If Stones Could Speak
Tribune Tower
435 North Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL
The Chicago Tribune Tower was designed by Raymond M. Hood and John Mead Howell
and built between 1922-1925 with a height of 462 feet. On February 1, 1989 it
was named an official Chicago Landmark.
The base of the Tribune Tower contains 138 stones that are imbedded into its facade from important locations all around the world. Each stone symbolizes a historical event with significant value. There are stones from each of the fifty states in the United States and many locations from around the world.
During the summer of 2001, Glenn Gurley and Eddie Hamblin took pictures of these stone to use in this project. They were attending NECC and noticed the buildings unique architecture that included the many artifacts and discussed how their stories could be told by students that would participate in this project.
How to Participate:
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Sign up by using the on-line Entry Form. |
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Registered classes will select a stone and “check out” this artifact (only thumbnails are actually located on the site. Full size pictures will be e-mailed to schools that have submitted a request form). |
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Students create a submission sharing information about people and events surrounding their stone. They will actually become the stone's "voice" and tell about surrounding people and events...as if the stone could speak. They can be in any digital format such as word processor documents, web pages, PowerPoint presentations, Acrobat Reader, etc. Students can submit multimedia presentations, movies, audio. They can also create digital essays, podcasts, vodcasts,etc. The possibilities are limitless. |
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Participants are to submit their entries to the project director at glenngurley@gmail.com or send link if posted on another site. This is an open project so there is no deadline for submissions. |
te: These entries must adhere
to copyright laws as related to content published on the Internet and can be in
any digital format such as word processor documents, web pages, PowerPoint
presentations, Acrobat Reader, etc. A sample rubric
has been included to help students as they produce quality and accurate material
to be shared with others
See Project - What happened to The Lost Colony? I’ll never tell. by M. Nichols - Magellan Charter School, Raleigh, NC
Participating Schools:
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Stuart Hall and Convent Elementary, San Francisco, CA, Teacher - Joanne Oppenheimer |
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Mountain View Junior High, Sumner, WA - Teacher - Karen Black |
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Mountain View Junior High, Bonney Lake, WA - Teacher - Mrs. Black |
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Highland School of Technology, Gastonia, NC - Teacher Roger Hudson - Student Assignment |
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02/03/2008 08:27 AM