From Home to Museum: How do you Make a Museum?

education standards

W. Parsons Todd

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.His.3.3-5
Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.
D2.His.3.6-8
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.
D2.His.3.9-12
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by the historical context.
National Core Arts Standards
VA:Pr6.1.5a
Cite evidence about how an exhibition in a museum or other venue presents ideas and provides information about a specific concept or topic.
VA:Pr6.1.6a
Assess, explain, and provide evidence of how museums or other venues reflect history and values of a community.

Student Engagement: Preserving Your School's History

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D3.1.3-5
Gather relevant information from multiple sources while using the origin, structure, and context to guide the selection.
D3.1.6-8
Gather relevant information from multiple sources while using the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources to guide the selection.
D3.1.9-12
Gather relevant information from multiple sources representing a wide range of views while using the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources to guide the selection.

Interpreting Macculloch Hall Historical Museum: Then and Now

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.His.2.3-5
Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.
D2.His.2.6-8
Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
D2.His.2.9-12
Analyze change and continuity in historical eras.
D2.His.8.9-12
Analyze how current interpretations of the past are limited by the extent to which available historical sources represent perspectives of people at the time.
D2.His.9.3-5
Summarize how different kinds of historical sources are used to explain events in the past.
National Core Arts Standards
VA:Pr6.1.5a
Cite evidence about how an exhibition in a museum or other venue presents ideas and provides information about a specific concept or topic.
VA:Pr6.1.6a
Assess, explain, and provide evidence of how museums or other venues reflect history and values of a community.

Student Engagement: Compare and Contrast MHHM Rooms

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.His.2.3-5
Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.
D2.His.2.6-8
Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
D2.His.2.9-12
Analyze change and continuity in historical eras.
D2.His.9.3-5
Summarize how different kinds of historical sources are used to explain events in the past.

Student Engagement: Create your Own Museum Exhibit

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.His.10.3-5
Compare information provided by different historical sources about the past.
D2.His.16.3-5
Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.
D2.His.2.6-8
Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
D2.His.3.3-5
Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.
D2.His.3.6-8
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.
D2.His.3.9-12
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by the historical context.
D2.His.8.9-12
Analyze how current interpretations of the past are limited by the extent to which available historical sources represent perspectives of people at the time.
D2.His.9.3-5
Summarize how different kinds of historical sources are used to explain events in the past.