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7th Grade Social Studies Unit Plan Chicago & Illinois History

What is this Pyramid? Units of study are carefully designed to build up to important historical questions. Gone are the days of memorizing dozens of terms and people. Though important to familiarize yourself with, those are only the base of learning the ingredients to a great recipe. The best learning happens when students move from simply memorizing names, and to creating their own judgments and conclusions based on those facts. This pyramid and unit plan is designed to move students thinking upward to those skills. Adapted from Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning by Doug Buehl

1. What are the origins of Chicago and Illinois? 2. Which people and happenings helped Chicago become famous and global?
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Essential Questions

3. How did Chicago grow so quickly?

Burnham Plan of 1909 Capitalism Stockyards 1893 Worlds Fair Illinois Central Railroad George Pullman Chicago Ship & Sanitary Canal Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Fire of 1871

Short Term Info

Schools of Architecture 1919 Race Riots Route 66 Home Insurance Building Northwest Ordinance of 1787 SS Eastland McCormick Kaskaskia 1968 Democratic Convention The Jungle Ft. Dearborn Massacre Project Nike Eisenhower Interstate Plan Illinois & Michigan Canal Frank Lloyd Wright Cahokia Argonne National Laboratory Montgomery Ward Enrico Fermi Sears Roebuck & Co. Marshall Fields Pullman Company Carl Sandburg Haymarket Riot Chicago Portage Forgottonia Marquette & Jolliet

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