CHURCHVILLE SCHOOLHOUSE
Immerse Students in a Living History Experience
You don’t have to go far
to experience …
The Best
Education in History
Learning about local history has never been more engaging or
memorable! A visit to the Churchville Schoolhouse, a National Register
of Historic Places site, is an interactive experience that takes children
back to the early 1900s when Elmhurst farm children attended school
in this one-room structure. Students meet the schoolmarm, and learn
lessons like turn-of-the-century children with McGuffey readers, slates
and discipline. Spelling bees (using your current spelling list), recitation,
and math facts will be included, and recess with old-fashioned games is
part of the experience (time permitting). Programs available yearround! Book now to ensure your preferred spot is available for the
2016-2017 school year. Call 630-833-1457 or submit a program
request form at www.churchvilleschoolhouse.org.
TEACHER RESOURCES & FIELD TRIPS
2016- 2017 School Year
>Grade Level: K-5; Cost: $5 per student, FREE to Elmhurst and
Bensenville students
Churchville Schoolhouse is located at 3N784 Church Road (just north of Grand
Ave.) in Bensenville. The Schoolhouse is owned by the City of Elmhurst and
managed by the Elmhurst History Museum staff.
RESERVE YOUR PROGRAM TODAY!
Contact Jessie Sekiya, Museum Educator, at
(630) 833-1457 or [email protected]
120 E. Park Avenue, Elmhurst (630) 833-1457
elmhursthistory.org
VISIT US Exhibits/Field Trips at the Museum
TEACHING TOOLS
By All Accounts: The Story of Elmhurst
Free Teaching Kits/Loaners for use in the classroom
Ongoing Elmhurst history exhibit
The museum currently offers two teaching kits which educators may
borrow to use in the classroom:
 Native American Games (Grades 1-5)
 Elmhurst Goes to War: Combat in World War II
This new awardwinning local
history exhibit will
bring students
back in time to
learn the history
of Elmhurst
through artifacts,
photographs, and
an amazing
interactive map.
Students receive a
guided tour of the
exhibit and can
search for artifacts with an interactive “I Spy” activity or work in
teams to complete a “History Hunters” questionnaire. Program can
be adapted to learning initiatives and appropriate age levels.
>Grade Level: 1+, Cost: $2 per student, FREE to Elmhurst students
2016-2017 Temporary
Exhibit
In Her Own Right: Marion
Mahony Griffin
October 7, 2016 – March 12, 2017
Marion Mahony Griffin was much more
than a talented artist and architect: she
was the backbone of the Prairie School
of Architecture who brought the work
of many more famous architects to life
including her husband, Walter Burley
Griffin, and the inimitable genius Frank
Lloyd Wright. Her often uncredited
work includes detailed, sumptuous
renderings of such masterpieces as
Falling Water, Unity Temple, the Plan for Canberra, and many more.
Find out more about this pioneering architect who paved the way in a
field where few women dared to tread.
>Grade Level: 5+, Cost: $2 per student, FREE to Elmhurst students
(Grades 7-12)
PROGRAMS IN YOUR CLASSROOM
Our educator will come to your classroom to lead the
following programs:
KidStory
Students will take a fascinating journey to the past and learn about
local history through artifacts and hands-on activities.
>Grade Level: 2-4 (can be adapted to younger/older students)
So You Want to be an Immigrant?
What would you pack in a trunk if you were leaving for the New
World? Students will take a peek inside the trunk of a German
immigrant of the 1800s and learn what mattered most to new
Americans.
>Grade Level: 2-4 (can be adapted to younger/older students)
Elmhurst’s Native Americans
Participants will explore the story of the very first residents of
northern Illinois: the Potawatomi Indians of the early prairie days.
>Grade Level: 3-5
Old-Fashioned Games
Do your students remember games without plugs or batteries?
Children learn about history through play as they try out 19th and
early 20th century toys and games.
>Grade Level: K-5 (can be adapted to younger/older students)