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2005 Illinois History Expo |
Kurtis Knapp and Vincent Bruno
Illinois & Michigan Canal: Undercurrent for Illinois
Growth (exhibit)
Holy Cross Catholic School (Mendota)
Teacher: Janette Pinter
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John Angelo N. Alonzo
The I&M Canal: Its Role in Communication and its
Perception Over Time (research paper)
Lenart Regional Gifted Center (Chicago)
Teacher: Betty Morley |
Joe Trefilek
One of the Greatest Artificial Waterways Ever
(exhibit)
St Charles East High School (St. Charles)
Teacher: Pat Taylor |
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2004 Illinois History Expo |
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Jennifer Andes
Lock #14 of the Illinois & Michigan Canal: A Vital
Link between Lake Michigan and the Illinois River
(model and exhibit)
Ladd Community Consolidated School District #94
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Ashley Coffey
The History of Joliet Limestone (exhibit)
Virgil I. Grissom Middle School (Tinley Park) |
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Clair Sack
Roosevelt’s Tree Army: The CCC at Starved Rock
(exhibit)
Mendota High School (Mendota)
Selected for National History Day. |
Reginald Edwards
Chicago Encounters new Markets: Trade and the
Illinois and Michigan Canal (research paper)
Lincoln Park High School (Chicago) |
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Sana Chaudry
Constructing the I&M Canal: Fate of the Working Class Immigrants (research paper)
Roosevelt High School (Chicago)
Teacher: Aggie Nowak
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Wing Chan, Reema Shah, and Oriana Kachaochana
Irish Workers’ Rights in the Building of the I&M Canal: 1836-1848 (exhibit)
Clinton Elementary School (Chicago)
Teacher: Elizabeth Alegretti
Selected for National History Day; Received special award from the Ancient Order of Hiberian National Board.
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Gregory Carter
The General Thornton: I&M Canal Boat (model)
St. Dennis School (Lockport)
Teacher: Ms. Chris Bojanowski
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Elizabeth Beldon
Illinois & Michigan Canal (exhibit)
St. Mary School (DeKalb)
Teacher: Ms. Sandy Donnelly |
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Paul Adcock
I&M Canal (exhibit)
Lincoln Junior High (LaSalle)
Teacher: Ms. Linda Ryg
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Sean Simms & Gian Santos
I & M Canal: Progress from the Drain (exhibit)
Pierce School (Chicago)
Teacher: Ms. Haneefa Muhammad
Selected for National History Day
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Josh Gehrke & Charlie Fuller
M.J. Hogan Grain Elevator on the
I & M Canal (model)
Circuit Breaker School (Seneca)
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Jason Schmitt & Randy Osborne (Not pictured)
The Changes of Illinois Thanks to the
I & M Canal (exhibit)
Circuit Breaker School (Seneca) |
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Lee DeDore and Marcey Abramovitz
I&M Canal: Pathway to Growth and Power (exhibit)
Lincoln Park High School, Chicago
Teacher: David Ritter |
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Kristine Gutierrez
I&M and S&S: Creating Trade
and Removing Trash (exhibit)
Theodore Roosevelt High School, Chicago
Teacher: Aggie Nowak
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Danny O'Donnell and Brian Wild
I&M Canal Lock (model)
Belleville Township West High School, Belleville
Teacher: Vincent Torigian |
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Scott Griffin
I&M Canal: Birth of a Marketplace (exhibit)
Hawthorne Scholastic Academy, Chicago
Teacher: Mrs. Nangle
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Natalie Balicki, Kristen Domico, Sarah Grinter,
Mary Koleno, Kelly Wrather
The I&M Canal - From Dream to Reality (performance)
St. Dennis - Lockport
Teacher: Chris Bojanowski |
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Alex Keric, Rafferty Jose, Maria Karasta-matis,
Antonio Lopez, Jose Ruiz
The Night They Reversed the River: The Story of the S&S Canal
(performance)
Jamieson Elemetary School, Chicago
Teachers: Jackie Turlow and Ken Raabe
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Josh Meuer and Ryan Rumchak
Norton & Co. Building (model)
St. Dennis School, Lockport
Teacher: Chris Bojanowski |
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Lee DeDore and Donald Swiatokowski
The Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal: Witness to Technological
Innovation (exhibit)
Lincoln Park High School, Chicago
Teacher: Richard Saver
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Valerie Balicki
I&M Canal National Heritage Corridor: History in my own Backyard
(exhibit)
St. Dennis School, Lockport
Teacher: Christine Bojanowski
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Dylana Leung
Chicago Against Nature...and Herself (exhibit)
Hinsdale South High School, Hinsdale
Teacher: Howard Wright
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Brie Moisan
The Illinois and Michigan Canal: A vital Link to Progress (exhibit)
Grissom Junior High School, Tinley Park
Teacher: Kate Kleczkowski |
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Sarah Seiler and Brooke Benson
The Illinois and Michigan Canal: A Celebration of 150 Years
(exhibit)
Mother McAuley High School, Chicago
Teacher: Susan Farrell |
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Eliot Somen and Lee DeDore
The Illinois and Michigan Canal: Immigrants Fuel the Early Growth
of Chicago (exhibit)
Ogden School, Chicago
Teacher: Edgar Ferrer |
