Object of History

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Subject:

Humanities, Social Sciences

Institution Name:

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Collection:

Center for History and New Media

Grade Level:

Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract:

The Object of History is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media. The project was conceived of in an effort to find a low cost way for students and teacher of U.S. History to have access to the museum’s collections and the expertise of the curators. As a result the materials on the site are designed to improve students’ content knowledge of standard topics in U.S. History and to improve their ability to understand material culture objects as types of historical evidence.
A second goal of the project is to provide smaller museums and historical societies with a model for creating similar materials using their own collections and expertise. Hence, in January 2008, we will offer a downloadable package that will include templates, a database structure, and a guide to creating object lessons using the software. This free package will be available to all interested users and will be composed using open source software.

Course Type:

Learning Module

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Activities and Labs, Lesson Plans, Readings, Teaching and Learning Strategies

Media Format:

Audio, Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML, Downloadable docs

Conditions of Use:

Custom Permissions
All of CHNM’s activities are for educational and non-commercial purposes and so the use of any copyrighted material by CHNM is restricted to educational and non-commercial purposes. CHNM will not make any copyrighted material commercially available without the written permission of the copyright holder.

Copyright Holder:

Copyright 2008. Center for History and New Media.