You and your students will never look at buildings the same way again!
Schoolyards
to Skylines is a resource book of 47 lessons for teachers in
Kindergarten - 8th grade. The 500-page book uses both famous and
lesser-known buildings, sites, people, and events in Chicago as tools
for teaching units in social sciences, science, mathematics, language
arts, and fine/ visual arts. Each lesson strengthens the fundamental
educational skills of students and is solidly based on state learning
standards. Whether you live and teach within the city of
Chicago, in a nearby suburb, or elsewhere in the US, Schoolyards to
Skylines will become an indispensable resource. Today, over 1500 copies
of Schoolyards to Skylines are used by teachers, parents, and
architects throughout Illinois, in 38 states, and in 11 foreign
countries. |