Unlock your past

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Unlock your past

• The BIG History Lesson

Coordinated by Cheryl Natzmer
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You and your students are invited to use the
Michigan Historical Museum as your classroom for
a week-long study of Michigan history.
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The BIG History Lesson is a creative model for
teacher-led, student centered learning within the
museum environment. You design and lead a
thematic unit of study tailored to the needs of
your students and your teaching objectives.
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The museum provides an ideal setting for
interdisciplinary, hands-on and object-based
learning.
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Students talk with historians and learn about
the daily lives of men, women and children in
history through the objects they used. Its all
a part of the BIG History Lesson experience.
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Children get a behind-the-scenes look at the
museum. Here archivist Mark Harvey shows
students the original Michigan constitution.
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Teachers and museum staff plan a variety of
learning experiences including speakers, tours,
discussions, individual and collaborative
research. These students talk about French fur
trading with a Voyageur.
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Time for free-choice learning is an important
aspect of the model. These students are
attracted to a construction diagram of the
Mackinac Bridge.
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Students engage with historical materials by
observing, journal writing, note-taking and
sketching.
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Students work alone or in small groups to
conduct research on topics that are of personal
interest.
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Dressing up in period clothes and reenacting
scenes from history lets students experience what
life was like in the past.
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Playing games our ancestors enjoyed is
also part of the fun.
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Students may try their hand at traditional
crafts such as tin punching.
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Parent volunteers play an important role in
modeling behavior and provide additional
resources.
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At the end of each week, students demonstrate
what theyve learned through presentations,
performances, or acting as junior docents. Here
a group plays jeopardy with questions theyve
contributed.
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These students created puppets representing
their favorite historical figures and staged a
show as their culminating activity.
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Bring history alive for your students. Contact us
today!
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For an application or more information
about Michigan Historical Museums BIG History
Lesson -call- Cheryl Natzmer 517-335-2704 Or go
to www.michigan.gov/hal Go to For the
ProfessionalTeacher Resources.
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Michigan Historical Museum Michigan Historical
Center Department of History, Arts and
Libraries 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI
48909-8240
This presentation created by Viking Designs
students Eric Schaberg, Choua Vang, and Kristin
Purdy. Viking Designs is Everett High
Schools on-going service learning project. For
information call 517-325-7362