Making the Mosaic

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Making the Mosaic
Hands-on Materials from World Cultures
Available for Classroom Use in Indiana
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1.1. Introduction and Scope

• Hands-on materials
• enhance learning through multi-sensory
  experience
• make cross-cultural and historical understanding
  personal
• invite interdisciplinary teaching strategies

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1.1. Introduction and Scope

• This Resource Guide
• supports Indiana educators for all grade levels
  and subject areas (example Nigerian cloth)

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1.1. Introduction and Scope

• This Resource Guide includes
• three-dimensional artifacts
• available to educators in Indiana
• for hands-on use without museum staff present

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1.1. Introduction and Scope

• This Resource Guide does NOT include
• audio-visual materials (e.g., videos)
• distance learning
• outreach or traveling programs performed by
  museum staff
• stand-alone publications such as lesson plans or
  curriculum units

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1.1. Introduction and Scope

• Most programs listed here will ship materials to
  you.
• Those requiring local pick-up are listed in a
  separate section
• Many programs limit the geographic area they
  serve due to grant requirements or shipping
  logistics
• Plan ahead ask about availability at least one
  month before you want to use the materials (in
  many cases, several months!)

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1.1. Introduction and Scope

• This Guide is not exhaustive, so
• check locally for materials from local museums,
  libraries, historical societies, parks, etc.

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1.2. Web Sites

• This guide generally gives URLs containing a link
  to the artifact loan program, rather than a
  direct link.
• Explore other services available!

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1.3. Indiana Academic Standards
Remember interdisciplinary! These materials
readily support work in Language Arts, Science,
and Mathematics as well as Social Studies.
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1.3. Indiana Academic Standards

• But specifically for Social Studies
• For K-8
• Always Standard 5 (Individuals, Society and
  Culture)
• Often Standards 4 (Economics), 2 (Civics and
  Government) and 3 (Geography)

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1.3. Indiana Academic Standards

• Standard 5
• Exception for grade 7
• Met only by materials from Africa, Asia, and the
  Pacific
• Exception for grade 8
• Met only by materials from 19th-century U.S.

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1.3. Indiana Academic Standards

• Social Studies standards for High School
• All materials meet Sociology 2 (Culture)
• Many meet Sociology 3 through 8 (Social Status
  Social Groups Social Institutions Social
  Change Social Problems Individual and
  Community)
• All support World Geography 1, 2, 5, and 6 (The
  World in Spatial Terms Places and Regions
  Environment and Society The Uses of Geography)

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1.3. Indiana Academic Standards
Take all of the above as a rule of thumb when
using this Resource Guide.
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1.3. Indiana Academic Standards

• To indicate content by world region and
  historical period, each entry shows
• K-8 Social Studies Standard 1 (History
  includes Standard 5 for grades 7 and 8)
• High School standards for World History and
  Civilization, and United States History

