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Mountain Gateway Museum
A trip to the Mountain Gateway Museum in Old Fort gives students a look into the past and helps them understand the importance of preserving local and regional history.
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- Lesson plan: Learn about your county This activity will allow fourth grade students in North Carolina to learn more about the counties that surround their home county. Using online images, students will create a multimedia presentation to share with others.
- Discover Craft North Carolina: A Traveler's Guide to North Carolina Crafts Gateway to a world of traditional and contemporary crafts at museums, galleries, schools, and arts centers across the state of North Carolina.
- Quilts and Quiltmaking in America Interviews with quilters highlight quilting within the context of daily life. The online collection shows both highly traditional and innovative quilts, and demonstrates the artisans' excellent design and technical skill.
- Lesson plan: Quilts This lesson plan in designed to be one part of a fourth grade social studies unit on the Appalachian Mountains. It is based on the mountain custom of quilt making. This plan uses the book The Quiltmakers Gift by Jeff Brumbeau. It also uses the book internet site and other related sites. Enrichments of this lesson would be to display quilts, have a real quilt maker visit, have the class create their own paper quilt, etc.
- Lesson plan: Folklife Students will learn North Carolina folklore, traditions, war activities, local legends, superstitions, food preparation traditions, art, songs and dances which are unique to the area.
Related pages
- John C. Campbell Folk School: The Folk School offers visitors a chance to experience a special blend of history, art and natural beauty in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
- The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History: This regional museum strives to collect, preserve, and interpret the natural, historic and artistic heritage of this "back country region at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains."
- Southern Appalachian Center - Rural Life Museum: Through its exhibits and programs, the Rural Life Museum helps students to learn about their rich rural heritage.
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- Learn more about 19th Century, McDowell County, North Carolina, arts, crafts, culture, folk art, folk lore, folklore, history, history museums, log cabins, music, regional history, storytelling, textiles, and tools.
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This museum near Asheville interprets the Mountain region’s history from the earliest inhabitants through the settlement period and into the twentieth century. Students can learn about the “handmade instruments and homemade music” of the mountain people.
The museum is located at the corner of Water and Catawba Streets in Old Fort. Call (828) 668-9259 or send an e-mail to mgm@ncmail.net for more information.