1. Iconic Illinois Choosing a Topic

2. Iconic Illinois O Choosing a Topic: O Needs to be: O LOCAL (in Illinois…not Wisconsin, Indiana, etc.) O INFLUENCIAL (has it made an impact on community?) O ACCESSIBLE (can you get there, call them, etc.) O RESEARCHABLE (Can you find articles, interviews, etc.)

3. What to Think About: O Choose a local place, person, group, or movement that has significance to you and to the community. O What lasting impact have they made? O Consider connecting your research to your independent reading: O Museum Campus was partially created for the World’s Fair (Devil in the White City) O Housing projects- a few books touch on this O Fire department, fire code, Our Lady of the Angels (To Sleep with the Angels) O Meat-packing industry, immigrant rights (The Jungle) O Everleigh sisters (Sin in the Second City)

4. What to Think About: O Choose a topic that explores the history, significance, and connection between your subject and the community. O Decide on a topic that is influential and accessible, with viable sources of information. O Your topic proposal will identify and describe your research topic.

5. Topics??? Local, Influential, and Researchable ~Soldier Field/Bears ~ Arcada Theater ~ Museum of Science and Industry ~ Chicago Theater ~ Streamwood Craftsman Houses ~ Dunham Castle ~ Wrigley Field/Chicago Cubs ~ Marshall Fields ~ Kingston Mines/ Blues Music ~ Paramount Theater ~ Portillo’s ~ Cantigny Park ~ Frank Lloyd Wright homes ~ Second City/Improv ~ Elgin Watch Factory building ~ Hotel Baker ~ The Canteen ~ Haeger Pottery ~ Anderson Animal Shelter ~ Goebbert’s ~ Naper Settlement ~ The Catlow ~ Garrett's Popcorn ~ Oprah/Harpo Industry

6. O Meat Packing District O Deep Dish Pizza/ Uno’s, Giordano’s, Gino’s East, Lou Malnati’s O Bavarian Anton Feuchwanger O Hot Dog/Gene and Jude’s O Hofbräuhaus Chicago O Cubby Bear O Cubs/Sox Rivalry O Jazz/ Benny Goodman/Green Mile Jazz Club O Al Capone (Organized Crime) O House Music/ Frankie Knuckles/ The Warehouse Club O Community Crisis Center of Elgin O Architectural Engineering (Birth of the skyscraper) O Michael Jordan O Navy Pier O The White Sox O WGN O Sears (Okay, Willis) Tower O The Art Institute of Chicago O The Field Museum O Civic Opera House/Lyric Opera O H.H. Holmes O 1871 Fire O Columbian Exposition POW Camp in Grant Park O The “L” O The Magnificent Mile O The Chicago Theater O Chicago Blackhawks More Topics:

7. Creating an Argument

8. Things to think about… O Why does this subject matter to you? O What stands out to you about your experiences with this place/person/movement? O What are the organization/person’s main goals? O See if they have a mission statement. Are they accomplishing what they set out to do? How are they affecting others? O How has the community changed since they started doing what they do? O In what ways did the community inspire them to do what they do?

9. Example: Streamwood High School O How has SHS changed the community? O Has it created a stronger sense of community than when Streamwood students were going to EHS (before SHS was built)? O Mission Statement: O Our aim is to cultivate a learning community that assures academic success, positive choice, mutual respect, and personal growth for all. O Can you find examples to show SHS accomplishes this mission? O Argument: SHS creates a sense of community for students that helps them to grow personally and academically.