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Atlanta History Museum   
www.AtlantaHistoryCenter.com
Contact:   Laura Bendoly - 404.525.1693
E-Mail: fishysqua@yahoo.com

About the Provider

The Atlanta History Museum is a two-story facility with 30,000 square feet of exhibition space, an 118-seat theater, a museum shop, The Coca-Cola Cafe, and classrooms.  The Atlanta History Center’s Museum Collection is regional in nature and includes objects dating from the early 19^th century to the present. At its core are those items that refer to the history of Atlanta and its environs, but in order to place the history of city in its proper context, the collection also includes items that refer to the history of Georgia, the South and the nation.

The Museum Collection contains approximately 40,000 catalogued items grouped in three thematic areas and is managed via four curatorial collections within the Collections Department.

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Program Topics

"Who Was Here First: Native Americans in Georgia"

Your students will explore American Indian culture in the Southeast through maps, artifacts, story-telling and creative writing. This presentation includes object and primary document analysis, archaeological dig descriptions, maps, diagrams and Cherokee language experience, and a story-blanket art project. Designed for grades 3 - 7. 

"The Tuskegee Airmen: African-American Pilots of WWII"

In a virtual WWII warplane, Historians interpret one of the heroic arial missions completed by the famed Tuskegee Airmen. Students will listen to the experiences of WWII pilots, study maps, analyze strategy and learn about the strides taken to desegregate the US Military. Designed for grades 5 - 10.

"The Gullah People: A Coastal Community -- its Art Forms, Traditions & Lifestyles"

Using maps, photographs, textiles, ceramics and iron smithing, historians demonstrate how the Gullah people of coastal Georgia and South Carolina have endured slavery, Jim Crow, and the invasion of commercial land development to sustain one of the few indigenous cultures of the American Southeast. Designed for grades 5 - 10.

"Tullie Smith Farm: A Pioneer Homestead"

This program shows students how a family in the 1840s lived and worked on a small Georgia farm. We will demonstrate their typical day with live dramatic interpretation, video footage of the actual farm buildings at the Atlanta History Center property, and finish with an architecture activity. Designed for grades 4 - 8.

"Reporting the War: A Journalist's View of WWII"

Students observe outreach educators interpret WWII experiences from the point of view of a wartime news reporters. Using costume, primary documents, artifacts, drama and first hand news-writing, students explore what it meant to be a 1940s news reporter, both on the war front and the home front. Designed for grades 5 - 10.

Programs are filled on a first come, first served basis, and the capacity for each conference is 5 schools.

To register for any of the above programs, or to receive more information, contact Atlanta History Center Distance Learning Manager, Laura Bendoly at fishysqua@yahoo.com or 404-525-1693.