Sampler Tour

Grades 3-12

Maximize your students’ visit to the Department of Archives and History with pre‐visit activities.

Copy the activity sheets for your students’ use

• I am Proud of Alabama information sheet

• Military Gallery Word Search

• Indian Gallery Word Search

• Selma‐to‐Montgomery Word Search

I Am Proud of Alabama

Did you know all of these things happened in Alabama?

 The first electric streetcar in the world ran down Dexter Avenue in Montgomery! It was nicknamed the Lightning Route.

 Wilber and Orville Wright operated a flying school where Maxwell Air Force Base is located today. The first night flight occurred at the Wright training school there!

 Dr. L.L. Hill completed the first successful open heart operation in Montgomery!

 The first submarine boat, C.S.S. Hunley, was built in Mobile!

 In 1901 Alabama started the first state‐funded Archives in the United States!

 The first Mardi Gras ever in the United States happened in Mobile.

 started the in Montgomery and energized a national .

 Alabama workers built the first rocket to put people on the moon.

 Montgomery was the first capital of the Confederate States of America before it moved to Richmond.

Wow! Read a history book or visit a museum to find out more cool things about Alabama!

Go to www.archives.alabama.gov to learn more about Alabama! MILITARY GALLERY WORD SEARCH

Directions: Find and circle the words listed below.

Bayonet Haversack Sextant Shoulder scales Bowie knife Holster Shako Submachine gun Brogan (boot) Housewife Sword Toothbrush Canteen Kepi Slouch hat Telescope Cartridge box Leggings Powder horn Pistol Dipper (tin cup) Musket Fife Dog tag

Can you find these items in the Military Gallery?

Visit our website at http://www.archives.alabama.gov American Indian Gallery Word Search Stilled Voices, Forgotten Ways

Find and circle the words listed below

Anthropology Creek Mound Archaic Deer Points Artifact DeSoto Pottery Beads Effigy Seminole Bear Maize Woodland Burial Pot Mammoth Cherokee Mississippian Selma To Montgomery Word Search

A March for the Right to Vote

Find and circle the words listed.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Dexter Avenue Bridge Bloody Sunday President Johnson Selma Montgomery Judge Johnson Civil Rights Voting Rights

Go to www.archives.alabama.gov for more information! Sampler Tour

Grades 3-12

Maximize your students’ visit to the Alabama Department of Archives and History with post‐visit activities. These activities will reinforce and enhance the ideas and concepts students encounter while at the museum.

Copy the activity sheets for your students’ use

• Alabama Trivia Crossword

• Selma‐to‐Montgomery March Quiz

• Pottery Designs Activity

Alabama Trivia Crossword

Test your Alabama knowledge! Complete the crossword using the clues below

# 11

Across Down

5. Julia Tutwiler wrote Alabama's State ______1. Cradle of Confederacy city

7. These Brothers made the first night flight in Alabama 2. Little River______

9. Started the Montgomery Bus Boycott 3. Indian word for Alabama which mean “Thicket Clearers”

11. Cherokee Indian who invented the Cherokee Alphabet 4. Alabamian vice president

13. First battle of Creek Indian War 1813‐1814 6. Olympic track star from Oakville

15. Author Fannie Flag wrote Fried Green______8. Helen Keller's first word

16. NBA star Charles Barkley was from this Alabama town 10. Alabama's largest mining industry

18. Preached at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church 12. Alabama's official state rock

14. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird

#10 17. The first European country to settle in Alabama in 1702 Answers!

Go to www.archives.alabama.gov for more information! SELMA TO MONTGOMERY QUIZ

Artwork by Dalton Green, Bear Exploration Center

1. Who was the Federal Judge who issued an order permitting the march from Selma to Montgomery?

2. Through which three counties did the marchers walk to reach Montgomery?

3. How many miles did the Selma to Montgomery marchers walk to reach the Capitol steps in Montgomery?

4. What two national civil rights organizations played an important role in the march from Selma to Montgomery?

5. Who was the photographer whose pictures are seen in the exhibit? From what state did he come?

6. What was the final destination of the marchers when they reached Montgomery?

7. Name three celebrities who sang and entertained the crowd as they gathered on the athletic field of the Catholic complex called The City of St. Jude.

8. Who were three of the landowners who provided campsites along the route for the Selma to Montgomery marchers?

9. Name the bridge in Selma which became famous as a result of the Selma to Montgomery march.

10. What is the name of the church in Selma from which the march began on March 7, 1965?

Visit our website: www.archives.alabama.gov Answers:

1. Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. 2. Dallas County, Lowndes County, and Montgomery County 3. 54 miles 4. The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 5. Spider Martin; Alabama 6. The Alabama Capitol 7. , Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr., Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, , Joan Baez 8. Rosie Steele, David Hall, and Robert Gardner 9. The 10. The Brown Chapel AME Church

Design your own American Indian pot below by using the designs shown on the front.