Museum+Box+-+American+Revolution


 * // Lesson Plan //**
 * __ Objective __**** : **Museum Box is a great way for students to visually organize all of the information that they have gathered and or created about a particular topic. Students learn to upload images, text, sounds, videos and external links to create a Museum Box.
 * __ Lesson Time __**** : three to five days **
 * Museum Box Tutorial 1 **
 * Museum Box Tutorial 2 **

**//__ Instructions __//**** : **
Students are to complete “4 cubes” for important events that they studied in History this year. Students can collect items to provide a description or add to an argument of a historical event, place, or time period. Students can add images, text, sounds, video, external link to each compartment of the box helping them to form their own virtual museum. The Museum box can be shared as a presentation, saved or printed. All sources are to be cited on one side of the cube, or in the caption below.

You can view the museum boxes submitted by other students and comment on the contents. **//__ Cube Examples __//** Declaration of Independence 1776 Soldier’s Life Valley Forge 1778 The Revolution in the South
 * __ The American Revolution 1776-1783 __**

George Washington 1789 Louisiana Purchase 1803 War of 1812 Andrew Jackson 1828 Trail of Tears 1838
 * __ The New Republic __**

Roger Sherman George Washington Benjamin Franklin James Madison
 * __ The Constitution __**

French European Volunteers Baron Van Steuben Casimir Pulaski “Saratoga: A Turing Point”
 * “__Help from Overseas__” **


 * __ American Revolution Useful Websites __**


 * __ American Revolution Clip Art __** – Collection of clip art images from a book from 1851
 * __ Prison Ships __** – NY Times story about prison ships during the Revolution
 * __ My Brother Sam is Dead __** Resource site for using the novel and a collection of maps and images of the Revolution
 * __ Smithsonian __** – Myths of the American Revolution
 * __ Mass. Historical Society __** – The Coming of the American Revolution
 * __ Washington’s Crossing __** – website all about the historic Crossing of the Delaware
 * __ Battle of Brooklyn __** – Interactive site about the largest battle of the American Revolution
 * __ Battle of Pell’s Point __** – Col. John Glover and his Marblehead mariners save the Revolution


 * __// Special Requirements // : __**

**Create a free School Administration Account at least one week prior to beginning projects since accounts will be verified before activation.** **The School Admin Account user(s) will have the ability to monitor student accounts.**

** __Lesson Plan Ideas__: **

 * Students could complete "cubes" for different important people within a time period for History classes.
 * In Language Arts classes, students could complete a Museum Box for the different aspects of a character in a fictional story (strengths, weaknesses, beliefs, etc.).
 * For Art classes, students could complete projects based on art periods, artistic styles, groups of artists, and different elements of art.
 * Students could complete a Museum Box for a Science classification project.
 * In Math classes, students could complete a Museum Box for different geometry aspects (one cube for an oval, one for a triangle, etc.).
 * For literature assignments, students could create a project utilizing video clips, short passages, and other text for different authors.