North Carolina Museum of History

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The North Carolina Museum of History website offers a multitude of information, opportunities, and resources for teachers, students, and learners of all ages. Get the scoop on planning a visit to the museum. A special section for those teachers taking their students on a field trip includes descriptions of available tours (thematically tied to American Indians, Health and Healing, NC Folklife, Civil War stories, Aviation, and African American), a downloadable resource guide, and a planning checklist.The Education portion of the site also contains special features for teachers, which includes instructions for museum materials for loan, curriculum notebooks, video and slide programs, virtual field trips, and professional development programs. Some of these resources require a small fee. Also located here are several lesson plans focusing on aspects of North Carolina such as pottery and health and healing.In addition to these teacher resources, learners can search the collection for artifacts (all artifacts have descriptions but few are complete with images); read about the exhibits (some have previews); and consult timelines that describe major events during different periods of North Carolina history.Each year the North Carolina Museum of History holds virtual field trips via the NC Information Highway. Geared to 4th and 5th graders, the classes give young people who live outside of the Raleigh area an opportunity to take advantage of the museum’s holdings. For some field trips, reproductions of artifacts and objects to touch are sent in advance. Each class is free of charge to North Carolina educators and are available Monday through Wednesday, 9am - 10am. They are also offered to students out of state. Contact Susan Friday Lamb at 919-807-7943, or Ann Kaplan at 919-807-7982.

Professional development offerings

Professional development classes at the North Carolina Museum of History are North Carolina history-based courses with connections to other subjects - language arts, science, math, and the arts. Museum curators and historians provide research materials. The online courses connect teachers through a discussion bulletin board. The Summer Institute provides speakers, discussion, and field trips. Teachers will learn historical content and apply it to innovative, multidisciplinary classroom applications. For more information, see the professional development section of the website.

• Workshops typically serve between 10 and 25 educators per session.
• Content is aligned with North Carolina standards for professional development and is tailored to the needs of the requesting school system. Offerings are based on theory, classroom strategies and subject matter content.
• Sessions offered are a combination of lecture and processing activities with time to process the learning with other participants.
• Follow-up activities include an optional evaluation of the professional development session with electronic follow-up.
• Materials are included in the cost of the workshops.