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Activity: Judgement and Group Belonging

Consider what influences group behavior and the formation of in-groups and out-groups.

Overview: Prosperity for All?

America was founded on the principles of equality, freedom, liberty, and respect for individual rights. But these ideals have not always applied to everyone, and many Americans have fought since the founding of this country to broaden those values so that they apply to all Americans.

Overview: The Price of Progress

The notion that innovation and change leads to progress is at the heart of the American character, but Americans also value tradition. This unit explores a wide range of traditions and innovations in American society. When is progress worth the loss of tradition and certain ways of life?

Large wooden wardrobe with panels, each with a border of red, green or black and painted decoration simulating the look of wood grain; drawers across bottom and cornice at top.

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.

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Activity: Think like a Collector

Examine a museum collection for themes and commonalities and consider what the collection represents about a community.

View of eight quilts displayed in a museum gallery with a spinning wheel placed in the center of the room.

Object Story: Stitching Statements and Sentiments

Explore quilt patterns that reflect women’s perspectives on the world and current events.

Print on paper showing arrangement of squares; within each square there are strips of colored rectangles that are arranged asymmetrically in shades of red, blue, white, and black.

Object Story: African American Quilting

Contemporary African American quilt traditions and their transformation into new artforms.

Tin candle lamp with wire stem topped with finger or hanging loop; a tin tray holds the two candle holder and slides up and down the stem.

Object Story: A Short History of Lighting

Examine a range of lighting implements from candles and rushlights to oil burning lamps.

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.