This presentation describes Museum Box, an online production tool, and considers ways it can be used in content areas.

1. Welcome to Museum Box Presentation by Jody Guthrie, Chris Norton, and Barb Young

2. Introduction

4. Users create virtual boxes made of cubes and layers

6. He traveled over 30,000 miles on horseback to collect evidence and rally support for the cause.

7. His collection included crops, spices, raw materials, and intricately produced goods, all of which were put in a large box and used to demonstrate Africans’ value as skilled tradesmen.The following slide shows one layer of the virtual version of the Thomas Clarkson Box with pictures of some of the actual items and information on how they may have been used in the campaignto abolish the slave trade. Click here to see both layers and to open each cube.

8. To see photo albums of Clarkston, his actual box and items, and the abolition movement click here.

10. Affected by speed and connectivity of internet*For students who prefer PowerPoint but cannot afford Microsoft’s version, there is an open source program called Open Office which is free and can be found at http://why.openoffice.org/ or Google docs which can be found at https://www.docs.google.com/

11. Ideas how you might use Museum Box in… Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Elective Classes

12. Language Arts Personal Narratives Videos, audio, text, websites, and articles Author Studies Book Report Museum Box layers could represent different elements of the story (Google, 2011)

13. Math Math Book Studies Mathematicians Math concepts Finding and illustrating authentic uses for math concepts

14. Science Display and Explain Research Projects – Digitize Science Fair Projects Research Science Topic or Scientist Earth Science, Astronomy, Chemistry, Biology

15. Social Studies Reports on People Historical Events Reports on an Era Geographical / Cultural Studies

16. Electives Art Artist Study Era Study Physical Education Sports Study Human Body Music Composer Study Genre Study Dance Genre of Dance Dancer Study

17. Conclusion

18. References E2BN. Museum Box. ‘About’ section content retrieved from http://museumbox.e2bn.org/index.php. Google (2011). Google Images. Images retrieved from http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi C. Norton (2011). Bing images retrieved from http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=first+triumvirate&qpvt=first+triumvirate&FORM=Z7FD