Program:	U.S. National Slavery Museum Educational Activities Packet
	U.S. National Slavery Museum
Description:	A special focus of the Museum is to provoke curiosity and self-discovery within our youth. Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) mandate that slavery be taught in public schools. The Museum has designed fun and informative educational materials to assist teachers, parents, and students in grades, 4-12 in an effort to teach this complex subject. For more information on obtaining a packet please visit our webpage (www.usnsm.org).
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Program:	Slave Narratives: Hardships of Daily Life
	U.S. National Slavery Museum
Description:	Grades 4, 6, middle and high school Description-This lesson, Slave Narratives: Hardships of Daily Life will introduce students to the adversities of the lives of slaves. Their stories can best be told by the enslaved in their own words describing various conditions of lack of control over their daily activities including men, women, and children. This lesson will share the words of actual slaves who were victims in America’s institution of slavery. As a result of this lesson, students will be able to discuss the three slave narratives as well as background information and reflect on the experiences of blacks enslaved in America. The lesson plan includes objectives, key words, materials, procedures, and suggested readings. Procedures include a warm up exercise, vocabulary mapping, and cooperative group assignments.
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Program:	U.S. National Slavery Museum Teacher's Aid Resources
	U.S. National Slavery Museum
Description:	The Teacher's Aid is a document that relies heavily on the actual enhanced scope and sequence publication developed in 2004 by the Virginia Department of Education to ensure that more comprehensive information on American slavery is consistent with the American slavery requirements and expections of the Virginia Department of Education. The publications include elementary, middle, and high school information for teachers. The grade level history ranges are: Grade 4 Virginia Studies; Middle Level United States History to 1877 and United States History II, 1877-Present;Grade 11 Virginia and United States History. The Teacher's Aid should be used with the complete Enhanced Scope and Sequence guide developed by the Virginia Department of Education. The Teacher's Aid is not a substitute, but rather a companion resource to Virginia's outstanding guide. The intended use of the Teacher's Aid is to facilitate efforts by teachers who are focusing on slavery and its pervasive effects on American society. The Teacher's Aid is designed to help teachers coordinate instruction and classroom activities with the resources and planned exhibits of the United States National Slavery Museum.
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Program:	The American Slave Code and The Underground Rail Road Lesson Plans
	U.S. National Slavery Museum
Description:	The purpose of the lesson is to examine how slave codes, designed to maintain social, political, and economic domincance over slaves in American society, regulated the practices of the institution of slavery. These lesson plans are designed for elementary, middle and high school students.
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Program:	School Tours
	Wilton House Museum/NSCDA-VA
Description:	Standard House Tour Time required 1.25 hours (revised in March 2002 to meet the new SOL’s) Cost: $2.50 per student and chaperone. Students of all ages are invited to experience eighteenth-century colonial lifestyles and history. Students will explore the lavish public rooms and comfortable family quarters while hearing about the Wilton's famous visitors, including Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the Marquis de Lafayette. After the tour, elementary grade students jump into the fashion of the day by participating in a colonial clothing demonstration. All students receive a souvenir paper tri-corn hat and gingerbread cookie upon departure. Standard House Tour with Outside Activities and/or Hands-On Artifact Exploration Time required: 2.5 hours. Cost: $5.00 per student and chaperone. Weather permitting for outside activities. In addition to the standard tour, students will participate in colonial lawn games, which can include ‘hoops’, ‘blindman’s bluff’, ‘Graces’, ‘hop, skip and jump’, and ‘lawn bowling’. After the tour, elementary grade students jump into the fashion of the day by participating in a colonial clothing demonstration. All students receive a souvenir paper tri-corn hat and gingerbread cookie upon departure. Standard House Tour with Craft Activities and/or Hands-On Artifact Exploration Time required: 2.5 hours. Cost: $5.00 per student and chaperone. In addition to the standard house tour, students will participate in a craft activity which may include: decorating a floor cloth, making a corn husk doll, decorating a trinket box, making a sachet or pomander, making butter, paper quilling, or creating a paper ‘quilt’. After the tour, elementary grade students jump into the fashion of the day by participating in a colonial clothing demonstration. All students receive a souvenir paper tri-corn hat and gingerbread cookie upon departure. Scavenger Hunt House
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Program:	School Tours
	Wilton House Museum/NSCDA-VA
Description:	Standard House Tour Time required 1.25 hours (revised in March 2002 to meet the new SOL’s) Cost: $2.50 per student and chaperone. Students of all ages are invited to experience eighteenth-century colonial lifestyles and history. Students will explore the lavish public rooms and comfortable family quarters while hearing about the Wilton's famous visitors, including Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the Marquis de Lafayette. After the tour, elementary grade students jump into the fashion of the day by participating in a colonial clothing demonstration. All students receive a souvenir paper tri-corn hat and gingerbread cookie upon departure. Standard House Tour with Outside Activities and/or Hands-On Artifact Exploration Time required: 2.5 hours. Cost: $5.00 per student and chaperone. Weather permitting for outside activities. In addition to the standard tour, students will participate in colonial lawn games, which can include ‘hoops’, ‘blindman’s bluff’, ‘Graces’, ‘hop, skip and jump’, and ‘lawn bowling’. After the tour, elementary grade students jump into the fashion of the day by participating in a colonial clothing demonstration. All students receive a souvenir paper tri-corn hat and gingerbread cookie upon departure. Standard House Tour with Craft Activities and/or Hands-On Artifact Exploration Time required: 2.5 hours. Cost: $5.00 per student and chaperone. In addition to the standard house tour, students will participate in a craft activity which may include: decorating a floor cloth, making a corn husk doll, decorating a trinket box, making a sachet or pomander, making butter, paper quilling, or creating a paper ‘quilt’. After the tour, elementary grade students jump into the fashion of the day by participating in a colonial clothing demonstration. All students receive a souvenir paper tri-corn hat and gingerbread cookie upon departure. Scavenger Hunt House
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Program:	Outreach: Virginia Food Web
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Students will investigate and understand the interactions of plants and animals in an ecosystem. By constructing food webs and answering ‘classified ad’s, students will categorize organisms into different niches and hypothesize the effects of environmental changes that may remove certain organisms from those niches. The interdependence of organisms within an ecosystem is emphasized while students learn about flora and fauna native to Virginia.
