Stages, Sights, & Sounds
April 29 to May 16, 2010
Share the excitement of live performance with your students!
Group Sales
For information on group sales and reservations and our subsidized ticket program, please call (312) 661-1028 ext. 35 or email tickets@chfestival.org with the following information:
- Your name
- Your school
- Your email
- Your phone number and the best time to reach you
- Date, time, and title of the program(s) you’re interested in
School Schedule
Click here to download a full schedule of school matinee performances [PDF].
Join the CHF Youth Advisory Council!
CHF's Youth Advisory Council is looking for new members for the 2010-11 school year. Council members weigh in with ideas for CHF programs, promote the spring and fall festivals, and gain an understanding of arts and nonprofit administration.
The council is open to students who will be in grades 9-12 during the 2010-11 year. The commitment is approximately 1 hour per month, September through May, and students can receive school or community service credit for time served on the council.
Teachers and students interested in learning more about the council may call 312.661.1028 ext. 17 or contact Associate Director, Marketing & Communications Jara Kern at jarak@chfestival.org.
Click here to download a PDF with more information.
The Chicago Humanities Festival prides itself on helping students and educators get the most possible out of its programs and resources.
Each year we explore a few programs in-depth by providing educational resources for teachers to use in classrooms. These study guides are an ideal way to prepare students to attend the event, or to use as a complement to our archival content online.
Art and History Teachers
Programs by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and playwright Jules Feiffer and University of Illinois art historian Jennifer Greenhill bridge the worlds of visual art and history. Study guides on their programs will appeal to art classes as well as classes on American history.
Study Guides:
Jules Feiffer [PDF, 146 KB]
Jennifer Greenhill [PDF, 270 KB]
History and Social Studies Teachers
Teachers who concentrate on American history and social studies might incorporate into their classes study guides on programs by Civil War scholar and author David Blight; author and cultural commentator Barbara Ehrenreich; comedians Firoozeh Dumas & Sandra Tsing Loh, and African American history scholars Glenda Carpio, Gerald Early, and Werner Sollors.
Study Guides:
David Blight [PDF, 101 KB]
Barbara Ehrenreich [PDF, 190 KB]
Carpio/Early/Sollors [PDF, 84 KB]
Firoozeh Dumas & Sandra Tsing Loh [PDF, 362 KB]
Tony Kushner [PDF, 459 KB]
Math and Economics Teachers
The study guide on Robert Reich's program focuses on economics.
Study Guides:
Robert Reich [PDF, 120 KB]
Science Teachers
Teachers with a focus on science and cognition will find our study guides on animal researcher Irene Pepperberg, neuroscientist Robert Provine, and psychology of play researcher Stuart Brown particularly interesting.
Study Guides:
Irene Pepperberg [PDF, 237 KB]
Robert Provine [PDF, 206 KB]
Stuart Brown [PDF, 154 KB]
Past Festivals & Events
Visit the Archival Educator Resources page for an archive of past study guides. Included are guides covering past festival themes broadly, guides for the CHF Classics in Context program, and guides for select events from festivals past. Topics include fine arts (e.g. Erika Doss, Robert Irwin), Math/Science (e.g. Edward Tufte), Social Sciences (e.g. Robert Darnton, Jeffrey Sachs), and English (e.g. Anne Carson, Colson Whitehead).