Grade Range: 6-12 Resource Type(s): Interactives & Media,
Worksheets Date Posted: 8/15/2011 In 2005, Hurricane Katrina
ravaged the Gulf Coast of the United States. In her wake, a team
of curators from the museum set out to collect objects that
captured the history of the moment and what it meant to the
country. In this episode of the History Explorer podcast series,
listen to the late curator David Shayt discuss how and what the
museum collected in the immediate aftermath of the devastating
storm. The resource includes a teachers guide, student
worksheet, and image pack. United States History Standards
(Grades 5-12)