1.  Presented by: Bianca Bashor and Allison Gafford Burgess Elementary School Horry County Schools

2. Our museum features artifact from the history of our community Artifacts include: communication tools and timeline, school desks, Waccamaw Indian arrowheads and pottery, old text books, a replica post office, maps and more.

3.  Obama Change Board  Community Guest Speakers for each grade.

4.  Famous African Americans Library Station  Famous African Americans Rubber Stamps  Black History Bingo  Jan Ernst Matzelinger Invention Station  Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Fan  Ride the Bus with Rosa Parks  Oprah Winfery Readers Theater Station

5.  Students read books from our school library about famous African Americans  Student expectations varied by student and grade level.  Teachers set expectations.  Books include: o Martin’s Big Words o Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King Jr. o Rosa Parks o Salt in His Shoes o Pink and Say o Ruby Bridges o Barack Obama o Hip Hop Speaks to Children

6.  Students were encouraged to find informational card for the person found on their stamp.  This activity was easily modified for different grade levels.

7.  Stamp images were also used to create a bingo games to provide consistency from station to stations.  There was various modifications to this game to increase level of difficulty.

10.  Church pews in the museum were used as a model bus. Students were able to experience what it felt like to ride on the bus and to be judged based on a feature.  Puppets were provided for students to reenact the bus ride.

12.  Please e-mail us at bbashor@horrycountyschools.net or agafford@horrycountyschools.net bbashor@horrycountyschools.net agafford@horrycountyschools.net