Listed below are classroom programs, field trip, teacher workshops, and resources.


CLASSROOM/FIELDTRIP PROGRAMS

John Deere's City: A Journey to the Past
Artifacts trunk and teacher resource guide 

Portrait in the Attic
Program booklet and CD-Rom



TEACHER WORKSHOPS

Week-long Teacher Workshop
Each summer a week-long teacher workshop is offerred. Teachers will create a thematic unit allowing them to integrate the material into their curriculum, meeting state learning standards and goals.  Materials developed will enable their students to develop higher order thinking skills.  Contact Gretchen Small at 309-765-7971 or e-mail gsmall@butterworthcenter.com for registration and information on earning Continuing Professional Development Units or Credit Hours. Call Gretchen to learn how Moline District #40 teachers can attend this great week for free!

  "Portrait in the Attic:  A Sixth Grade Art Program,”  Introduction to the educational program for 6th grade teachers and art teachers.  “Portrait in the Attic” introduces students to art collections of historic Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House, acquaints children with local history, social history, and academic art.  Teachers will learn how to incorporate this award-winning 6th grade art history program in the classroom and field trip curriculum. For information on next workshop date, contact Gretchen Small at 309-765-7971. Cost is $10. 

Additional resources for teachers
FREE teacher manuals available from Illinois State Archives.  Subjects are shown below.  Charges apply to those who do not belong to an Illinois educational institution.

Hard Times in Illinois, 1930-1940 (2002), teacher's manual (119  pp.) and 50 document facsimiles.  Several workshops and program resources are offered during the year with an emphasis on program and curriculum development in arts, history, and music for all age and grade levels. - FREE for Illinois educational institutions; $10* for all others

The Illinois and Michigan Canal, 1827-1911 (1988), teacher's manual (115 pp). and 50 document facsimiles with transcriptions.  - FREE for Illinois educational institutions; $12* for all others

Illinois at War, 1941-1945 (1994), teacher's manual (119 pp.) and 50 document facsimiles  - FREE for Illinois educational institutions; $12* for all others

From the Ashes, 1872-1900: A Selection of Documents from the Proceeding Files of the Chicago City Council (1990), teacher's manual (123 pp.) and 50 document facsimiles with transcriptions - FREE for Illinois educational institutions; $10* for all others

Early Chicago, 1833-1871: A Selection of City Council Proceeding Files from the Illinois State Archives (1986, 1999), teacher's manual (115 pp.) and 50 document facsimiles with transcriptions - FREE for Illinois educational institutions; $14* for all others

*Teaching packets are available FREE to Illinois educational institutions by submitting a request on letterhead stationery. All other requests are filled for the fee listed.  To order publications, please contact: Illinois State Archives, Norton Building, Publications Unit, Springfield, IL 62756, 217-782-2226.   Please make checks payable to Secretary of State.

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