[WSCSS] Ghost Town Gallery, Native American Heritage, Montgomery Bus Boycott

Wed Sep 13 18:31:16 EDT 2006

Ghost Town Gallery at the History Museum 	
An exciting partnership between the History Museum and the Tacoma
Actors' Guild can help ignite your students' passion for reading,
writing and history.  Through readings, examination of artifacts and
living history performances, the Ghost Town Gallery program introduces
students to the history of popular beliefs about mysterious happenings
in Washington's past.  Our gallery activities in the Hall of Washington
History will prompt students to critically evaluate historical evidence
as well as enable them to enjoy historical characters in action.
Students will explore the questions: "what is a ghost town?", "what were
fortune tellers doing in the parlors of Tacoma's finest hotels in the
early 20th century?", "why was the tragic 1899 shipwreck of the Andelana
considered haunted?", and "what evidence do people use to argue that
Sasquatch exists?"  

This field trip and associated lesson plan can help satisfy a
Classroom-Based Assessment in history.  We will help you prepare
students for self-publishing their stories once they return to school.
Those who enter our writing contest qualify for special awards.  

Please note this is not a spook house or haunted house program.  

Available 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays October 13-31, 2006 (closed
Mondays).  Most appropriate for grades 3 through 8.  $5 per student.
Reserve your date and time now by going to 
www.washingtonhistory.org/wshm/education/hall-form.htm
<http://wshs.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=CFWG2wBNAAEAAAbFAADLIA> 

For more information about Tacoma Actors Guild see 
http://www.tacomaactorsguild.org/ <http://www.tacomaactorsguild.org/> 

Native American Heritage Month 	
History Museum staff will support your pre-visit classroom exploration
of what really happened at the "First Thanksgiving" centuries ago and
then welcome you and your students to participate in a celebration of
Native American Heritage Month at our Tacoma facility.  Think about
planning a field trip to the History Museum in November and letting your
students enjoy Native American storytelling, art demonstrations, living
history performances, and a close-up examination of artifacts.
Available November 1-3, 7, 9-10.  

The beginning of November is the season for celebrating Dia de Los
Muertos.  School groups who visit the History Museum on November 1, 2, 3
from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. will enjoy storytelling from native
traditions of Latin America with Rose Cano.

School field trips on November 7th will include admission to a
performance of Native Vision by Living Voices.  This performance
features a young Navajo girl who is taken from her home and placed in a
government-run boarding school during the 1930s.  For more information
about Native Vision see http://www.livingvoices.org/natvis/natvis.html
<http://wshs.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=CFWG2wBNAAIAAAT9AADLIA> 

Through our celebration of Native American Heritage Month, Quinault
basketweaver, storyteller, and historian Harvest Moon will demonstrate
weaving and tell stories in our Hall of Washington History longhouse.
For more information about Harvest Moon see http://www.weavewalker.com/
<http://wshs.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=CFWG2wBNAAIAAAa9AADLIA> 

$5 per student.  Reserve your date and time now by going to 
www.washingtonhistory.org/wshm/education/hall-form.htm
<http://wshs.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=CFWG2wBNAAIAAAewAADLIA> .  

The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story:  A Travelling Exhibit

381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story at the History Museum 
Saturday, November 04, 2006 to Tuesday, January 16, 2007 

On December 1, 1955, one voice in Montgomery, Alabama, quietly and
resolutely said "No." That single "no" kindled a fire that had burned
from a decades-long tradition of activism and lit the way to the most
influential boycott in this nation's history. 

The events that led to the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott culminated in the
determined voice of an unyielding individual who stood up to the power
of segregation. The story of Rosa Parks, an educated woman underemployed
because of her skin color, has been recounted as a lone act of heroism
against seemingly impossible odds. 

But the truth is more powerful. Fifty thousand people of color forced,
through a storm of hardship and courage, a segregated bus system to open
its doors to equality. A young preacher took center stage and emerged as
a symbol of national and international significance. And the city of
Montgomery gave birth to America's Civil Rights era. 

The Smithsonian Institution, in collaboration with the Troy University
Rosa Parks Library and Museum, offers an American story of bravery,
honor, and idealism. The Montgomery bus boycott was the genesis of the
modern Civil Rights movement and the first step in the long march toward
realizing the goals of the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of
Education decision in 1954. 

The exhibition has been made possible through the generous support of
AARP.

Teachers are encouraged to obtain curricular materials from Teaching
Tolerance for pre-visit preparation, particularly the Mighty Times and
Rosa Parks materials:

http://www.tolerance.org/teach/resources/index.jsp
<http://wshs.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=CFWG2wBNAAIAAA-OAADLIA> 

For more information on this exhibit, see 
http://www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/381/main.htm
<http://wshs.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=CFWG2wBNAAIAABCdAADLIA> 

More Information

If you have any booking questions, please contact our Group Tour
Registrar at jmartin at wshs.wa.gov <mailto:jmartin at wshs.wa.gov>  or
253.798.5876.  To ask questions about a scheduled field trip or to
request activity information, please contact our School Program
Coordinator at gperkins at wshs.wa.gov <mailto:gperkins at wshs.wa.gov>  or at
253.798.5927. 

If you would like to continue receiving information on upcoming
educational programming, please visit our website at 
http://www.washingtonhistory.org/
<http://wshs.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=CFWG2wBOAAEAAASjAADLIA>  and
click on "E-News."  

Curator and Head of Education

WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY MUSEUM

1911 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma, Washington 98402

253-798-5878

http://www.wshs.org <http://www.wshs.org/> 

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