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Object Story: Painted Schrank
This wardrobe holds important clues about the identity of an early Pennsylvania family.
Everybody Collects
The kinds of objects, artifacts, and artworks that people collect communicate different ideas. They can be a record of events that happened in society.
Activity: Think like a Collector
Examine a museum collection for themes and commonalities and consider what the collection represents about a community.
The Common Good
Americans are known for their commitment to individual freedom: freedom to make their own choices, freedom to speak their mind, and freedom to come and go as they please.
Identity on Display
Among the many unique traits we have as humans is our ability create, learn, and share different ways of knowing our world.
Object Story: Stitching Statements and Sentiments
Explore quilt patterns that reflect women’s perspectives on the world and current events.
Object Story: Landscape with Riding and Walking Figures, a River, and a Village (Overmantel)
Painting made to hang over a mantle depicting various people along a pathway.
Overview: Out of Many, One?
Americans have long created an identity based on distinct principles and values that define the country. This unit explores the tensions between being an individual and being part of a group or nation and provides insight into what it means to be an individual in America, today and centuries ago.
Object Story: African American Quilting
Contemporary African American quilt traditions and their transformation into new artforms.
Activity: Judgement and Group Belonging
Consider what influences group behavior and the formation of in-groups and out-groups.