CMHEC offers professional development opportunities to support teachers offering historical inquiry projects--particularly History Fair. Check out the listings below for our 2013-2014 workshops, seminars, and institutes.
Unless otherwise noted, sessions are free to History Fair Partner schools. We hope to be able to offer teachers a Lane Credit for participation in these workshops--stay tuned. All events may be reserved by emailing info@chicagohistoryfair.org
History Fair Methods: A Lane Credit Course (2 semester hours)
July 8-12, 9am-3pm, at various locations in the city
In only one week’s time you will
-Earn 2 semester hours for Lane Credit
-Learn all aspects of the History Fair: engage in learning by doing
-Visit key institutions that will be crucial for your students’ History Fair experience
-Understand how to structure HF benchmarks to keep your students on task
-Engage in key readings associated with historical inquiry
-Align History Fair to Common Core and CPS Teachers Framework (or your district’s p.d. requirements)
-Leave with the confidence to start History Fair at your school. You will become eligible for special coaching opportunities from CMHEC as well.
Limited spaces, so reserve your place before registration opens on cpsuniversity by emailing INFO@chicagohistoryfair.org
 Become a Fellow for the Burnham Centennial Series on the Chicago Planning History
"Post-War Urban Planning in Chicago: Downtown versus Neighborhoods"
July 31-August 3, 9am-3pm and 9am-12pm, at UIC, Harold Washington Library, and NARA
Join Dr. Amanda Seligman, author of Block by Block for three seminars on the making of modern Chicago. How did various groups exercise or build power to affect decisions? Who benefitted and what were the impacts? Through a series of readings, lectures, and primary source explorations within research collections, teachers will unpack of the history of urban renewal and create materials for classroom use. Special attention will be paid to the 2014 theme, “Rights and Responsibilities in History.”
One Lane Credit hour offered as well as free materials. Limited spaces so reserve your place before registration opens on cpsuniversity by emailing INFO@chicagohistoryfair.org
HISTORY FAIR BOOT CAMP - select a day that works best for you
August 12
September 26
October 19
November 9
December 12
 Addie Wyatt and the Struggle for Women’s, Civil, and African-American Rights: Using the Special Collections of the Harsh Collection, Woodson Library CPL
 Field Trips to Chicago History Museum for History Fair
 Chicago Public Library Research for History Fair Students
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IMPORTANT NOTE TO TEACHERS: We are pleased to see your interest in the History Fair’s newest category, historical websites. Any teacher that wants to enter student website projects in the History Fair this year is required to take the training, below, and earn certification.
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