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The Frank H. McClung Museum offers organized
education programs for school and other groups. There is no admission fee or charge for the programs. Programs take place in exhibition galleries and are based on the content of the exhibit, the science, social science, and art curricula of the public schools, and the grade level of the students. Grade levels are suggested, but we will be glad to work with teachers to produce programs for other levels. For more information about the following programs and policies, please contact the Museum Educator at 865-974-2144 or by e-mail to: woodield@utk.edu. |
September
9, 2002 through May 23, 2003
The exhibit and program features the culture, economy, geography,
history , government and interactions of Native Americans in Tennessee
through artifacts, artworks, murals, models, and audiovisual presentations.
Hands-on activities are available for elementary grades, group activities
for middle and high school.
K-3 - Native American life in Tennessee is the example by which students learn about the culture, basic needs, resources, and community life of people.
Content is based on the following Tennessee social science curriculum accomplishments:
K - K.1.02, K.2.01, K.3.02, 3.03, K.4.01, K.5.02, K.6.01, 6.02
1st - 1.1.01, 1.03, 1.2.02, 2.03, 1.3.03, 1.4.02, 1.5.02, 1.6.01, 6.02
2nd - 2.1.01, 1.03, 2.3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 2.4.01, 2.5.02, 5.03, 2.6.01, 6.02
3rd - 3.1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 3.2.03, 3.3.02, 3.4.01, 3.5.02, 5.03, 3.6.01
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Fourth grade is a more detailed program on Native Americans and Tennessee.
Changes in Native Tennesseans' ways of life and their relationship to the environment are highlighted in this program. Simple machines and friction are illustrated in hands-on activities of the past.
4th - 4.1.01, .1.04, 4.2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 4.3.01, 3.02, 4.4.01, 4.5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.06, 5.08, 5.11, 5.12, 4.6.01, 6.02
5th - 5.1.02, 1.03, 5.2.05, 5.3.01, 5.4.03
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The program for sixth grade is a comparison of ancient peoples of Tennessee with those of ancient Egypt.
6th - 6.1.01, 1.03, 6.2.01, 2.02, 6.3.02, 6.4.01, 6.5.02, 5.06, 5.09, 5.10
A detailed program on Native American history in Tennessee, related to U.S. history, is designed for eighth grade.
8th - 8.1.04, 8.2.02, 2.03, 8.3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 8.4.01, 4.03, 4.04, 8.5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.07, 5.10, 5.13, 8.6.01
World History (High School) - 3.3, 4.1, 5.7, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 6.1, 6.3
U.S. Government (H.S.) - 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 6.2
World Geography (H.S.) - 1.2, 1.3, 3.5, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1An OUTREACH PROGRAM on the interdisciplinary field of archaeology is available to schools.
Our Outreach Program in Archaeology
The free outreach program serves 8th grade and high school students. It has several components, including audiovisual segments and hands-on activities. While presenting information on Native Americans and other peoples, its activities also emphasize process standards such as acquiring and evaluating information from a variety of sources, including artifacts; testing hypotheses and analyzing and interpreting data; and using archaeological information to document historical change. The program has been used for art, interior design, nutrition, sociology, world history, American history, world geography, anthropology, and home economics classes. Available for all levels from adaptive to AP. .
An introduction to the environment, art, and basic way of life of the ancient Egyptians is provided. The program for these grades is offered only to classes who have already studied topics on ancient Egypt.
Writing, religious beliefs (including mummification), and daily life are emphasized in gallery tours showcasing authentic Egyptian antiquities. The gallery includes a human mummy and animal mummies.
Teacher's guide available. Also, Forgotten Mummies, a 25-minute videotape featuring the mummy on exhibit, is available for loan at no charge.
Basic elements of design are presented, and students will embark on a scavanger hunt-like activity, searching for them to discover how art is integrated into everyday life.
Students explore decorative arts from the viewpoint of raw materials and technology in producing utilitarian objects of great beauty. Pull-out drawers feature touchable objects and interactivites.
Geography and art are entwined in a study of environment and culture as factors in the making of decorative arts from around the world. Value in arts collection is also presented, as students are encouraged to form their own opinions about the art objects on display.
Dinosaurs are the focus of fossil study as students draw conclusions about movement, diet, and animal classification. Hardness test of minerals also available for first graders, if desired.
Students use fossils to discuss adaptations of plants and animals within a past ecosystem. Emphases available include:
- Identifying herbivores, carnivores, omnivores of the past;
- Fossil invertebrates
- Plant fossils
- Using rocks and fossils to learn about past environments
- Fossil formation processes
- Mineral identification tests
Inferring environments from fossils and rocks, the effects of processes of fossilization, and geologic processes on preservation of the fossil record is included.
Topics are selected through consultation between teachers and the museum educator.
Scientific casts of hominid fossils from Africa and Europe highlight this program about human ancestors, beginning with "Lucy," a 3-million-year-old hominid, and ending with modern humans beginning about 30,000 years ago. Comparisons with plastic skeletons of modern humans illustrate the physical changes that have taken place in the human body over time.
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The McClung Museum Shop provides toys, games, puzzles, and activity items which are educational and will appeal to children. The items are approved by the National Museum Store Association and many are award-winning toys. Other items -- such as books, jewelry, minerals, and fossils -- are featured. Most items relate to the Museum's current exhibitions. Prices begin at 50 cents. Sales from the Museum Shop support the exhibition and educational programs of the Museum.
If you want to permit your students to visit the McClung Museum Shop, please allow extra time.
The McClung Museum is the first building just beyond the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Campus Information Center on Circle Park Drive.
Maps and specific directions to the Campus Information Center are provided on the University Website.
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