Object handling & worksheet

Education Programmes

£3 per student, chaperones free (minimum £30 per group) – 60 students maximum.

Programmes are available from 13 March – 31 October.

Programmes include three 45-minute sessions.  Although most of the programmes have direct links to certain Key Stage areas of study, all the programmes can be adjusted to suit other age groups.

Native Americans – As Varied as the Land

Understand the diversity of American Indians by examining the art, tools, and clothing that have shaped their culture. This is a unique opportunity to understand the people that lie beyond the Hollywood stereotypes.

·     Plains Indian costume presentation.

·     Object handling and worksheet activity.

·     Native American collection tour.

England and the Colonisation of America

What was life like for those early colonists in the New World? Explore the lives, tools, and trade going back and forth between England and America as these explorers and settlers began to shape a new nation.

·     Colonial costume presentation.

·     Object handling and worksheet activity.

·     17th and 18th century period room tour.

Textile Traditions

Using the museum’s famous textile collection, students learn how quilts, samplers and rugs served to reflect the social, cultural, and artistic aspirations of Americans – from east coast to the western frontier.

·     Textile Room tour.

·     Object handling and worksheet activity.

·     ‘Design Your Own Quilt Block’ activity or sketch in

      Classic American Quilts 2010 exhibition.

The American West

Delving into the history of the exploration and expansion into the American West, students will begin to discern the fact from the fiction. From Lewis and Clark’s Voyage of Discovery to the days of the cowboys, find out how the West was really won.

·     Plains Indian and cowboy costume presentation.

·     Object handling and worksheet activity.

·     American Heritage exhibition tour/activity.