Trip to the National Museum of the African American History and Culture

Field Trip Locations — Choose only one location

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Center for the Prevention of Genocide: http://www.ushmm.org/genocide

National Museum of the American Indian http://www.nmai.si.edu/

National Museum of African American History and Culture https://nmaahc.si.edu/ • The Smithsonian Latino Center: http://latino.si.edu

Treat the virtual field trip just as if you were taking a trip to the museum in person. Wander through the website by clicking on the different tabs and reading the material, looking at photos, and even viewing videos if they have them. Then you will record your reaction to the field trip with a series of written responses to the topics and questions listed in the document below.

TOPIC 1: Overview Give a general description of your field trip experience, providing examples from the site/exhibit/museum.

TOPIC 2: Cultural Diversity What did this place tell you about cultural diversity? Consider all of the aspects of the exhibition and relate them to the context of the issues we have discussed and studied in our course. How does the focus and purpose of the site/exhibit “fit” within the various subjects and issues we have considered in our course?

TOPIC 3: New Ideas What did you learn that you did not know before your visit? Give specific examples of historical events, contemporary situations, cultural practices, or community issues that formed new knowledge for you. Make sure to be detailed in your answer. Consider how the site/exhibit/museum uses cultural, political, and historical contexts to present its issues and purposes.

TOPIC 4: Perspective Did the visit change your feelings and perceptions in any way? Did your excursion on this virtual field trip serve as an opportunity to develop a tolerant perspective that you might apply in the future to different, diverse, and/or pluralistic cultures?

TOPIC 5: Evaluation Would you recommend this place to other students? Explain why. Reflect on the value of this site/exhibit/museum. If you were to introduce this site to a friend or another student, what issues would you recommend that he or she should think about while viewing the site/exhibit/museum? What parts of the site in particular would you recommend for careful consideration? Provide detailed examples and reasons to support your evaluation.

Assessment:

To successfully meet the requirements for this assignment, you must:

Identify and explain the central issues raised by the site/exhibit/museum.

Evaluate the evidence that the site/exhibit/museum offers for its point of view.

Consider how the site/exhibit/museum uses cultural, political, and/or historical contexts to present its issues and purposes.

Construct thoughtful, specific, and detailed responses to the provided topics, integrating critical perspectives about cultural pluralism drawn from your work in this course. One of the most important keys to success is the inclusion of details and specific examples from your site/exhibit/museum.

Requirements

1. Answer the questions completely in paragraph format, following APA style guidelines. Most submissions that follow the guidelines and instructions below will be approximately 2,000 words in length.

2. You must include a reference list, APA format

3. Create a separate heading in your essay for each of the five required topics/questions below.