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 Used by museums and historical facilities to store artifacts and collections. Restoration as a hobbyHold someone’s past/memories/Priceless items that tell about a person’s

life events

FOUNDING FATHERS

Westward Expansion

SYMBOLS OF DEMOCRACY

EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION

REVOLUTIONARYWAR

WOMEN OF THE

17TH AND 18TH

CENTURIES

MEDICINE ANDTECHNOLOGY

THEMES

Symbols of Democracy

• Liberty Bell• American Flag• Congress• John Locke• Thomas Paine• Pledge of Allegiance• Star Spangled

Banner

•Bill of Rights•U.S. Constitution•Declaration of Independence•Mayflower Compact•Paper used for documents•Ink and quills•Newspapers

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)

Westward Expansion• Meriwether Lewis

• William Clark

• Sacagawea

• LouisianaPurchase/Jefferson

• New discoveries

(plants/animals)

• Donner Party•Mormon movement•Trails•Zebulon Pike•Rocky Mountain Explorations

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

Education and Communication

• First public schools• Newspapers• Horace Mann• New England Primer• Yale/Harvard

• Town Crier• Postal office• Horn book• Colonial Education• Great Awakening• Enlightenment• Noah Webster

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

Medicine and Technology

• 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

Suggested Activities forMedicine and Technology:

• Development of Dr.’s office

• Nurse prepares a doctor’s instruments

• How does a cotton gin work?

• Woven goods

Women of the 17th and 18th Centuries• 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-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

Founding Fathers• Benjamin Franklin• George Washington• Thomas Jefferson• John Adams• James Madison

• Robert Livingston• Richard H. Lee• Roger Sherman• Famous quotes

Suggested Activities for Founding Fathers:

• Hold Constitutional meeting

• Demonstrate clothing styles (a day in the life)

• Family life; goals of; accomplishments

• Through the years

Revolutionary War• 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

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