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All
of our educational resources are FREE for teachers and
educators. These traveling presentations are collections of
artifacts, photographs, maps, crafts, games, stories,
reproductions and information about people and activities of the
Mahoning Valley.
Two
of the suitcases are presented by a museum educator:
There
are 9 suitcases which may be borrowed by a teacher for extended
classroom use:
All
suitcases are:
- Historically Accurate
- Incorporate Curriculum
and Content Standards
- Help meet testing needs
- Adaptable to all ages
- Hands-On
Call the museum to reserve your
suitcase! (330) 743-2589
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Presentations:
The Native American
Suitcase explores the lives of people who lived in the
Mahoning Valley hundreds of years ago. Included in the suitcase
are hands-on artifacts related to the everyday life of Eastern
Woodland Indians, such as tools and hunting implements, models,
beading clothing, jewelry, food and utensils, and games.
A museum educator presents these items along with information
about the culture and social structure of the Native Americans
who lived in the Valley. This presentation includes information
on Native American foods, their use of native plants and some of
their decorative work.
Length of presentation: 1 hour
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The Pioneer Suitcase
contains artifacts used by people who moved to the Mahoning
Valley between 1797 and the 1830s. Included in the suitcase are
maps and drawings relative to the development of the Western
Reserve, as well as hands-on artifacts: household tools, kitchen
appliances, lighting equipment and toys.
A museum educator presents these items along with an
historical overview intended to educate students about the real
lives of real people who lived in the Mahoning Valley up to two
hundred years ago.
Length of presentation: 1 hour
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Available For Loan
The Immigration suitcase is
a collection of games, worksheets and projects. It covers three
main topics dealing with immigrants and immigration: Getting
Here, What They Found, and How Our Valley Changed. It encourages
discussion of causes, decision-making, maintaining culture and
discrimination. Teachers’ information sheets, reproducible
pages, craft materials, games, and reproductions of documents
and photographs are included to help students understand the
immigration process.
Students will:
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Interpret documents
and photographs
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Understand the
citizenship process
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Use family tree, map
and graph materials
Age: middle/upper elementary student
Subjects: history, language arts, social
studies skills, geography and citizenship, and reading and
writing processes and applications.
Suitcase may be borrowed for up to two weeks
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The Timelines suitcase will
help students understand different scales and purposes of
timelines. Explore important dates in our world, national and
local history through poster-size, single and multi-tier
timelines, including a timeline History of Toys!
Students will:
- Understand
cause and effect relationships
- Place
events in order
- Measure
time in years, decades and centuries
Age:
middle/upper elementary and jr. high students
Subjects:
history (grouping events, sequencing, cause and effect
relationships), social studies and math skills.
Suitcase may
be borrowed for up to two weeks
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An Old Fashioned School
Day
helps students explore the differences between their classroom
and those of a century ago. With Winslow Homer’s painting of a
one-room schoolhouse as the centerpiece, children use a variety
of historical materials including a set of McGuffy’s
schoolbooks and slates to enhance their knowledge of what
schools were like a hundred years ago.
The local school histories of Boardman, Canfield and Poland
townships are also included.
Students will:
- Use
books and learning tools from a century ago
- Enhance
language arts skills
- Experience
the recreation of a 19th century schoolroom
- Use
information from primary sources
- Compile
lists of similarities and differences
Age: middle/upper elementary student
Subjects: history, language arts, geography,
math and research skills, reading and writing processes and
applications
Suitcase may be borrowed for up to two weeks
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The Warm as Wool suitcase
tells the story of a young pioneer family who moved to Ohio in
1803 and struggled to stay warm that first icy winter. The book
“Warm as Wool,” by Scott Russell Sanders, is the basis for
this storytelling kit, which teaches history and language arts
through the use of a storybook and related artifacts such as raw
wool and wool carders.
Students will:
- Use
objects to answer questions about the past
- Compare
past and present
- Participate
in literacy building activities
- Learn
about early pioneer life through crafts, games and songs
Age: lower elementary student
Subjects: history and language arts
Suitcase may be borrowed for up to two weeks.
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The 1810 Journey to Ohio
suitcase gives students a firsthand account of a young
woman’s pioneering journey from her home in Connecticut to the
new territory of Ohio and is based on a published transcription
of the early 19th century journal by Margaret van
Horn Dwight.
Students will:
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Use
information from a primary source
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Practice
creative writing
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Develop
mapping, timeline and genealogy skills
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Experience
19th century language and culture
Age: Jr. high (for younger students, teachers may read
excerpts from the book as students write or draw in a journal,
thus enhancing pre-writing and visual arts skills.)
Subjects: history, language arts, geography,
social studies skills, science, math and research skills.
Suitcase may be borrowed for up to two weeks.
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The Hispanic Awareness suitcase
features contributions of Hispanic immigrants to the life of the
Mahoning Valley. Artifacts, pictures, map work, virtual field
trips, biography projects and activities will help students
experience the history, culture and customs of Hispanic people
in our Valley and around the world.
Students will:
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Use
artifacts to understand daily life
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Understand the customs
and culture of immigrants both locally and globally
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Develop graphing and
mapping skills
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Use measurement tools
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Give an effective
presentation
Age: upper elementary
Subjects: history, language arts, geography,
social studies and research skills, as well as reading and
writing processes, applications and conventions.
Suitcase may be borrowed for up to two weeks.
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The African-American suitcase
will help students understand and appreciate African-American
culture by studying the “ancestral homeland of
African-Americans, the circumstances of their arrival on
American shores, and their eventual integration into the
mainstream of American life.” Instructional materials are by
Dr. Martha Bruce-McSwain.
Students will:
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Use artifacts to
understand life in the past
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Identify culture and
customs of other people groups
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Increase vocabulary
and comprehension skills
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Practice creative
writing
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Use mapping skills
Ages: primary grades
Subjects: history, geography and language
arts, including reading and writing processes, applications and
conventions.
Suitcase may be borrowed for up to two weeks.
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The Indian People suitcase
examines the vast country of India and how it represents
diversity in all its aspects: people, religions, customs,
traditions, clothes and languages. Extensive historical
background information, activities, pictures and artifacts
celebrate the cultural heritage of local residents who are of
Indian descent.
Students will:
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Use artifacts to
interpret another culture
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Identify locations on
a map
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Practice creative
writing
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Research, organize and
communicate data
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Work effectively in a
group
Age: middle/upper elementary and jr. high students
Subjects: history, geography, science,
language arts, music, art and math.
Suitcase may be borrowed for up to two weeks.
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The Irish-American
Suitcase is an in-depth, extensive suitcase offering a
comprehensive variety of materials that span centuries of
Ireland’s history, ancestry, customs and traditions. Two
essays feature the local history of Irish settlers and
immigrants in the Mahoning Valley.
Students will:
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Use artifacts to
understand and interpret a culture
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Practice creative
writing
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Identify natural
resources
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Identify locations on
a map
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Analyze symmetry of
historical motifs
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Examine causes and
effects of historical events
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Research, analyze and
organize information into charts, graphs and stories
Ages: middle/upper elementary and jr. high students
Subjects: math, art, social studies,
geography, language arts, music and science.
Suitcase may be borrowed for up to two weeks.
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Call the Mahoning Valley Historical Society at 330-743-2589 or e-mail us at education@mahoninghistory.org for more information or to arrange a presentation or loan of one of the Suitcase Museums for your class or group.
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