History Hunters
A series of scavenger hunts designed around specific curricular themes, the History Hunters resources encourage student engagement in making sense of the artifacts they encounter at The Henry Ford. Including student worksheets and supporting material, the topics are: 19th Century School Life; Energy; Historic Crafts; History Homesteads; George Washington Carver and the Mattox Family Home; Innovations and Generations; the Making of Innovators; and the Model T at Greenfield Village.
Activity
History Hunters: Investigating Leadership and Social Innovation
Scavenger hunt in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Explore the exhibit "With Liberty and Justice for All" through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: History, Civics
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 5: Civil War & Reconstruction, Era 8: Post-WWII United States
History Hunters: Investigating 19th Century School Life
Scavenger Hunt in Greenfield Village. Explore one-room schools and buildings related to education through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 4: Expansion & Reform, Era 5: Civil War & Reconstruction
History Hunters: Investigating George Washington Carver and the Mattox Family Home
Scavenger Hunt in Greenfield Village. Explore the George Washington Carver Cabin and Mattox Family Home through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
History Hunters: Investigating Historic Crafts and Trades
Scavenger Hunt in Greenfield Village. Explore the glass, pottery, print, and weaving shops through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
History Hunters: Investigating Energy
Scavenger Hunt in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Explore the exhibit "Made in America: Power" through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: Science, History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 4: Expansion & Reform, Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States
History Hunters: Investigating Historic Homesteads
Scavenger Hunt in Greenfield Village. Explore Daggett Farmhouse, Susquehanna Plantation, Hermitage Slave Quarters, and Firestone Farm through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 3: Revolution & the New Nation, Era 4: Expansion & Reform
History Hunters: Investigating Innovations & Generations
Scavenger Hunt in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Explore the exhibit "Your Place in Time" through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 8: Post-WWII United States, Era 9: America in a New Global Age
History Hunters: Investigating the Making of Innovators
Scavenger Hunt in Greeenfield Village. Explore the homes and workplaces of Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States
History Hunters: Investigating the Model T at Greenfield Village
Scavenger Hunt at Greenfield Village. Explore the "Henry Ford's Model T" district through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States
History Hunter: Investigating the Model T at Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
Scavenger Hunt in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Explore the exhibit "Made in America: Manufacturing" through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States
History Hunters: Investigating Early Aviators
Scavenger Hunt in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Explore the exhibit "Heroes of the Sky" through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States
History Hunters: Investigating 21st-Century Manufacturing
Scavenger hunt at the Ford Rouge Factory Tour. Explore the Ford Rouge Factory Tour through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States, Era 9: America in a New Global Age
History Hunters: Investigating Environmental Innovations
Scavenger hunt at the Ford Rouge Factory Tour. Explore the Ford Rouge Factory Tour through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: Science, History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 9: America in a New Global Age
History Hunters: Investigating Automobile Innovations
Scavenger Hunt in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Explore the exhibit "Driving America" through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States, Era 9: America in a New Global Age
History Hunters: Investigating Using Cars
Scavenger Hunt in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Explore the exhibit "Driving America" through featured artifacts, drawing, vocabulary, and questions for writing and discussion. Includes a tip sheet for parents/teachers/chaperones.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States
Curriculum Connection
History Hunters: Investigating Leadership and Social Innovation
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating Leadership and Social Innovation.
Subject: History, Civics
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 5: Civil War & Reconstruction, Era 8: Post-WWII United States
History Hunters: Investigating Historic Crafts and Trades
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating Historic Crafts and Trades.
History Hunters: Investigating 19th Century School Life
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating 19th Century School Life.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 4: Expansion & Reform, Era 5: Civil War & Reconstruction
History Hunters: Investigating Automobile Innovations
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating Automobile Innovations.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States, Era 9: America in a New Global Age
History Hunters: Investigating Early Aviators
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating Early Aviators.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States
History Hunters: Investigating Energy
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating Energy.
Subject: Science, History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 4: Expansion & Reform, Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States
History Hunters: Investigating Environmental Innovations
Expanded, full-text description of Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating Environmental Innovations.
Subject: Science, History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 9: America in a New Global Age
History Hunters: Investigating George Washington Carver and the Mattox Family Home
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating George Washington Carver and the Mattox Family Home.
History Hunters: Investigating Historic Homesteads
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating Historic Homesteads.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 3: Revolution & the New Nation, Era 4: Expansion & Reform
History Hunters: Investigating Innovations & Generations
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating Innovations & Generations.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 8: Post-WWII United States, Era 9: America in a New Global Age
History Hunters: Investigating 21st-Century Manufacturing
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating 21st-Century Manufacturing.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States, Era 9: America in a New Global Age
History Hunters: Investigating the Making of Innovators
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating the Making of Innovators.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States
History Hunters: Investigating the Model T at Greenfield Village
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating the Model T at Greenfield Village.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States
History Hunters: Investigating the Model T at Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating the Model T at Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States
History Hunters: Investigating Using Cars
Expanded, full-text description of Common Core State Standards, Michigan Grade Level/High School Content Expectations and National Standards for History Hunters: Investigating Using Cars.
Subject: History
Type of Use: Field Trip
Era: Era 6: The Development of an Industrial, Urban, and Global United States, Era 9: America in a New Global Age
