Teacher's Guide:

Objects Overview + NCSS Standards

Posted: 3.3.2008

This section provides background information on the eight objects featured in this online guide, including curricular connections and National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Standards. For additional objects to explore, see the Roadshow Archive.

Historical Period/Year	Object	Appraisal Value	AR Category	Curriculum Connections	NCSS Standards
Ancient Egypt's Late Period (664 to 304 B.C.)	Late-Period Egyptian Bronze Falcon Hollow-cast falcon statue that held a falcon mummy.	$12,000-$18,000	Antiquities	• Ancient Egyptian history, religious beliefs, and burial practices • Mythology	• Time, Continuity, and Change • Science, Technology, and Society • People, Places, and Environments
Japanese Edo Period (1603-1868)	Three Japanese Swords Two of the swords form a daishu set, worn by a mid-level samurai; the third is a court sword, probably worn by a samurai close to the ruling family.	$12,000-$18,000	Asian Arts	• Japanese history • Samurai culture and Bushido, the samurai code of ethics	• Power, Authority, and Governance • People, Places, and Environments • Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
Circa 1795	Eliza Law Custis Lap Desk, ca. 1795 Lap desk, a portable desk, similar to a briefcase, given to Martha Washington's granddaughter Eliza Custis by the Marquis de Lafayette.	$30,000-$50,000	Decorative Arts	• French alliance and the American Revolutionary War • Revolutionary War • George Washington • Presidents and their families • Class and literacy • Craftsmen and their crafts • Communication in the 18th century • Inheritance	• Power, Authority, and Governance • Individuals, Groups, and Institutions • People, Places, and Environments • Production, Distribution, and Consumption
1880s to1890s	Late 19th-Century American Indian Clothing (and other items) Collection of items, including adolescent dress, moccasins, knife scabbard, and pipe bag from several American Indian tribes in Oklahoma.	$33,000- $43,000	Tribal Art	• American Indian life, culture, and history • Government policy on American Indians, including removal from their lands • Life on a reservation • American Indians and the pioneers	• People, Places, and Environments • Power, Authority, and Governance • Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
1863	Civil War Archive, ca. 1863 Diary, sewing kit, stencil, bone carvings, Bible flag, owned by a soldier from New York, who spent several years as a Confederate prisoner of war.	$9,500	Arms & Militaria	• Civil War • Deserters • Prisoners of war	• Power, Authority, and Governance • Individuals, Groups, and Institutions • People, Places, and Environments
1893-1895	Country Store Journals, ca. 1895 Journals, logbooks, and ledgers from general store in Walle Township, North Dakota.	$1,500	Books & Manuscripts	• Daily frontier life and westward expansion • Immigration	• People, Places, and Environments • Production, Distribution, and Consumption
1880-1920	Burmese Carved Ivory Tusk, ca. 1900 Burmese Buddhist religious carving of an Asian elephant tusk	$5,000	Asian Arts	• Burmese and Southeast Asian History • British Colonialism • Buddhism and its religious symbols and objects • Asian Art • The Ivory Trade	• Culture and Cultural Diversity • People, Places, and Environments • Power, Authority, and Governance • Production, Distribution, and Consumption
1890-1920	Evelyn Rumsey Cary "Woman Suffrage" Poster, ca. 1905 Art Nouveau poster advocating the right to vote for U.S. women	$10,000-$15,000	Prints & Posters	• American Woman Suffrage • U.S. Women's History • Art Nouveau • Social Movements	• People, Places, and Environments • Power, Authority, and Governance • Individuals, Groups, and Institutions • Civic Ideas and Practices
1920	Pioneer Packard Toy Pedal Car Children's riding toy, modeled on Packard automobile.	$5,000-$6,000	Toys & Games	• Toys through time	• Individual Development and Identity
1950	Mid-20th-Century Denim Levi's Advertising Banner Banner, silkscreened on denim, celebrating 100th anniversary of Levi Strauss blue jeans.	$1,800-$2,000	Collectibles	• Advertising or fashion throughout history • The Gold Rush	• Production, Distribution, and Consumption
1983	Andy Warhol Napkin Drawing, ca. 1983 Butterfly sketch on napkin by famous American pop artist.	$20,000-$30,000	Paintings & Drawings	• Art or Pop Culture	• Culture and Cultural Diversity