History Museum Visit

General Education Capstone Course

Event Details and Guideline Form

Event title: History Museum Visit

• Missouri History Museum – St. Louis, MO  http://www.mohistory.org/home/
• Abraham Lincoln Museum – Springfield, IL  http://www.alplm.org/museum/museum.html
• Harry S. Truman Museum – Independence, MO  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/
• Museum of Westward Expansion – St. Louis, MO  http://www.nps.gov/jeff/index.htm
• Museum of Transportation – St. Louis, MO  http://transportmuseumassociation.org/

General education category event should be listed under:  Social Sciences

SCC competency addressed by event:

• SS: Explain social institutions, structure and processes across a range of historical periods, places and/or cultures.
• SS: Develop and communicate hypothetical explanations, predictions and descriptions of human behavior within an historical, spatial and/or social context.

Guidelines for accomplishment of event:

• Visit one of the listed history museum options and write an essay about your impressions of the exhibit.
• A successful essay will:
  1. Place the subject or topic of the museum exhibit in historical context.  This means that the student should make specific reference to the place, time period and/or chronology in which the topic or subject of the exhibit took place.
  2. Explain how the exhibit interprets the past. 
     • Identify an overarching theme of the exhibit.
     • Describe the exhibit’s layout and displays. 
     • Discuss how the exhibit’s design and organization may shape interpretations of the subject or topic.
  3. Discuss the significance or relevance of the exhibit to the past.

Contact information available on the SCC Sophomore Portfolio (Capstone) website.

FOR FACULTY USE ONLY:

Did essay fulfill SCC competency? _____ YES  _____ NO   _____ PARTIALLY

Did essay fulfill event guidelines? ____ YES   _____ NO    _____ PARTIALLY