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VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum My name is Philicia. I am eleven years old. I spent my whole live in Woodbine Elementary school. I have lot of friends. I am in sixth grade. I have two sisters and one brothers. My favorite color is purple. My birthday is June 29, Back to Lobby Note: Virtual museums were first introduced by educators at Keith Valley Middle School in Horsham, Pennsylvania. This template was designed by Lindsey Warneka under the direction of Dr. Christy Keeler during a Teaching American History grant module. View the Educational Virtual Museums website for more information on this instructional technique.Keith Valley Middle School Dr. Christy KeelerEducational Virtual Museums

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VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Belgium has three Official languages, Dutch,French,and German. Dutch is the West Germanic language of the Netherlands. German is the standard German language developed historically from west Germanic. French the language spoken in France and in country colonized by France. Fifty nine percent speak Dutch, forty percent speak French and one percent speak German. The total Dutch speak 6.3 million. French speaks about 3.32 million. German speaks about 73 thousand. Back to Room 1

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Back to Room 2. The economy in Belgium has agriculture it is 1%.The products are livestock, including dairy cattle, grain,sugar, beets, milk, tobacco, potatoes, fruits and veggies. The industry (24,3%)of GDP. Types engineering and metal products, motor vehicles assembly, transportation equipment scientific instruments processed basic metals textiles glass petroleum. Trade exports 261 billion transportation diamonds, metals, and products food stuffs and chemicals.

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum The main Relgoin is Roman Catholic. The Muslim population numbers about 350,000, 90% of whom are Sunni. Protestants number between 90,000 and 100,000. Greek and Russian Orthodox adherents number about 100,000. The Jewish community is approximately 40,000, and Anglicans number approximately 21,000. The larges t unrecognized religions include the Jehovah's Witnesses, with 27,000 member and Mormons, with about 3,000 members. Back to Room 1

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Belgium has a parliamentary democracy,which is under a constitutional monarch. Belgium earned Independence in1830.The executive branch has the king(head of the state).The prime minister is the head of the government.The council of the Minister is the cabinet. The legislative is bicameral parliament. The major poetical party is Christian Democratic Liberals,Socialist, Green Flemish, Nationalists Vlaams.. Did you know that Belgium has set the world record for having not government? Back to Room 2

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum The Ruler of Belgium Adam ll. As head of state, the King plays a largely ceremonial and symbolic role in the nation. His primary political function is to designate a political leader to attempt to form a new cabinet following either an election, the resignation of a government, or a parliamentary vote of no confidence. The King is seen as playing a symbolic unifying role, representing a common national Belgian identity. Back to Room 1

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Brussels is the capital of Belgium and the administrative centre of the European Union. This has earned the city the title of the Capital of Europe. Officially the Brussel capital region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union (EU) and the largest urban area in Belgium. Brussels includes the City of Brussels municipality which is the capital of Belgium, of Flanders and of the French Community of Belgium.The top five cities most visited is Brugge Antwerp, Ghent, and Leuven. Back to Room 1

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Belgium has three official languages - French, Dutch and German - which are spoken in different regions of the country. French is spoken in the south (Wallonia), up north people speak Flemish (a form of Wallon is used by 33% of population. Flemish, the local variant of Dutch, is used by more than 60% of the population, and is spoken in the northern part of the country. The languages learned at school are officially labelled French and Dutch. German, spoken by 1% of population can be found in the cantons in the east of the Wallon region. Brussels, the capital of Belgium, has two official languages: French and Dutch. Dutch) and in the east, German is the most commonly spoken language. Back to Room 4,

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Belgium has lots of landforms. The coastal area is a series of sandy beaches, backed by protecting dunes. Inland, up to the Meuse river the land is generally flat, with numerous canals and dikes. Its crises cross by many small tributaries of the schelde river. Here are some more examples Eifel, Volcanoes, Lakes Mountains, River and Wetland. Back to Room 2

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum In ancient times 57 BC, Julius Caesar extended the power of Rome into the region of Europe that is now Belgium. The people he encountered there were the Belgae, one of the various Celtic tribes of early Gaul, and the Romans dubbed their new province Gallia Belgica. In the fourth century AD, with Rome in decline, control of Gaul was ceded to the Franks, a Germanic tribe that the weakened empire employed as mercenaries. As the Franks flourished, they decided to dispense with their Roman employers. Back to Room 4

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Wind power is the energy that is used in Belgium. Belgium depends partially on regional governments(Brussels Capital Region)Flemish Region, Walloon Region).Also partially on the Belgian federal government. There are three projects for the construction of windmills in the Belgian part of the North sea: C-Power on the Thornton bank, Belwind farm has 60 windmills and is located at 27 kilometers off Zee brugge wind on the Bligh Bank and Eldepasco on the Bank zonder name. The C-Power. The park will be built in water of 12 to 27 meters deep and the turbines will be installed in an area of 18 km² in size. Work has started on land in 2007 with the construction of the first 6 foundations. In 2008 the first 6 windmills have been installed at sea. You can follow the activities on the website of C-power. Back to Room 3

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Belgium's people make produces farm windmills each year..Did you know that there are three names for a windmill? Here are the names Wind Turbine, Wind generator. and Wind plant. The Belgian State committed to generate 13% of its energy from sustainable sources by Wind energy potential of t. In 2008, Belgian consumed 88 TWh of electricity (excluding electricity that was not transported on the high voltage grid, operated by Elia Wind turbines are mainly installed in the Flemish Region and Walloon Region. Back to Room 3

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Wind power comes from Ultimately from the sun, which heats air, causing it to rise, thus changing pressures, which is what makes wind blow. Another form Of wind energy comes from the earth’s diurnal rotation upon its own axis. This happens when the enveloping air streams clash with each other thus causing stormy conditions. Change of seasons is often related to wind energy too. the most powerful and efficient turbines are the large scale wind towers that you see ural areas.. These wind can produce anywhere between 250 watts to 5 megawatts per hour (MWh). To put this in context, an average U.S. household uses about 10 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity each year. One megawatt of installed wind energy from a single large turbine can generate from 2,400 to more than 3,000 MWh annually enough to power about 250 homes Back to Room 3

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Did you know that Belgium did not have a government for 250 days after last June's general election left Belgium rudderless, King Albert II's realm took over the No 1 spot from Iraq, breaking the modern world record. Belgium has been without a government for 249 days - longer than Iraq as parties from the Dutch-speaking north and French- speaking south remain split. Insert Artifact Picture Here Back to Room 4