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Chicago Area Map Project

Jeff Solin

Lane Tech CS

LTMakers.org

cs.lanetech.org

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What About Round 2?

Civic Engagement
Collaboration
Chicago
Students learning about people outside of their communities

A shared vision
Creative input
Student agency
Applied digital design and fabrication skills

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I chose to focus on the community’s Lithuanian history and its service in World War II for this project. West Lawn has a notable Lithuanian population, and the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture devotes itself to the language, history, and culture of its country, while being the only museum in the United States to do so. Lithuania also has a very famous fairy tale, the story of Eglė the Queen of Serpents. Its background in Baltic mythology and tale of shapeshifting humans has garnered the interest of researchers from around the world. The community also has Ford City Mall in the southwest side, which was once a factory built to manufacture B-29 bombers during World War II. Later on it was bought by the Ford Motor Company to be repurposed to manufacture automobiles. In 1965 the factory was reopened as a mall to be public.

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