Teacher Resources

The Milan Historical Museum is pleased to offer several Educational Programs with a curriculum in accordance with the State of Ohio Educational Guidelines. We also offer Visual Art Programs and a Specialized Canal Tour. A Canal History Packet and Student Activities may be used prior to and after your visit to the Milan History Museum.

Teacher's Guide

The Milan Historical Museum’s new Teacher’s Guide is designed to orient teachers and parents to the educational resources housed and the Museum.  The following programs will help design a curricula using the collections and exhibitions to enhance the experience of the students.  The Milan Historical Museum explores and presents history and its impact on American life and culture while focusing on the Village of Milan. 

To request a full Teacher’s Guide with eight lesson plans and student programs, please call 419.499.2968 or email: museum@milanhistory.org.

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     Learning to Write a Descriptive Essay
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Educational Programs

Family Life in the 1850s

Students take place in hands-on investigations of a founding family of Milan. In small groups, the group examines Merry family artifacts, photos, records and documents to reveal the Merry family's means of livelihood and lifestyle.

Ohio Standards:

Grade 3 - history, economics, social studies skills and methods
Grade 4 - social studies skills and methods
Grade 5 - social studies skills and methods

Edison and the Light Bulb

Introduce students to the realm and power of inventions, and better understand their impact on people, society and culture.

Descriptive Writing of Historic Photos

Students will produce essays that test the merit of their description by asking students to match descriptions with historic photos.

National Standards:

Grades 4-8 - Language Arts

Science Class With Glass

Students will look at life in the past while learning about science. The glass collection is the foundation for studying the physical properties of materials and the principals of light and color.

Ohio Standards:

Kindergarten - physical science, scientific inquiry and ways of knowing
Grade 1 - physical science, scientific inquiry and ways of knowing and
    history skills and methods
Grade 2 - Science: scientific inquiry and ways of knowing
    History: peoples in societies, citizenship rights and responsibilities and
    social studies skills and methods

Transportation

Students make a timeline of transportation and find examples in museum.

Ohio Standards:

Grade 2 - History: chronology, geography, places and regions, obtaining information and thinking and organizing

Pictures of Place

Students examine photos that record the history of Milan--activites help gain an understanding of the history of Milan and the local community and how communities change over time.

National Standards:

Grades K-5 - History and Visual Arts

Visual Arts Programs

Create a Viewfinder	Create a Stained Glass Window
Create a viewfinder to frame your next masterpiece.	Using Add a little color to a cold, gray winter with this stained glass window. It's easy to make, and it looks beautiful when the light shines through it.

Specialized Canal Tour

The Milan Canal

 

Experience the Canal first hand with an interactive tour focusing on the history of the Milan Canal, its economic impact on the area and the causes for its decline. Students have the opportunity to build their own wooden schooner! Activities include historic Milan maps, word searches and timelines.

 

Student Activities

Milan Map Activity	Word Search Puzzle
Test your map reading skills by answering some questions about Milan geography.	Find the hidden words from the museum inside our word search puzzle.
Thomas Edison Coloring Page	Test Your Civil War Knowledge
Print out this portrait of Thomas Edison as a coloring page.	Take our ten question challenge to test your knowledge of the Civil War.
Timeline