No. 10 of 9 (Anchor Activity) Collecting Artifacts in a Museum Box

Museum Box was inspired by Thomas Clarkson's work toward abolishing slavery in the early 19th Century. He carried around a box of artifacts from his research of African people and used it to humanize them when others considered them merely property. Where Clarkson used a wooden box, the online version allows students to collect artifacts from their research and store them in a virtual box.

This online box can store documents, pictures, movies, slideshows...practically anything related to research they might do on a project. Normally, these would be stored on their computer or in a folder or data key. Museum Box gives them online storage in a format that helps them keep organized and present their thinking in an appealing format. Find a simple how-to document here, and some great classroom ideas here.