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The
Chicago History Project is a collaboration between Chicago Public
Schools and the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago Metro History Education
Center, Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago, the Newberry Library, and the
University of Illinois at Chicago to deliver intensive, ongoing professional
development activities for teachers of American history in grades 7-12.
- Chicago Public
Schools is the third largest school district in the nation, serving a
diverse student population of 435,700 students in 596 schools. The Chicago
History Project is coordinated jointly by the Office of Curriculum and
Instruction and the Office of Professional Development.
- The
Chicago Historical Society is a privately endowed, independent
institution devoted to collecting, interpreting, and presenting the rich
multicultural history of Chicago and Illinois, as well as selected areas of
American history, to the public through exhibitions, programs, research
collections, and publications.
- The
Chicago Metro History Education Center is an independent, non profit,
educational program serving students, teachers, and parents in the city of
Chicago and suburban Cook, Lake and DuPage counties. The Center serves 15,000
students and 300 teachers in 150 area schools, who participate in professional
development workshops, curriculum development, and an academic competition
which focuses on local, family and community history research projects.
- The
Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago helps schools foster critical
thinking skills and responsible civic action in students. Non-profit and
non-partisan, CRFC has been a national leader in the design and implementation
of quality law-related education (LRE) programs for elementary and secondary
school students and their teachers. Founded in 1974 as part of the
Constitutional Rights Foundation in Los Angeles, the Chicago office established
itself as an independent 501(c)(3) organization in 1990.
- The
University of Illinois at Chicago is a Research I, urban, land-grant
university with three-fold mission of teaching, research, and service. Its
nearly 25,000 students reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the Chicago
metropolitan area. The university offers bachelor's degrees in 92 academic
areas, master's degrees in 83 disciplines, and doctorates in 57
specializations. The university ranks 13th nationwide in the number of
full-year National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships received by faculty
members over an eight-year period. UIC invests more than $100 million annually
in public service activities, from health care programs to education to small
business assistance.
- The Newberry
Library will serve as the institutional home of the project, providing
administration and research support. The Newberry Library, open to the public
without charge, is an independent research library and educational institution
dedicated to the expansion and dissemination of knowledge in the humanities. As
one of the world's leading repositories of a broad range of books and
manuscripts relating to the civilizations of western Europe and the Americas,
the Library's mission is to acquire and preserve research collections of such
materials, and to provide for and promote their effective use by a diverse
community of users. As a library, the Newberry is dedicated to the highest
standards of collection preservation and bibliographic access; as a research
and educational institution, it is committed to facilitating research,
teaching, and publication in an atmosphere of full and free intellectual
inquiry.
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