visit a history museum/history

Objective:  Students in this course will be asked to visit a history museum/history memorial in their community. Students will prepare a 2 to 4 page summary of the visit.  Students will email the Action Research Project paper to me via Turn-It-In.

Maximum point value: 20 points

Action Research Project:

Historic Visit in North Texas to a Historical Museum/Memorial

Directions:  You are to visit one of the historic museums/memorials listed below and type a 2 to 4 page report about the museum.  If a historic museum is not in your area and/or if you are planning to visit another museum, you must email the instructor for an exception. You must include in your paper your personal assessment about the visit and answer the following questions: Why did you choose this location? What is the museum’s history? What are its main collections? Specifically, what are some of its collections?

List:

• Dallas Museum of Natural History
• Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
• The African-American Museum of Dallas
• Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park
• Dallas Holocaust Museum
• The Women’s Museum in Dallas
• Dallas Freedman’s Memorial
• Heritage Farmstead Museum in Plano
• North Texas History Center in McKinney
• Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison
• Sixth Floor Museum
• Rockwall Heritage Museum