1. Software to Help High School Students Use Museum Objects in Historical Inquiry Presenter: Ronald Marx Bob Bain Meilan Zhang

2. Primary Sources Network Project overview Funded by Department of Education (1998-2002) Partnership among Hi-ce, Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, and two high schools in Detroit area. Research and development project Science curriculum units: Science curriculum units: Extreme Structure Extreme Structure Cell phone Cell phone Battery Battery Social studies curriculum units: Social studies curriculum units: History History Geography Geography

3. “Virtual Expedition” Overview What is “Virtual Expedition”? Software to help high school students use museum objects in their scientific and historical inquiry. Software to help high school students use museum objects in their scientific and historical inquiry. Virtual Expedition program has two parts: Science VE is embedded into extreme structure curriculum Science VE is embedded into extreme structure curriculum History VE is embedded into history curriculum History VE is embedded into history curriculum Using primary sources in Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village Develop virtual reality tools for houses Develop virtual reality tools for houses Collect substantial sources about the houses Collect substantial sources about the houses

4. History Curriculum Overview 1 Support teachers and students as they develop and extend their historical knowledge and thinking skills. Unique in that it builds upon and uses: State and national standards, State and national standards, A disciplined-inquiry approach to history and social science, A disciplined-inquiry approach to history and social science, Specially-designed technology to support student inquiry, and Specially-designed technology to support student inquiry, and Resources from the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. Resources from the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.

5. History Curriculum Overview 2 Driving questions in the curriculum: Why did so many people move to Northern industrial cities in the twentieth century? Why did so many people move to Northern industrial cities in the twentieth century? What adaptations did people and communities make in relation to this migratory trend? What adaptations did people and communities make in relation to this migratory trend? What explains the more recent population decline in these cities and the rapid expansion of their suburbs? What explains the more recent population decline in these cities and the rapid expansion of their suburbs? Disciplinary inquiry Frame problems — Seek evidence — Analyze evidence — Present findings Frame problems — Seek evidence — Analyze evidence — Present findings Curriculum units: Introduction Introduction Unit 1 Intro to Historical Inquiry Unit 1 Intro to Historical Inquiry Unit 2 European Migration to American Cities: Detroit, 1910-1924 Unit 2 European Migration to American Cities: Detroit, 1910-1924 Unit 3 The great Migration, 1920-1950 Unit 3 The great Migration, 1920-1950 Unit 4 Suburbanization, 1945-Present Unit 4 Suburbanization, 1945-Present

6. Why “Virtual Expedition”? Research on history teaching and learning How historians and high school students think differently? Example: Example: Reading sources Reading sources Using museum objects Using museum objects

7. Why “Virtual Expedition”? Obstacles to students effectively using museum resources Connect museum objects to inquiry Connect museum objects to inquiry Interrogate objects Interrogate objects Locate and use the “hidden” museum resources Locate and use the “hidden” museum resources One shot problems One shot problems one-shot field trips one-shot field trips one-shot questions and answers one-shot questions and answers one-shot investigations one-shot investigations one-shot conversations one-shot conversations

8. VE design Help students connect museum objects to their inquiry Help students locate and use the “hidden” museum resources Help students interrogate objects Address one-shot problems

9. ”Tools” in VE View sources tool Sourcing tool Sourcing tool Comparing tool Comparing tool Comparing objects tool Enlarge objects tool X-ray objects tool

10. Work this year Create QTVR tool for Sojourner housing project Collect sources for Sojourner housing project Conduct usability test

11. Thank CARAT program for supporting this project!