We can connect to your school using a direct IP connection! Program sessions are 40-50 minutes, unless otherwise indicated. For more information, or to make reservations call (216) 721-5722 x251.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Campaigning: American Politics at its Best and Worst
Three programs for Grades 4-5, 8, 10-11
Presidential campaign memorabilia, primary sources, political cartoons and maps, are used in an inquiry-based examination of some of the most important presidential campaigns. Questions of issues vs. image and strategy vs. circumstance focus student’s critical thinking on U.S. political history. A classroom set of copies of photos, political cartoons, etc., is sent ahead of time for students to analyze during the connection.
• Grades 4-5 focus on your choice of two from the elections of 1840, 1860, 1920, and 1960.
• Grade 8 focuses on your choice of two from the elections of 1828, 1840, 1860, 1876.
• Grades 10-11 focus on your choice of two from the elections of 1896, 1912, 1920, 1948.
Trading Life Styles:
American Indians & early Settlers
Grades 3-4
In a comparison of American Indian and Early settler cultures, students examine corresponding artifacts on the screen, identify the potential for trade, and recreate a hands-on trading activity. students use critical thinking in comparing the daily lifestyles and culture of the Woodland American Indians of the great Lakes, and the Early settlers.
Waves of Immigration
Grades 4-8
Every student contributes to building answers to the basic questions of why and how people moved from one country to another, and who came to the Cleveland area during the peak immigration period of 1880 to 1930. Students use a class set of 30 reproduction primary documents sent ahead of time for an inquiry-based lesson facilitated by a museum educator.
So, You Want to Buy a Car in 1945?
Grades 10-11
This interactive 45 minute distance learning program focuses on the economics of the home front during war. During WWII, the office of price administration enacted rationing, price ceilings, production restrictions and recycling to limit consumer inflation. What did this mean if you wanted to buy a car in 1945? Help your students find out with this program that uses primary sources and photographs from the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum collection. Pre-and post-program classroom activities include lots of primary documents such as posters, ads, newspaper articles, tables, and photographs.
Was Honest Abe an Abolitionist?
Students grades 5-8
45 Minutes
Students use primary documents to examine Abraham Lincoln’s views on slavery. Lincoln’s early political philosophies were influenced by the slavery question, and later, his actions as a politician would tackle the question head on. Students also examine Lincoln’s personal opinions about the “peculiar institution”. From an Illinois lawyer who defended abolitionists, through his campaign debates with Stephen Douglas during their 1858 Senate race, to the 1860 Presidential election, Lincoln mirrors the evolution of the abolitionist movement in Ohio and the nation. After the program students will use the information gained to answer for themselves: was Abraham Lincoln an abolitionist?
And I Will Be Heard:
Women Claim the Right to Vote
Grades 9-10; also for middle school grades
45 Minutes
Women’s struggle for equality in American political life began in the 1830s and continues today. Passage of the 19th Admendment (1920) was a huge step along the way. students use primary documents, pictures, and photos of artifacts from our history museum collection to reveal how hard the path to suffrage was. Students also use the hands-on materials to construct the arguments made for and against women’s suffrage.
SCIENCE
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MATHEMATICS
Drawing to Scale:
Recreating an 1825 Lighthouse
Grades 4-6
Through several hands-on activities students learn and practice the mathematical concept of scale. In a real life activity they recreate drawings from the original specifications in the Painesville telegraph for the first Fairport Harbor Lighthouse of 1825. If on the graph paper, one square equals one foot, what is the scale of the completed drawing? students solve to find out how many of their drawings must be combined to represent the actual lighthouse tower.
Get Me to the Game On Time:
Math Program in 2 sessions!
Grades 6-8
Students compete in teams in an imaginary car rally in a 1914 Model T Ford. They race to get to a Cleveland Indians baseball game at Progressive Field. Students each receive a map and are instructed interactively in how to set routes, find the distance and calculate travel time using the algebraic relationship of time, distance and speed. Which team can calculate their time the best to win the rally? A surprise event in session 2 may change the outcome! Two 45 minute distance learning sessions interspersed with independent classroom work.
