Finally, have students use their notes and the ideas shared during the discussion to write a one-page summary of who or what they think might have caused the Great Chicago Fire. Remind them that there is no right or wrong error, as nothing has ever been proven, but that their summaries ...
Since this is election season, or in the case of impeachment, “unelection season,” I thought I would give you some examples of campaign slogans. There’s MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN used by our current White House occupant and, according to Wikipedia, Ronald Reagan as well in his 1980 Presi...
Jan 08 1982 A nun and her TV network, a 19 year-long underground coal fire that threatens a Pennsylvania town 359. Jan 11 1982 Modern log cabins in the Rockies, a top studio singer who backs up the stars 360. Jan 12 1982 Actress-singer Bernadette Peters 361. Jan 13 1982 A household...
However, all courses typically include: a combination of short lectures to introduce poets, poetry, and poetic strategies that are unfamiliar to students; readings and discussions to expand on those concepts; writing and/or performance exercises designed to allow students to experiment with those strat...
Old Town is about as Chicago as it gets (and the same can be said about Second City). Being a stone’s throw from the skyscrapers of the Loop and in the shadow of the Sears (the skyscraper is a Chi Town original), the neighborhood was burned down during the Great Fire, becoming a...
A father is shown waking his two children and loading them into the car for a cross-country road trip from Utah to Omaha, Nebraska. (Hetells the older child to take what she’d take if the house were on fire.) I had not read extensively about the film. The devastating plot is conce...