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Index - Teacher's Choice - Museum Events Team Page - Bibliography - Thanks |
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TEACHER'S CHOICE: Index to Activity Lesson Plans |
Objects can spark a child's curiosity and encourage a desire to know more. They also provide information, but in a format other than writing. Looking, handling and exploring are the first steps in analyzing any artifact.Many of our earliest memories are often connected to objects - a particular toy, a comfort blanket, a prized item of apparel. This aspect of the curriculum encourages students to look at their own personal artifacts, at the treasures and stories of others, at everyday objects that may become obsolete with the passage of time, and at the various ways artifacts may be valued. This information provides a broader perspective for the question, "Why is it important for people to remember the past?"
General Objectives:
The purpose of these exercises is to help students develop skills in accurate drawing and description of artifacts/objects. They will learn to make reasonable guesses (hypotheses) and check them out. They will also have opportunities to become aware of and discuss concepts such as change and progress.The three pages of "Learning from Objects" questions will help students examine an artifact in terms of its physical features, its construction, its function, design and value. Answers to these questions and clues to analyzing the artifacts come from observing and researching. Only then is it possible to draw meaningful conclusions about the identity and use of an unfamiliar artifact.
Students are encouraged to use precise, descriptive words when examining the artifact and in writing down their findings. Modelling the observation/recording process with the entire class should prove helpful before having students work on their own or in smaller groups.
Index to House Treasure Activity Lesson Plans:
The following list will take you to the full lesson plan from A Window to the Past: The Roedde House Curriculum upon which each of these web-site activities was based.
Lesson Plan: Draw and Draw Again - Lesson Plan: No Two AlikeLesson Plan: Twenty Questions - Lesson Plan: Nothing Lasts Forever
Lesson Plan: Exploring the Artifact Box - Lesson Plan: Colourful Words
You may also choose from the following list to take you to directly to the on-line version of the activity:
Activity: Draw and Draw Again - Activity: Colourful WordsActivity: No Two Alike - Activity: Twenty Questions
Activity: Nothing Lasts Forever - Activity: Exploring the Artifact Box
Resource Materials:
Most of the materials needed to complete the activities will be provided in the web site:
Additional Resources:
Roedde House video
Roedde family stories: The Roedde House: Flagship Of Barclay Square
Additional Resources may be requested by e-mailing the Roedde House at
Mail: Roedde House Preservation Society
1415 Barclay Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6G 1J6
E-mail: roeddehs@roeddehouse.org
Telephone: (604) 684-7040
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