Using The Smithsonian As a Resource
We live in an age which values its own history enough to create collections of artifacts, pictures, and important documents of the past. We also live in an age where we have countless resources at our fingertips. One of the most incredible things we currently are able to take advantage of is a combination of these two things: online access to museums.
The Smithsonian keeps an archive of all (or most of) its exhibits, and as an aspiring educator I was excited to take advantage of finding historical pictures, documents, and other exhibits which I could use to highlight my unit. I chose three pieces from the Smithsonian to incorporate into three different lessons.
For my formative unit, I chose a helpful spotlight exhibit of Andrew Johnson. Many students aren't as aware of Andrew Johnson— unlike Nixon and Clinton, who hold more recent relevance— so this spotlight exhibit will be helpful to students to gain an initial understanding of Andrew Johnson. This exhibit gives a helpful oversight of Andrew Johnson as a president— the good, and mostly the bad.
For my middle assessment, I chose this picture (which depicts protestors with signs that read "Impeach Nixon") because our middle project is all about either defending or calling for the impeachment of either Nixon, Johnson, Clinton, Trump, or any other past US presidents that the students would want to make a case for. This picture is an example of citizens advocating for themselves and for the United States by calling for the impeachment of a president.
For my summative assessment, I chose a picture of the managers of Andrew Johnson's impeachment. For our summative assessment we are doing a project in which we report on the most important roles in the impeachment process, and part of that discussion is the role of 'managers'. This picture will help provide some context, as well as act as a possible conversation starter about past and present impeachments.
The Smithsonian keeps an archive of all (or most of) its exhibits, and as an aspiring educator I was excited to take advantage of finding historical pictures, documents, and other exhibits which I could use to highlight my unit. I chose three pieces from the Smithsonian to incorporate into three different lessons.
For my formative unit, I chose a helpful spotlight exhibit of Andrew Johnson. Many students aren't as aware of Andrew Johnson— unlike Nixon and Clinton, who hold more recent relevance— so this spotlight exhibit will be helpful to students to gain an initial understanding of Andrew Johnson. This exhibit gives a helpful oversight of Andrew Johnson as a president— the good, and mostly the bad.
For my middle assessment, I chose this picture (which depicts protestors with signs that read "Impeach Nixon") because our middle project is all about either defending or calling for the impeachment of either Nixon, Johnson, Clinton, Trump, or any other past US presidents that the students would want to make a case for. This picture is an example of citizens advocating for themselves and for the United States by calling for the impeachment of a president.
For my summative assessment, I chose a picture of the managers of Andrew Johnson's impeachment. For our summative assessment we are doing a project in which we report on the most important roles in the impeachment process, and part of that discussion is the role of 'managers'. This picture will help provide some context, as well as act as a possible conversation starter about past and present impeachments.
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