us manage similar situations today. Students share their responses to the painting and the artist’s words through writing, drawing, discussion, and movement. Via videoconferencing, this workshop engages students in a close reading experience with Julia Lemos’s painting Memories of the Chicago Fire and her written account of the disaster.

There are no known photographs of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, but artists’ vivid depictions of it help us understand this important event and its lasting impact.

Length: 40-45 minutes maximum 35 students per session Workshops can be delivered to a range of teaching situations including full remote, in person, and a mix of both.ĭownload our Virtual Student Workshop Information Sheet. Please review the Virtual Student Workshop Information Sheet in advance. Workshop fees cover pre- and post-program resources, a short informational meeting in advance with workshop facilitators, and workshop facilitation. Museum staff facilitate these interactive programs using your video conferencing platform or our Zoom account.

Painted Memories: The Great Chicago Fireīring the Museum to your students with our virtual student workshop experiences!.Enjoy the Museum anytime and anywhere! Virtual Student Workshops (fee-based)

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