Blog #4
As I am getting to the end of my wonderful summer journey here at the Salem Museum, I have been taking in what I can! We had field trips come in Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week ages 6 to 14. They were part of the Salem City Summer School Program and it was so exciting being able to show them the history of the town they are growing up in. One thing that I gained from the experience of watching Alex, Fran, and Garrett teach these kids of different ages. I was able to watch them teach these kids, seeing the kids ask questions and stay so intrigued in the history was amazing. I definitely gained some communication as well as educational skills as a whole especially when it comes to engaging listeners. Along with helping with the tours and keeping the kids engaged and together, I continued to work on my exhibit. After a lot of research, digging through the archives and books, I decided to tell the story of Elizabeth College. As a woman student at Roanoke College, it is fascinating to learn about the beginning of women’s higher education in this area. It also is intriguing as Roanoke College had a connection as well and to this day still is connected with the school. One fun fact I learned was that they had. tradition to wear a flower chain at graduation. At the beginning of the assignment, Alex challenged me to make the exhibit interactive. So I decided to make my own flower chain where visitors can add their own flowers to it. I spent yesterday creating the chain and adding the first few flowers! I won’t go into to many other details as my next post I will go into more detail on my final exhibit but it has been so amazing being able to dive onto a certain subject and really grow my research skills as well as my critical thinking skills.
