Join us as we demonstrate a curriculum and tour for the African American Heritage Water Trail, with interactive lessons on their use for teaching and interpreting at events

When: Saturday March 28 from 10am-2pm

Where: Ford Calumet Environmental Center at Big Marsh Park 11559 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60617

Presenters will include:

• Openlands and Tumbao Bilingual Books, developers of a 10 lesson curriculum for outdoor and classroom learning and trail interpretation
• Beaubien Woods Youth Outdoor Ambassadors (Forest Preserves of Cook County and Friends of the Forest Preserves), local youth who will demonstrate interpretive activities
• Wayfinding and Chicago's Finest Marina, developers of an audio tour of the trail.

 

Detailed Agenda: 

10:00 AM – Arrive & enjoy snacks

10:15 AM – Welcome & overview from Openlands and Friends of the Forest Preserves

10:35 AM – Beaubien Woods Youth Outdoor Ambassadors demonstrate the Moments-in-Time activity (audience participates!)

10:55 AM – Valerie Butrón of Tumbao Bilingual Books demonstrates a watershed model and its connections to environmental justice

11:25 AM – Beaubien Woods Youth Outdoor Ambassadors present the Crossing at the River Bend readers theater

12:00 PM – Break with snacks & lunch

12:30 PM – Wayfinding and Chicago's Finest Marina audio tour with community interviews

1:00 PM – Beaubien Woods Youth Outdoor Ambassadors present the Wings over Robbins readers theater

1:15 PM – Closing discussion