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Roots: Discovering Your Family History (6th-8th Grades)
Zine Time (3rd-6th Grades)
Wild About Ethiopia (K-2nd Grades)
The Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) offers a number of inspiring, educational, and fun programs for students, teachers, parents, community groups and the general public. We firmly believe that first-hand involvement with the history, art and culture of African Americans in the Northwest is a necessary component to the educational development of all our region’s children. The Museum’s goal is to foster creative expression and critical thinking skills through a variety of engaging and interactive activities.
ROOTS: DISCOVERING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
Grade Level: 6-8
Objective: Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of genealogy research (interviewing family and friends, reviewing source documents, and using on-line resources), and have the opportunity to create their own family tree, or that of a well-known historical figure.
Time: 45 minutes
Availability: Beginning February 1, 2010
Overview
The Northwest African American Museum has a state-of-the-art Genealogy Center. Resources are available to allow students of any cultural or ethnic background to perform research. Roots: Discovering Your Family History invites students to begin their genealogical journey by interviewing family and friends before their visit and filling out a family tree chart (provided by the Museum to their teacher) to bring with them to the Center. Once in the Center, a docent will teach them basic oral interview techniques, familiarize them with source documents helpful in genealogy research (birth certificates, military records, obituaries, immigration records, etc.) and finally, introduce them to on-line resources by asking them to trace the history of one of their own family members.* The exercise is designed to enhance students’ research and communication skills, as well as to increase their self-esteem and cultural awareness by teaching them new facts about their heritage.
*For students who are unable to access information regarding their own families, the Center has historical materials and family tree charts of historical figures available so that all students can participate in the program.
Washington State Standards & Essential Academic Learning Requirements Alignment:
History
The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals, and themes in local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history shapes the present and future.
4.1 Understands historical chronology
4.2 Understands and analyzes causal factors that have shaped major events in history.
Reading
The student understands the meaning of what is read.
2.1 Demonstrate evidence of reading comprehension.
2.2 Understand and apply knowledge of text components to comprehend text.
2.3 Expand comprehension by analyzing, interpreting, and synthesizing information and ideas in literary and informational text.
3.1 Read to learn new information.
3.2 Read to perform a task.
Communication
The student uses communication skills and strategies to effectively present ideas and one’s self in a variety of situations.
2.1 Uses language to interact effectively and responsibly in a multicultural context.
2.2 Uses interpersonal skills and strategies in a multicultural context to work collaboratively, solve problems, and perform tasks.
2.3 Uses skills and strategies to communicate interculturally.
ZINE TIME
Grade Level: 3-6
Objective: Students will learn the story of an African American who has made significant contributions to our area – a “Local Hero” – and create a unique page for a “Zine” that will be bound and given to each class that engages in the project.
Time: 45 mins.
Availability: April 1, 2009 – March 11, 2011
Related Exhibition: The Journey Gallery
Overview:
The purpose of Zine Time is to familiarize students with the many accomplishments of African Americans in this region over the past two hundred years, and provide a creative outlet for them to “publish” their stories. Each student is also invited to tell their own story to be published in the Zine. This is how it is done: each student receives a box that contains a biography sheet, an artifact, and a picture of a “Local Hero.” Thirty-four notable people are featured in the activity, including individuals whose stories appear in our Journey Gallery, and other Local Heroes whose stories are not on display. Materials provided will include color pencils, markers, and crayons as well as cut-out pictures to create a collage. Students are encouraged to be as creative as they wish and respond to their featured person’s story in any way they choose. They are welcome to write, make a drawing or create a collage about the person. On the other side of the page, students will reflect on their own life experiences and accomplishments, and create a similar page about themselves. The exercise is designed to teach young people about the accomplishments of African Americans they may never have heard of, and encourage students to think about the kinds of contributions they can make to our community.
Washington State Standards & Essential Academic Learning Requirements Alignment:
The Arts
The student understands and applies arts knowledge and skills.
2.1 The student will apply a creative process in the arts.
3.1 The student uses the arts to express and present ideas and feelings.
3.2 The student uses art to communicate for a specific purpose.
Reading
The student understands the meaning of what is read.
2.1 The student demonstrates evidence of reading comprehension.
2.2 The student understands and applies knowledge of text components to comprehend text.
2.3. The student expands their comprehension by analyzing, interpreting, and synthesizing information and ideas in literary and informational text.
The student reads different materials for a variety of purposes.
3.1 The student reads to learn new information.
3.2 The student reads to perform a task.
History
The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals, and themes in local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history shapes the present and future.
4.3 Understands that there are multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events.
4.4 Uses history to understand the present and plan for the future.
*To make a reservation for this workshop, please contact Vanessa Szekal at kwilliams@naamnw.org.
WILD ABOUT ETHIOPIA
Grade Level: K-2
Objective: Excite and educate students about two rare animals that only exist in Ethiopia and provide a hands-on art activity.
Time: 20-30 mins.
Availability: November 7, 2009 - October 3, 2010
Related Exhibition: East by Northwest: A New African American Experience
Overview:
East by Northwest: A New African American Experience, invites students to learn about Ethiopian culture and history and also brings to light stories of East Africans who immigrated here and their life in the Northwest. Ethiopia is home to a diversity of people, languages and also landscapes. Some of these landscapes are home to species found nowhere else on earth, such as the Walia Ibex and the Ethiopian Wolf. The purpose of this activity is to teach students about these two animals, where they live, and then give students the opportunity to make a mask representing the animal they learned about. Students will leave with their creations.
Washington State Standards & Essential Academic Learning Requirements Alignment:
Communication
1. The student uses listening and observation skills and strategies to gain understanding.
1.1.2. Applies listening and observation skills to recall and interpret information.
1.2. Understands, analyzes, synthesizes, or evaluates information from a variety of sources.
Science
3.2 Understands human interaction with the environment.
*To make a reservation for this workshop, please contact Vanessa Szekal at kwilliams@naamnw.org.
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