TRAVEL DATE: October 5, 2009
Entrance into the farm includes many fun things to do all on your own time frame. Once you enter you may go on the tractor hayride, go through our 5-acre corn maze, an amazing straw maze, visit the animals in the petting zoo, and visit our wonderful educational barn. There you will see our vintage tractors, a old carriage used by the family visiting neighboring farms, and information about pumpkins, corn, chickens, and farming in Illinois and much more! For more information visit their website.
We will be visiting Didier Farms. Each student must bring in $12 (includes admission, bus, etc.) Please arrive promptly because we will be leaving our school at 9:30 a.m. Please send the needed permission slips and money ASAP! If you have any questions please feel free to email me at navazquez@cps.edu .
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TRAVEL DATE: November 4, 2009
One summer morning in 1852, Fred Graue entered his mill and turned the wheel that opened the sluice gates outside. Water from Salt Creek rushed into the millrace and the wooden waterwheel began to turn for the first time. It would turn the machinery that would grind grain for the next seventy years.
Today, Graue Mill is the only operating waterwheel gristmill in Illinois. For more information visit their website!
We will be visiting Graue Mill & Musuem. Each student must bring in $14 (includes admission, bus, corn meal, etc.) A special thanks to Ms. Roman (Asst. Prin.) for providing the bus on our field trip at the last minute due to unexpected changes. Please arrive promptly because we will be leaving our school at 9:30 a.m. Please send the needed permission slips and money ASAP! If you have any questions please feel free to email me at navazquez@cps.edu .
Information on the Underground Railroad -------> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2944.html
Recommended Reading: The Underground Railroad in Illinois by Glennette Tilley Turner Published in 2001
p. 178 (Has specific reference to Graue Mill).
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Christmas Around The World
TRAVEL DATE: November 20, 2009
The Museum halls will be decked, holiday singers and dancers will fuel the festivities, and the sparkle of dozens of decorated trees will greet you at this year’s Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light.
The Museum’s grand 45-foot tree takes center stage in the Rotunda, while more than 50 trees beautifully decorated by members of Chicago’s ethnic communities to represent global cultures adorn the Museum's Main Level. Stroll through the trees, enjoy intermittent falling “snow” and savor the performances of various dance and choral groups on the Holiday Stage.
More special holiday events, performances and, of course, new memories, await you at this year’s Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light!
We will be visiting The Museum of Science & Industry. Each student must bring in $0 (includes admission, bus, etc.) Thanks to the wonderful generosity of The Museum of Science & Industry Bus Scholarship Program we were able to receive a free bus for our field trip. Send a bag lunch or money for your children to be able to purchase items at the museum. Please arrive promptly because we will be leaving our school at 9:30 a.m. Please send the needed permission slips and money ASAP! If you have any questions please feel free to email me at navazquez@cps.edu .
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Mysteries of the Great Lakes
TRAVEL DATE: February 26, 2010
Mysteries of the Great Lakes will take you on a dramatic journey through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world.
It takes a drop of water nearly 400 years to travel from the headwaters of Lake Superior to the edge of Lake Ontario. Along the way, the water passes by towering cliffs dotted with early Native American pictographs, caribou and moose grazing on the shores, over giant prehistoric sturgeon lurking among thousands of shipwrecks and past nearly 40 million people who live along the more than 10,000 miles of coastline.
The remarkable film also turns the camera on humans – touching on the human interface with the Lakes including the vital role of shipping to commerce, the use of water by the millions of people who rely on it, and the general sense of well-being that people get from their association with these massive bodies of water.
We will be visiting The Museum of Science & Industry. Each student must bring in $13.50 (includes admission, bus, etc.) Thanks to the wonderful generosity of The Museum of Science & Industry Bus Scholarship Program we were able to receive a free bus for our field trip. Send a bag lunch or money for your children to be able to purchase items at the museum. Please arrive promptly because we will be leaving our school at 9:30 a.m. Please send the needed permission slips and money ASAP! If you have any questions please feel free to email me at navazquez@cps.edu .
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