1.4 Showcase: Our Fort Necessity Museum Exhibit
present a finished museum exhibit panel that explains the start of the French and Indian War from one point of view.
Showcase: The Culminating Project
Warm-Up ~5 min
Do Now. Read your draft panel out loud to yourself once before you finish it. Does it sound like your chosen person, in their own words?
Instruction ~10 min
Today you finish and share your museum exhibit panel. A real museum visitor at Fort Necessity National Battlefield should be able to read your panel and understand: who you chose, why the Ohio Country mattered to them, and what happened in 1754 from their point of view.
Showcase project: the Fort Necessity Museum Exhibit Panel
Finish your exhibit panel and add a short “docent script” — two or three sentences you would say out loud if you were a museum guide explaining your panel to visitors.
Submission workflow
- Revise your draft panel using your partner’s feedback.
- Add a title and your chosen person’s name/role to the top of the panel.
- Write a 2-3 sentence docent script you could say out loud to explain the panel.
- Check that your panel includes: who, what they wanted, and what happened in 1754.
How it is scored
| Criterion | What proficient looks like |
|---|---|
| Point of view | The panel is told clearly from one chosen person’s point of view. |
| Accuracy | The events described (road-building mission, Jumonville Glen, Fort Necessity, the surrender) match what really happened. |
| Docent script | The spoken script explains the panel in the student’s own words, out loud. |
Closure ~5 min
Exit ticket. What is one fact about the French and Indian War’s start that you did not know before this unit?
What is one fact about the French and Indian War's start that you did not know before this unit?