Owen Hurd

This is an excellent resource for both native Chicagoans and other middle school students interested in the history of Johnny Depp's new favorite American city. Each chapter begins with a helpful timeline, and every page contains some boxed information, facsimile of primary sources or other non-textual resource. The text is readable, rather than dry. Most entertainingly, the book contains instructions for twenty-one hands-on activities, such as creating a glacier or building a skyscraper, that make the practicalities of Chicago history come alive.… (mehr)