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North Carolina Museum Assignment

Part I: My favorite part of the museum was the //Gone with the Wind// exhibit. I liked this exhibit because it had the actual props from the movie. I have seen //Gone with the Wind// and have always enjoyed it. I am a movie lover and seeing the actual costumes, props and scripts is facsinating. Looking at this exhibit made me feel like I was living in that time period, which was in the late 1930's. This movie was very famous and was a huge hit in Hollywood. Though this exhibit will not be in the museum for long, I am glad I had the chance to see it. It also gives you a sense how culture was in the South and what civilization was during and after the Civil War. It was interesting in the terms of our state because this museum is the only museum in the southeast area that has this collection. I feel like this exhibit is in our museum because the movie represents the South.

Part II:

1. How would you prep your students prior to their visit to the museum? I would prep my students by informing them that we will be taking a filed trip to the museum. The day before the trip I will tell the students what to expect and how it connects with the material we are learning. I would show them somethings to expect with pictures from the museum websites. I would also give them a quick reminder that it is important to pay attention and respect the materials that are in the exhibits. Students should be able to know how to ask questions, so we would go over good questions to ask.

2. As a teacher how would you guide your students through the exhibits? (would you provide them with worksheets, scavenger hunt, what would they be looking for?) I would have my students split up in groups, with chaperones of course, and give them a worksheet consisting of questions they would get from visiting the museum. All students would visit every exhibit, but would go to them at different times during the field trip.

3. Which sections of the exhibits would you focus on the most? Why? I would focus on the Civil War exhibits as well as the slavery and Native American exhibits. These exhibits would be the main foucs because they are important in our history and important for our students to know. They can get a feel of what the atmosphere was like by the clothing and weapons of the Civil War. Students also need to know about different cultures such as Native Americans and African Americans.

4. What types of activities would you create while the students are visiting the museum? (be specific and provide concrete examples when possible) While the students are visiting the museum, I will provide them a worksheet. On the worksheet, there will be questions like, "Write down one thing you like about the Civil War exhibit?" "What sticks out the most to you?" I would do this for each section of the exhibit so the students can take the worksheet back to class and evaluate. There would be a follow up activity in class about the museum. I would not want to create anything too complicated for the students because I want them to be able to enjoy everything they see.

5. How would you extend the activities into the classroom? Once the field trip is over, the students will have the worksheet from the day before at the museum. They will bring the worksheet to class and divide up into groups and discuss their favorite parts. They would not be in the same groups as before at the museum. I would mix things up and let them discuss with students of another group. I feel like an activity that would be fun for them is to bring in 5 items of their own that represents themselves and their lives. It would be like they are creating their own live exhibit.

6. What questions or concerns might you have as a teacher taking a group of students to a museum with vast exhibits? Some questions I would have are: 1. How do you encourage parents to become chaparones? 2. What do you assign those students who cannot attend the field trip? 3. What if students are disruptive?

Part III. Develop a field trip guide After students have finished the field trip, they will complete the worksheet with the different questions on the exhibit that was stated above. They will then bring that sheet to class and discuss with their fellow classmates about what they thought was fun. The main activity that I would want my students to do is create their own history exhibit about themselves. Attached below is a guideline worksheet that I would give my students.