Ohio State University (Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection)

In response to the nation’s need to engage young people in learning history and to better prepare students to become global leaders of the future, the Ohio State University Historic Costume & Textiles Collection and the History Teaching Institute are partnering to develop innovative curricula correlated to academic standards in U.S. history. The curriculum is designed for eighth through twelfth grades using primary source historic museum artifacts. The project will use primary source historic 19th- and 20th-century costume artifacts to create a digital collection useful for history teachers, to deliver workshops to selected history teachers explaining the digital content and providing access to the objects themselves, and to develop curricula and lesson plans that meet academic standards.