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Program:	The Big Chill: Cool Science With CO2
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Dry ice experiments are excellent demonstrations of scientific phenomena. Magic Bubbles, Magic Balloons, Magic Fire Extinguishers and Screaming Spoons are all part of this cool program.
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Program:	Rock 'n’ Roll
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Learn about weathering, erosion and the formation of sediment by “shaking it up” as you explore the rock cycle. Examine samples from the Womack Natural History collection and learn which rocks can be found in your own backyard!
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Program:	Outreach: Virginia Food Web
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Students will investigate and understand the interactions of plants and animals in an ecosystem. By constructing food webs and answering ‘classified ad’s, students will categorize organisms into different niches and hypothesize the effects of environmental changes that may remove certain organisms from those niches. The interdependence of organisms within an ecosystem is emphasized while students learn about flora and fauna native to Virginia.
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Program:	The Big Chill: Cool Science With CO2
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Dry ice experiments are excellent demonstrations of scientific phenomena. Magic Bubbles, Magic Balloons, Magic Fire Extinguishers and Screaming Spoons are all part of this cool program.
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Program:	Rock 'n’ Roll
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Learn about weathering, erosion and the formation of sediment by “shaking it up” as you explore the rock cycle. Examine samples from the Womack Natural History collection and learn which rocks can be found in your own backyard!
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Program:	Bugging Out
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Hissing cockroaches ... buzzing bees ... fluttering butterflies. What makes an insect an insect? Explore metamorphosis and insect habitats using models and, yes, real live bugs!
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Program:	Good Vibrations
	Danville Science Center
Description:	What is sound? How does sound travel? How is sound measured? Make some waves while learning all the news about noise.
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Program:	Shocking Truth
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Investigate circuits, volts and currents. Hands-on activities explore the basic principles of electricity.
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Program:	Bubble Science
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Not only are bubbles fun to make, they are excellent demonstrations of scientific phenomena such as light and color and surface tension. Plus they're good, clean fun!
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Program:	Weather Watchers
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Explore basic weather concepts and patterns. Get wind of how weather affects plants and animals.
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Program:	3,2,1 Blast off (4-8)
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Students explore potential and kinetic energy while experimenting with Newton’s second and third Laws of motion using a Newton cart; a simple device designed to demonstrate rocket propulsion with a wow.
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Program:	Sow It – Grow It (PreK-3):
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Seeds, plants, vines, bushes, and trees, the earth and people must have these. A tree is nice but they are also necessary for us to live. Sow the seed of learning about plants through hands on activities and exploration.
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Program:	Star Lab: A Year in the Life of a Planet
	Danville Science Center
Description:	What makes a planet a planet? From night and day, to the reasons for the seasons, this program answers students' questions about planets. In StarLab, the sky is only the beginning. The Science Center's portable planetarium brings the mystery of the stars and the movement of the Earth to you.
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Program:	Star Lab: Phases of the Moon and Tides
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Learn the phases of the moon and what causes them. Find out how the moon affects the Earth. In StarLab, the sky is only the beginning. The Science Center's portable planetarium brings the mystery of the stars and the movement of the Earth to you.
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Program:	Cool Science Magic Road Show
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Let us bring our magic to you! We intrigue and entertain your group while showing them some exciting tricks, all made possible by the wonders of science!
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Program:	Birds of a Feather (Grades 3-6)
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Let us introduce your students to all types of birds, from endangered species to local songbirds. Explore the wonder of flight, feathers, beaks and talons, plus learn a few local birdcalls. Features the Womack Natural History Collection.
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Program:	Outreach: Rocketry
	Danville Science Center
Description:	Students will rocket through Newton’s three laws of motion as they build and experiment with Newton Carts. Concepts of inertia, friction and potential energy become a realities as students launch their cars down the track.
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Program:	Outreach: Light
	Danville Science Center
Description:	The science of light and color become transparent as students investigate reflectivity in three different types of mirrors. They also explore the spectrum of visible light though the use of filters and diffraction grating.
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