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Chicago History Museum   
http://www.chicagohistory.org/ed_dlc.html
Contact:  312-642-4600

About the Provider

Introduce yourself to the basics of distance learning technology via a live demonstration, and stimulate ideas for new approaches in the classroom. Great opportunity to review the Marshall and Doris Holleb Distance Learning Center programs.

Bring the Chicago Historical Society’s educational programs and resources directly into your classroom via our innovative Marshall and Doris Holleb Distance Learning Center. Connected through the North Suburban Higher Education Consortium, this interactive audio/video classroom delivers a real-time class session originating from the Chicago Historical Society to students at one or more remote sites.

Registration Information

For more information call 312-642-4600 and ask for Distance Learning.

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Program Topics

These Marshall and Doris Holleb Distance Learning Center programs are available throughout the school year upon request

History and Museum Studies Series

To maximize the benefit of the series, it is recommended that classes participate in all three of the programs in the series.

  1. Reading Artifacts
    Learn the techniques historians use to discover information about objects.
  2. Narrative Writing
    Develop skills in creating historically relevant narratives around information acquired from artifacts and other primary sources.
  3. Oral History—An Interview Process
    Discover the dos and don’ts of collecting people’s personal stories. Specially adapted for beginners to novices.