NC+History+Museum-+Kelsey+Bostic

Part I: My favorite exhibit was the Civil Rights or the Wilmington Riot exhibit. These two exhibits really interested me. It was really neat to see all the artifacts like the weapons and the signs pointing one way to the right and the other way to the left. This makes stories that you have heard come to life.

Part II: 1) I would prep my students by giving them a list of the exhibits that we would be visiting while we were their. I would then tell them to find information on that period of time and put together a poster board with pictures and facts that interest them during that time and have them present. This will get the students excited to see the exhibit that they researched and it will give them background knowledge to the exhibits that their fellow classmates did as well.

2) I would probably set up a scavenger hunt of some sort, this would keep them engaged and actively participating. If not a hunt then I would definitely provide a worksheet for them to fill out because I know that they would not pay attention as good if they were not actively doing something.

3) I would focus on the ones that I put on the sheet for the students to choose from. It would probably depend on what we had talked about and learned about thus far.

4) When I went to the museum of art for Dr. Beal's class, we had to take pictures of certain exhibits that went a long with our developmental theorists. I would try and do some version of this so that it fit in with our lesson. I would ask each student to bring a camera and if they could not I would contact our media center and see if we had any for check out. If not then I would bring a camera and takes pictures for the students. I would have an activity set up so that they knew exactly what they were looking for.

5) These activities would have to be put together in the classroom, or at least the picture one would.Any other activity, I would probably do a follow up on so that we can review what we saw at the museum.

6) How do you keep them from touching the exhibits since their are so many children? Do you have security? Are pictures allowed to be taken?