I. Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is for you to learn more about the weekly subject matter. Exploring the museum fosters student curiosity and enforces student learning by selecting a topic from broad yet set assignment parameters.
II. Grading: Your grade is based on completing the assignment, following the assignment’s instructions, and demonstrating that you learned more about the selected topic.
III. About the assignment:
1. Throughout the semester, there will be supplemental activities and discussions about the weekly subject matter. This week you have the opportunity to explore the Texas Rangers.
2. For this assignment, you will take a virtual tour of a museum that highlights the Texas Rangers. Spend time browsing the exhibits. The virtual tour is not an actual tour with a tour guide.
3. When writing your museum reflection, please answer the questions in the order they are listed in the instructions.
4. Do not use any outside sources. For this assignment, use only the museum source (see below).
5. For grading clarity, please number each of the answers/paragraphs (1-3). -2 points for not numbering the answers.
6. Once this is graded on Canvas, you may not ask to resubmit this assignment.
7. This assignment uses Turn-it-In. You do not need to create a Turnitin account. Submit this assignment like you submit all other assignments. Do not submit a file such as a pdf. Turnitin does not accept files.
8. Do not submit a file (pdf, etc.) for this assignment. Type or copy/paste your assignment in the space provided on Canvas.
IV. Instructions:
1st question/paragraph: In your own words, give a brief description of the museum. Include the title and the homepage web address. You may answer in sentences or bullet points (10 points).
1. a. The museum’s “about us” tab and the homepage each contain important information about the museum. Pay particular attention to the website’s content and less attention to the website’s aesthetics (font, page colors. etc…).
2nd question/paragraph: Select a specific exhibit and take a tour. After you tour the exhibit, write a description of the exhibit you selected (sentences or bullet points). Include an actual photo of the artifact, painting, or photo that you selected from the exhibit and the link to the exhibit. Explain what you found interesting about it. For the description, include information about the photo, painting, or exhibit. For example, if you select a photo, give the name of the photo and who took the picture, and the year it was shot. Assume that I don’t know anything about the photo/exhibit that you select. It’s important to include the actual photo in this assignment. Again, be sure to include the link for the exhibit that you select. This link is separate from the museum homepage link (15 points).
3rd question/paragraph: After virtually touring the museum, in your own words what specifically did you learn about the Texas Rangers? If you say something like “I learned a lot about the Texas Rangers.”, this is vague and will not be counted as one of the minimum five sentences or bullet points. It’s important to elaborate on what you learned (give specific answers!). This should be a minimum of 5 sentences or bullet points (25 points).
3. a. These facts are not a continuation of the facts you learned about the exhibit (see 2nd question/paragraph).
3. b. To answer this question, you may click any of the tiles on the museum’s main/home page to learn more about the Texas Rangers.
3. c. This question/paragraph is worth 25 points (each fact is worth 5 points).
V. The museum:
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum: (Links to an external site.) https://www.texasranger.org/
- Towards the bottom of the homepage, there are several “tiles” to click where you can learn more about the Texas Rangers.
VI. Late Submission:
If for some reason you can’t complete this assignment by the Sunday due date, you may have until Tuesday at 11:59 pm. There is a two-point late deduction, and this includes if you submit a few minutes after the Sunday due date time. If your assignment is submitted late, I may not have time to give student feedback for your grade.
V. Deductions:
1. -2 points for not numbering the answers/paragraphs.
2. Grammatical/syntax disasters. Spellcheck apps are your friend!
3. Not following instructions.
4. Late submission (see VI. Late Submission).
