Description

Overview:

Within These Walls...tells the stories of five families who lived in this house over 200 years and made history in their kitchens and parlors, through everyday choices and personal acts of courage and sacrifice. In this online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will learn how the Smithsonian acquired the house at 16 Elm Street Ipswich, Massachusetts and saved more than a dozen family stories and 200 years of American social history. They will also learn some of the methods historians and curators used to learn about this house's past, the ways that it changed over time, and the people who lived in it.

Subject:

Arts and Humanities, U.S. History

Level:

Middle School

Material Type:

Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Provider:

Smithsonian Institution

Provider Set:

National Museum of American History

Date Added:

01/06/2005