Box City Rocks

From Ginny Graves, CUBE National Outreach

It is always fun to see a Box City "newbie" jump in with both feet and make the thing happen. A big thanks to Tim Schickles, Director of the Museum/Longway Planetarium, and former collaborator of mine in the Kansas City Union Station effort. Shortly after the event, a note from Laurie says, "Box City absolutely rocked! Our teachers did a great job. They're making comments, 'We'd like to do this next year.' Our potential funder is very interested in hooking up with the Genesee County Land Bank and others working to beautify Flint."

For those of you have asked how to integrate Box City into museum activities, and even how to have a permanent Box City activity in your museums, this is one answer.

Display Boards

Sloan's Box City met so many items on the evaluation matrix: partners; funding; curriculum standards; training; public display. Please note the information boards in the background of the photos of the Box Cities. The students summarize what they have learned. The information is passed to a greater circle of citizens. A tri-fold brochure with ideas about making your own Box City also augmented the workshop and exhibit experiences.

Details
Box City Sponsor: Sloan Museum
Coordinator and Resource: Laurie Bone. Lbone@sloanlongway.org
Location: Flint, Michigan in the Sloan Museum Community Gallery
Participants: 15 elementary schools
Workshop Leader: Anna Slafer, CUBE Cadre