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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.1. Anasazi Heritage Center (Colorado)Artifact
Loan KitsStandards 5.1 6.5.6 and WH1.3 WH.1,
US.2Cost Return shipping only
(40.00)Materials 3 kits on different aspects
of archaeology for Ancestral Puebloan Society 1
kit on traditional and modern Ute cultureNotes
The archaeology kits include genuine Anasazi
artifacts children should be closely supervised
when handling the ancient materials.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.2. Colonial Williamsburg (Virginia)Classroom
Simulations and ArtifactsStandards 2.1, 5.1,
6.5.6 WH1.3Cost 75.00-120.00, plus shipping
(purchase!)Materials 3 Hands-On History Kits
illustrating daily life for a slave, a lady, and
a soldier plus Discovering the Past through
ArchaeologyNotes These high-quality packages
demonstrate some of the best museum stores have
to offer.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.3. Indiana State Museum (Indianapolis)Education
TrunksStandards K.1, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1,
8.1Cost 10.00-20.00Materials 6 trunks
explore various aspects of Indiana history and
arts.Notes The Web site provides specific state
standards for each trunk in Language Arts,
Science, Social Studies and Visual Arts.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.4. I.U. African Studies Program
(Bloomington)Artifact KitsStandards 7.1
WH.4Cost Return shipping onlyMaterials 4 kits
explore African games, toys, musical instruments,
and clothingNotes Thoughtfully designed, with
thorough teaching tools and A/V materials.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.5. I.U. East Asian Studies Center
(Bloomington)East Asian Box LessonsStandards
7.1 WH.4Cost Return shipping only 25.00
deposit is destroyed when kit is returned
intactMaterials China Box with 4 topics Japan
Box with 1 topic (3 more topics in
development)Notes Well-chosen artifacts and
activities no lesson plans provided, although
teachers are encouraged to return copies of plans
they develop themselves.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.6. I.U. Inner Asian and Uralic National
Resource Center (IAUNRC) (Bloomington)Loan
materialsStandards 6.1, 7.1 WH.4Cost Return
shipping onlyMaterials Authentic costumes and
hats, flags, local artifacts, and dioramas (no
kits per se)Notes These popular, colorful
materials are not listed on the Centers Web site.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.7. Indianapolis Museum of Art Museum Kits and
Art ObjectsStandards 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 WH.2, WH.3,
WH.4Cost 5.00 per week, plus return
shippingMaterials 10 kits on Africa, Asia,
ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, early America, and
Day of the Dead a wealth of individual artifacts
from Africa and pre-Columbian Central and South
America. Notes These rich materials are not to
be missed.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.8. Mathers Museum of World Cultures
(Bloomington) School Loan CollectionStandards
K.1, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 6.1, 7.1 WH.1,
WH.4Cost Shipping costs only (free for local
pick-up)Materials 4 Presentation Kits, 3
Discovery Kits, a wide range of individual
artifacts and photographs. Notes Not listed
(yet) on the lousy Education section of the Web
site.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.9. Montana Historical Society
FootlockersStandards 5.1, 6.5.6, 8.1 WH.1.3
USH.1, USH.2, USH.3, USH.5Cost Shipping to next
reserved location via UPS insured
(50.00)Materials 15 different trunks covering
12,000 years of Montana historyNotes Many
Montana educators order these trunks during the
spring to use the following year.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.10. National Park Service Traveling Trunk
Program2.10.1. Abraham Lincoln Birthplace
(Kentucky)Standards 5.1 USH.1Cost Shipping
both waysMaterials 1 trunkNotes
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.10.2. Fort Clatsop Lewis and Clark National and
State Historical Parks (Oregon)Standards 5.1
USH.1Cost 60.00 to Indiana, plus return
shipping (60) Materials 1 trunk on the
explorers during their winter stay at Fort
Clatsop, 1 on the Native peoples they met on the
Oregon coastNotes These are exceptionally
well-designed kitsand much in demand these days.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.10.3. Fort Donelson National Battlefield
(Tennessee)Standards 5.1 USH.1Cost Return
shipping only Materials Underground Railroad
Confederate Trunk Life on the Civil War Home
Front Arts/Humanities TrunkNotes Thoughtfully
assembled Civil War materials.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.10.4. Grand Canyon National Park
(Arizona)Standards K.1, 1.1, 2.1, 5.1Cost
40.00 to Indiana, plus return shipping
(40)Materials Grand Canyon Human History
John Wesley Powell (explorer) Primary Trunk
(K-3)Notes Aligned with Arizona Academic
Standards and National Science Education
Standards.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.10.5. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
(St. Louis)Standards K.1, 1.1, 2.1, 5.1 USH.1,
USH.2Cost 35.00, plus return
shippingMaterials 12 trunks on various aspects
of American expansion into the West, organized by
the viewpoint of fictional or genuine historical
characters of diverse backgrounds.Notes A very
nifty resource.
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2. Resources with no geographical restriction
2.11. The Speed Art Museum (Louisville)Travel
Cultural SuitcasesStandards 5.1, 6.1, 7.1
WH.3, WH.4Cost 35.00, plus shipping both
waysMaterials 3 trunks on Pompeii, Native
Americans of the Plains, and West Africa.Notes
Education staff offer free curriculum
consultations on how to use the museum and its
materials.
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3. Resources with On-Site Pick-Up Only
3.1. Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical
SocietyTraveling Artifact TrunksStandards 3.1,
4.1Cost Free to Allen County educatorsMaterials
Miami Indians (additional topics currently in
development)Notes Available only for use within
Allen County, with support from the Heritage
Education Fund.
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3. Resources with On-Site Pick-Up Only
3.2. The Field Museum of Natural History
(Chicago)Experience BoxesStandards K.1, 1.1,
2.1, 5.1, 7.1Cost Free to educators within
Chicago-city limits 30.00 for annual
registration for educators in Chicago area
outside the cityMaterials 58 boxes on world
cultures and aspects of cultureNotes Available
only for use in the Chicago area. Beware the
cumbersome, error-prone website (which is the
only means of ordering materials).
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3. Resources with On-Site Pick-Up Only
3.3. Kentucky Library and Museum (Bowling
Green)Traveling TrunksStandards 3.1, 4.1, 5.1,
7.1Cost FreeMaterials Prehistoric Kentucky
history of lighting techniques in Mammoth Cave,
prehistory to present Japanese CultureNotes
110 miles south of Louisville, but worth the
drive for educators in the southern part of the
state.
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3. Resources with On-Site Pick-Up Only
3.4. Muncie Childrens Museum Discovery
BoxesStandards 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1Cost 10.00
per weekMaterials International Music (Latin
America, Africa, India) Korea Through the Eyes
of Her Children Pioneers and the Woodland
PeopleNotes You may have to play phone tag for
a while, but the staff is very helpful.
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