DuSable Mobile Museum Visits District 102 Elementary Schools

The DuSable Mobile Museum visited La Grange School District 102 third grade students the week of April 9th at Ogden, Cossitt, Congress Park and Forest Road Schools. The Mobile Museum is a traveling, interactive exhibit from the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago. Students learned about explorer/entrepreneur Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable. DuSable is of African/French-Haitian heritage and is credited as being the first permanent settler of what would become Chicago. A school, museum, harbor, park, and bridge have been named in his honor. The site where DuSable settled is now a National Historic Landmark near the mouth of the Chicago River. The students enjoyed exploring the DuSable Mobile Museum and learning important facts about Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable and his contributions to Chicago history.

Photo Caption 1: Siddalee Huff and Tamara Moorehead of Congress Park School explore the exhibit at the DuSable Mobile Museum.

Photo Caption 2: Alondra Santana takes a moment to test out the audio exhibit, along with other Congress Park School students.

Photo Caption 3: Third graders Christopher Kasky, Michael Benitez, and Joseph Carnevale listening to the presentation on Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable.

Photo Caption 4: Humberto Saldana, DuSable Mobile Museum facilitator, speaks with students at Congress Park School in Brookfield on April 12.

Photo Caption 5: Jasari Ortega of Congress Park School investigates vocabulary on the word wall exhibit.

Photo Caption 6: The DuSable Mobile Museum parked outside of Congress Park School.