NC+Museum+-+Robin

Part I

My favorite exhibit at the museum was the Blackbeard exhibit. The reason why I enjoyed this exhibit so much is that I found out that pirate were not looking for necessarily for gold or treasure. There were looking spices, salts, trade goods and anything they could trade and make money on. I did not find anything surprising at the museum since during Summer 1 I took a North Carolina history course. Most of the material we covered in that course.

Part II


 * 1) I would prep my students by telling them some of the exhibits that it has and I would set down some ground rules before we went into the museum. Try to get them excited about going into the museum.
 * 2) I think I would do a scavenger hunt and have students look for certain items. If the museum let me I would set it up once they found the first item the students would get a clue to the next place. It would keep going until they made all the way through the exhibit.
 * 3) I would focus on the Civil War exhibit. The Civil War had a huge impact on North Carolina history that it would be great to have the students see actual flags, uniforms, and other items from the time period.
 * 4) I would create an activity based around what a regular Civil War soldier carried. I would want to students to focus on the items like shovels, letters, matches, cloths, rifle, bullets, and items to make bullets. I would want the students to think about what each student would want to carry if they were out in the field.
 * 5) I would have students create a mock soldier and have them create a biography about the individual. Then the students would create a list of items this soldier would carry around with him including personal items like letters, a family Bible and possible pictures.
 * 6) My concern is letting the students go through the museum with little supervision. How would you keep the students acting/behaving how they should?

Part III Activity

While you are going through the exhibit of the history of North Carolina look for at an individual that that is presented in the exhibit and try to find an individual that is inspiring to you. Use this paper to take notes. Write down a quote if there is one and information about the individual. Once we get back to class you will use these notes to write a page long paper explaining why this person is inspirational to you. The notes will be turned with the paper.