The Hyde Park Historical Society has created the following field trip lesson plans for local teachers and parents to utilize. These lesson plans introduce students to some of the most historical and important locations in Hyde Park. With videos, images, and suggested activities, the lesson plans will make for enough content to cover these locations in class and on the field trips.
These plans are free of cost and available for use without consent.
If you’d like to provide us with feedback, or if you are a teacher with similar lesson plans you would like to submit for feature on this website, please email your name, and organizational affiliation, and attach the lesson plan info@hydeparkhistory.org
See below to learn more about the author.
Downloadable Lesson Plans
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![Ferris Wheel Construction]()
The Original Ferris Wheel of 1893/Midway Plaisance Skating Rink
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![Fountain of Time in Construction by Lorado Taft]()
Fountain of Time (George Washington Park)
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![Nuclear Energy Sculpture next to Regenstein Library prior to Mansueto Construction]()
Nuclear Energy Sculpture/Mansueto Library
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Hyde Park Historical Society Headquarters
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(Andrew) Jackson Park
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(Harold) Washington Park
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(George) Washington Park
Author Information:
Urooj Naveed is a Master of Arts Student in Social Sciences at the University of Chicago (Class of 2024). She graduated with a B.A. in history with honors from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2023. Urooj is passionate about local and public history, hoping to engage communities in researching, writing, and investigating their own history. She has worked as a local journalist, a non-profit leader, and a tutor in the past. In her free time, Urooj loves to go to public parks, try out new coffee shops, and read history books.
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