The Race and Segregation in the Chicagoland Built Environment institute will offer cohorts of educators the opportunity to explore research knowledge and tools to facilitate learners’ engagement with the history of segregation that are structured around specific examples of the built environment in Chicago and the surrounding area.
Institute Schedule
Sept.17, 2022: Opening Event at Chicago History Museum
Fall 2022 and Spring 2023: cohort virtual meetings and curricular development
June 2023: Closing Event
The professional development institute was developed in partnership by:
Lake Forest College’s Humanities 2020, funded by The Mellon Foundation
The Lake Forest College Department of Education
The Society of Architectural Historians
The Chicago History Museum
A cohort of award-winning Middle School and High School History teachers
