I & M Canal Virtual Workshop and Teacher Resource Flowchart for Workshop and Resource Page

Resource Pages

Virtual Workshop Pages


*Slides of Illinois’ Landscapes
(Michael Jeffords)

Maps of Canal Area Over Time

Lesson #1
Mysterious Land: Discovering Illinois
(Karla Young)

 


Photographs of the Operation
of the Illinois & Michigan Canal

(Philip Vierling)

Lesson # 2
Wanted:  Illinois & Michigan Canal Workers, Only Hard Workers Need Apply
(Karla Young & Philip Vierling)

 

Maps Series of Illinois Settlement
(Karla Young)

 


Lesson # 3
The Growth of Cities Along the Illinois & Michigan Canal Corridor
(Karla Young)

*Trail Walk of Restored Canal Town

*Trail Walk and Guide with pictures
(Char Giardina)


*Lesson # 4
Early Pioneers of the Canal Era
(Char Giardina-Lockport)

 

 
*Lesson # 5
Reversal of the Chicago River:
If you were there, what would you do?

 

*Canal Era Architectural Style Book
(Vincent Michael)

*Lesson # 6
Architecture of the I & M Canal Era Towns
(Vincent Michaels)
School of Art Institute of Chicago
*Photographs of Canal & River Boats
(Kathy Higdon)
Rock Island Army Corps of Engineers' Staff

*Lesson # 7
Yesterday and Today: From the Past
to the Present in Water Transportation

 

 

*Possible future resources or lessons

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