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AMERICAN HISTORY PRESENTS “ THE TRAVELING TRUNK SHOW ”

AMERICAN HISTORY PRESENTS “ THE TRAVELING TRUNK SHOW ”. History of the Travel Trunk……. First “real” luggage Various sizes Unique style; characteristics Used by travelers, circus, businessmen, etc… Used by people to store memorabilia

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AMERICAN HISTORY PRESENTS “ THE TRAVELING TRUNK SHOW ”

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  1. AMERICAN HISTORY PRESENTS“THE TRAVELING TRUNK SHOW”

  2. History of the Travel Trunk…… • First “real” luggage • Various sizes • Unique style; characteristics • Used by travelers, circus, • businessmen, etc… • Used by people to store memorabilia • Used by museums and historical facilities to store artifacts and collections. • Restoration as a hobby • Hold someone’s past/memories/ • Priceless items that tell about a person’s life events

  3. THEMES

  4. Symbols of Democracy • Bill of Rights • U.S. Constitution • Declaration of Independence • Mayflower Compact • Paper used for documents • Ink and quills • Newspapers • Liberty Bell • American Flag • Congress • John Locke • Thomas Paine • Pledge of Allegiance • Star Spangled Banner

  5. Suggested Activities for Democracy: • Flag changes over the years • Beliefs of Locke and Paine • What do the words of the Pledge mean? • Tell history of Liberty Bell • Money symbols • Recite Preamble (no notecards) • Recite the Bill of Rights • Choose one Amendment and present, poster, etc. • Signing of a freedom document (mural)

  6. Meriwether Lewis William Clark Sacagawea LouisianaPurchase/Jefferson New discoveries (plants/animals) Donner Party Westward Expansion • Mormon movement • Trails • Zebulon Pike • Rocky Mountain Explorations

  7. Suggested Activities forWestward Expansion • Lewis & Clark Journals • Plant/animal samples • Maps created by explorers • Compass/telescope used by explorers • Gates of the Mountains • Pikes Peak

  8. First public schools Newspapers Horace Mann New England Primer Yale/Harvard Town Crier Postal office Horn book Colonial Education Great Awakening Enlightenment Noah Webster Education and Communication

  9. Suggested Activities for Education and Communication • Demonstrate the role of a town crier and introduce presentations. • Life in a one room school house • History of the postal service/stamps • How to make a horn book • Effects of the Great Awakening • Results of the Enlightenment

  10. Dentistry and Doctors (tools, sterilization, etc.) Edward Jenner Quinine Conestoga Wagons Elizabeth Blackwell Cotton gin Farming tools Weavers Horses, mules Developments of roads and Inns Printing Press Medicine and Technology

  11. Suggested Activities forMedicine and Technology: • Development of Dr.’s office • Nurse prepares a doctor’s instruments • How does a cotton gin work? • Woven goods

  12. Family (mother, daughter, wife) Daughters of Liberty Notable women (Lucy Stone, Phyllis Wheatley) Women in War-- Molly Pitcher Elizabeth Blackwell Salem trials First Ladies Teachers/nurses Clothing Seamtress/Betsy Ross Pocahontas Sacajawea Women of the 17th and 18th Centuries

  13. Women-17th and 18th • A day in the life of a 1700 woman • Demonstrate a quilt party • Demonstrate a tea party • Other jobs and positions (making a candle) • Village life • Education for women

  14. Benjamin Franklin George Washington Thomas Jefferson John Adams James Madison Robert Livingston Richard H. Lee Roger Sherman Famous quotes Founding Fathers

  15. Suggested Activities for Founding Fathers: • Hold Constitutional meeting • Demonstrate clothing styles (a day in the life) • Family life; goals of; accomplishments • Through the years

  16. John Paul Jones Benedict Arnold Francis Marion Patrick Henry Boston Massacre Sons of Liberty Paul Revere Ethan Allen/Green Mountain Boys Boston Tea Party Major Battles George Washington Famous quotes Nathan Hale Causes of War Lexington and Concord Revolutionary War

  17. Suggestions for Revolutionary War Activities • Demonstrate how to play a fife or drum tune • Draw a mural of a battle scene and explain. • Justify the win or loss of a battle • Explain various uniforms and supplies used by both sides

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