The Kentucky Museum Patch
Answer Sheet
1. Date of your visit to the Kentucky Museum: ____________________________
2. Complete Kentucky Building Architectural Worksheet on answer sheet page 5.
3.
Visit the Statue. Who? __________________________________________
a.
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b.
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c.
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Explore three exhibits:
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b.
c.
A Star in Each Flag, Conflict in Kentucky
Attach a photo or photo copy of yourself in Civil War dress.
Attach complete Spy Code Sheet on page 7 of answer sheets.
Write a full paragraph about this exhibit (75 word minimum).
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Instruments of American Excellence
a.
Attach Madeline Albright and Sandra Day O’Conner worksheets on pages 8 & 9
of answer sheets.
b.
Write a full paragraph about this exhibit using the back of this page if you need to
(75 words minimum).
6.
Felts Log House
a.
Who built the Felts House?
b.
Where was it built?
c.
When was it built?
d.
What family activities happened in each room?
7. Visit the Kentucky Museum’s website:
List three objects that the Museum collects:
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3.
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Visit the Special Collections Library
a.
b.
c.
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Group Workshop
a. Date of Workshop __________________________
b. Number of Participants_______________________
c. Write a 200 word description of the workshop with your troop using the back of this
page.
10. Senior and Ambassador Involvement. Describe your volunteer experience at the
Kentucky Museum. Explain how your experience broadened your understanding about
museums. Use additional pages as needed and attach materials and other relevant
information.
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Abe Lincoln Timeline – from the wilderness to the White House!
1809
Abe Lincoln is born on February 12 in a log cabin in Kentucky.
1834
Lincoln serves in the state government of Illinois.
1836
Lincoln become a lawyer.
1842
Lincoln marries Mary Todd.
1846
Lincoln becomes a U.S. Congressman.
1860
Lincoln is elected the 16th President of the United States.
1861
The South leaves the Union, and the Civil War begins.
1863
Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation. It frees slave in the
rebelling southern states.
1864
Lincoln is reelected President.
1865
The Civil War ends. Soon after, Lincoln is shot. He dies on April
15.
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
During the Civil War, President Lincoln announced the
Emancipation Proclamation. It stated that all blacks in
Confederate states were free, but it did not free any slaves
in the border states. Unfortunately, the Confederate states
ignored the proclamation because they did not recognize
Lincoln as their leader. Using his special wartime powers,
Lincoln enacted the Proclamation with the Approval of Congress. It went into effect on
January 1, 1863.
enact: to pass a law
Slavery was not abolished in the United
States until the 13th Amendment to the
Constitution was passed in 1865.
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Sandra Day O’Connor
Sandra Day O’Connor is the first woman to be a judge on
the Supreme Court in 1981. In 2009, she was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor of
the United States, by President Barack Obama.
Post a photo of yourself in the IAE Exhibit on Twitter
#myIAE
What is Sandra Day O’Connor’s Instrument of American Excellence?
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What is your current Instrument of American Excellence to achieve success?
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To learn more about Sandra Day O’Connor use this QR code:
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Madeline Albright
Madeline Albright was the first woman elected to
Secretary of State (1997). She was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. She is fluent in
5 languages; English, French, Russian, and Czech Polish
and Serbo-Croatian.
Post a photo of yourself in the IAE Exhibit on Twitter
#myIAE
What is Madeline Albright’s Instrument of American Excellence?
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What is your current Instrument of American Excellence to achieve success?
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To learn more about Madeline Albright use this QR code:
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