Children's Guide to the Exhibit
- When was the last time you had a photograph taken with your family ? What were you wearing? Do you think the children in the following photographs are wearing special clothes for the photograph? or everyday clothes?
- Can you name your grandparents ? their parents ? other relatives ? How many generations of Cook Family members do you think are present in the following photo ? What types of evidence did you use to estimate their ages ?
- Can you find the following children in the exhibition photographs?
- Compare the photograph on the left (taken in 1878) to the one on the right (taken two years later, in 1880). Both photographs feature the same group of students attending the Hampton Institute. The Institute was founded, in part, to educate Native American children in the American school system. What are the differences between the two photographs?
1878 Photograph of students
at the Hampton Institute1880 Photograph of students
at the Hampton Institute
- Whose outfit contains parts of the following animals?
- 6. What animals did the Chickahominy Indians bring as tribute to the governor of Virginia?
