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Cherokee County Historical Museum

Murphy, NC (http://www.cherokeecounty-nc.gov/departments/museum/)

Provider: Cherokee County Historical Museum

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Appropriate grades
3–8
Subjects
arts (crafts), English language arts (story telling), social studies (American Indians, North Carolina, United States history)

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  • This is a two day lesson pertaining to telling Cherokee Folktales. This lesson can be modified and used with any folktale.

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This museum has many interesting and educational exhibits. These include:

  • a collection of over 2000 Cherokee Indian artifacts, assembled over a span of seventy years by local resident Arthur Palmer (1889-1972)
  • approximately 500 collectible dolls, donated in 1995 by local resident Louise Kilgore
  • antique farm implements and vintage household items (many hand-made) used by early pioneer settlers in Cherokee County.

See the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction documentary Cherokee: The Principle People