This project was initiated, funded, and developed by the Chicago-based Terra Foundation for American Art in response to the newly developed Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts. The Terra Foundation would like to acknowledge the partners listed below for their contributions.
Leadership Team
Jennifer Siegenthaler, Program Director, Education Grants & Initiatives, Terra Foundation for American Art
Sara Jatcko, Education Grants & Programs Associate, Terra Foundation for American Art
Tina Nolan, Ed.D., Project Manager, Tina Nolan Consulting
Donna Ogle, Ed.D., Common Core Specialist and Lead Literacy Specialist, National-Louis University
Steering Committee
Sarah Alvarez, Director of School Programs, Department of Museum Education at The Art Institute of Chicago
Heidi Moisan, School Programs Manager at the Chicago History Museum
Corinne Rose, Manager of Education at the Museum of Contemporary Photography*
Pemon Rami, Director of Education and Public Programs at the DuSable Museum of African American History*
Marissa Reyes, Associate Director of Education, School, Teacher, Family & Youth Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Rachel Rooney, Director of Professional Development Programs for Teachers at the Newberry Library*
*Titles and affiliations at the time of the project
Museum Partners and Staff
The Art Institute of Chicago: Sarah Alvarez, Melissa Covington Tanner, Glennda Jensen Parker, Karin Jacobson, Robin Schnur, Georgina Valverde
Chicago History Museum: Megan Clark, Heidi Moisan
The DuSable Museum of African American History: Jomo Cheatham, Nevada Montgomery, Pemon Rami
Frank Lloyd Wright Trust: Shannon Greve, Jan Kieckhefer, Kim Scata
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art: Joel Javier, Jerry Stefl
The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum: Irina Zadov
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: Maggie Borowitz, Judy Koon, Sarah Salto
Museum of Contemporary Photography: Corinne Rose
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: Marissa Reyes, Lydia Ross, Lauren Watkins
National Museum of Mexican Art: Kristin Enright, Ricardo Serment, Alicia Serrano, Nancy Villafranca-Guzman
The Newberry Library: Hana Layson, Rachel Rooney, Charlotte Ross
Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago: Michael Christiano, Lisa Davis
Teacher Partners
Amy Andrews, Lincoln Elementary
Jennifer Barron, Kennedy High School
Rick Cardis, Evanston Technical High School
Jennifer Chisholm, Kingsley Elementary
Carol Gottlieb, Middleton School
Colleen McGinley, Dewey Academy of Fine Arts
Kim Moore, Fort Dearborn Elementary School
Jamilla Pitts, District 65 Social Studies Curriculum Facilitator
Sheri Snopek, Columbus Elementary
Kris Utley, District 65 Literacy Coach
Manuel Valderrama, Lane Technical High School
Ben Value, Chicago Academy High School
Kim Varner, Walt Disney Magnet School
Jessica Marshall, Alcott High School
Kelly Naughton, Chicago Public Schools
Content Editors and Readers
Char Cieply, Literacy Specialist
Diane Dillon, Ph.D., Content Specialist
Demetra Disotaur, Literacy Specialist
Daniel Greene, Ph.D., Content Specialist
Mary Hawley, Editor
Tobias Higbie, Ph.D., Content Specialist
Laura Lang, Ph.D., Literacy Specialist
Alissa Schapiro, Editing Assistant
Project Evaluators
Linnea Rademaker, Ph.D., FutureEd Evaluators
Doris Wells-Papanek, Tailored Learning Tools
Website Team
James Goggin, Practise
Charles Mutscheller, Terra Foundation for American Art
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Paul Wenzel, Co-op Media
Writing Advisors
Kris Wetterlund, Sandbox Studios
Juliet Bond, Columbia College Chicago
Elizabeth Partridge, Vermont College of Fine Arts
Special Thanks
Karen Erickson, Creative Directions
Martin Moe, Chicago Public Schools
Mark Skala, Skalawag Productions
Frank Valadez, Chicago Metro History Education Center
Ray Yang, Chicago Public Schools
