Chicago History for Kids: Triumphs and Tragedies of the Windy City Includes 21 Activities

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FOREWORD BY CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM PRESIDENT GARY T JOHNSON HICAGO HISTORY FOR KIDS is an exciting ride through one of the most colorful stories of any place in the world the city of Chica go Once upon a time are four of the most exciting words in the English language especially if they are followed by a long long time ago This book begins a very long time ago when the land that became Chicago was shaped by volcanoes oceans and glaci erS This is not the usual kind of history It ranges across conventional boundaries so that ecology is part of the story The Native Americans who lived in what became Chicago are not pre history but are his tory Kids of course won't notice how unusual this approach is They just want to know what happened and the livelier the better They will love this book What makes this book special is the learning activi ties Too often the usual list of activities associated with history is short mapmaking and dioramas and very little else Here many activities are more typical of science fairs than history fairs build a miniature glacier re create the Chicago River watershed make a pinhole camera The author also uses the arts cre ate your own Impressionist painting make a stained glass window write a poem about your street There is even a recipe for homemade caramel corn Kids will get their hands dirty with these