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Over 60,000 students from pre-Kindergarten through high school visit WRHS properties throughout the school year, with hundreds more learning from WRHS programs through outreach and classroom visits. These workshops and courses are directly tied into the history of NE Ohio, based on the collections and documents that belong to the Western Reserve Historical Society.
All WRHS programs are inquiry-based, hands-on, and correlate to the current Ohio Academic Content Standards in Social Studies, Science, Math and Language Arts.
Special Offering!
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A Program for 6th-12th Grade
Aligned to the 8th Grade History Standards
Take a trip to the mid-19th century when Abraham Lincoln
was elected to the presidency and changed the course of
American history. A museum educator facilitates the program in
the Do You Know Your Lincoln Exhibit.
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Students piece together the political climate of the day with exhibit pieces, including campaign memorabilia, reward posters for runaway slaves, newspaper reaction to the Gettysburg Address, and more.
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Students employ critical thinking skills to interpret political cartoons and draw conclusions about major events such as the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War, and LIncoln's role in both.
For More Information or to book this program,
contact us at 216-721-5722 ext 251
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Special Offering!
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Hosted by WRHS through February 2010**
Choosing to Participate is an interactive, multimedia exhibit that has won nationwide praise for encouraging hundreds of thousands of people of all ages to consider the consequences of their everyday choices and to inspire them to make a difference in their schools and communities. Visitors to the Choosing to Participate exhibition will experience a series of multimedia installations about people and communities whose stories illustrate the courage, initiative and compassion needed to protect democracy and human rights.
"Little Things are Big" tells of a decision made on a late night subway ride in New York City in the 1950s.
"Crisis in Little Rock" describes the way people in the community responded to the integration of Central High School in 1957.
"Not in Our Town" examines how citizens in Billings, Montana, came together to combat a series of hate crimes in 1993.
"Everyone Has a Story" depicts the challenges faced by a young Cambodian refugee and people in his community as he struggled to build a new life in rural New Hampshire.
Media coverage has included feature stories in the Boston Globe, New York Times, Chicago Herald Tribune, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Los Angeles Times, on NBC's Today Show, and local television and radio programs. Local and national partnerships are critical to the success of Choosing to Participate everywhere it is shown. During the recent presentation in Boston, more than 50 organizations partnered with Facing History to support Choosing to Participate, including the Boston Public Schools, Boston Public Library, City of Boston and its more than 40 community centers, New Center for Arts and Culture, and the John F. Kennedy Library and Presidential Museum. Choosing to Participate is a project of Facing History and Ourselves, a global nonprofit educational organization with more than a 30-year track record of excellence. Our mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and anti-Semitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By studying the historical development and lessons of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide, students make the essential connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives.
** Choosing to Participate deals with sensitive subject matter, and is appropriate for 6th grade students and up. Contact Jennifer Minor with questions.
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See our online programming!
Also available: a huge selection of media and an interactive timeline from the Stokes Exhibit. Check it out >
| With Special Thanks To ... |
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Abington Foundation
Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation
Dominion
The Ford Motor Company
George Garretson Wade Charitable Trust #2
Harold C. Schott Foundation
Harry K. & Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation
Henry and Eugenia Green Family Foundation, Inc.
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Nord Family Foundation
Ohio Humanities Council
The Stocker Foundation
Thomas H. White Foundation, a Key Bank Trust
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WRHS Receives National Recognition
"The Western Reserve Historical Society has created one of the most dynamic and effective school tour programs available anywhere. . . [they] are clearly among the best offered by any museums in the country."
Critical Appraisal of School Tours: Western Reserve Historical Society, May 25, 2001, The Institute for Learning Innovation, Annapolis, MD.
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