curious connections: curating a geographical museum
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Curious connections:
curating a geographical
museum
Claire Kyndt, Director of Learning Development King’s Ely School
@Asperatus07
Human, social, Cultural
geographer
FSC Slapton
Learning Adventurously
@King’s Ely
Creative Learning
Pod pulling, The Big Outdoor day
"How I got up and how I got down is still a mystery to me",
Marianne North writing to Dr Allman, from Seychelles, 1883.
This session…
• The value a cabinet of curiosity in your classroom.
• Move beyond objects as ‘show and tell’ and towards self lead learning.
• Give some prac6cal examples of how to incorporated geographical artefacts into our schemes of work.
What would a cabinet of curiosity contain in your classroom?
What are geographical artefacts? “Objects used to help pupils understand more
about places” Simon Catling Teaching Geography
David Lambert “invesMng them with special significance”.
It has been selected because you can see its poten6al for deepening understanding of a
geographical idea or theme.
Hook Artefact as starter Isolated Discussion
Stereotypes? Show and tell
Detachment Teacher led?
Artefact
Motivate
Need to know
Curiosity
Investigation
Project 1: Stories of waste
PlasMcs
Ocean currents
Lifestyle/Development
Trade
Fieldwork
Project 1: Stories of waste
Project 2: Journeys
Where is this boundary? Look at the 9 objects. What are their stories? What do each of these
items tell you about this border?
Making the connecMons..
Building a picture…
Asking the quesMons…
EXAMPLE
Muhammad, 25, is from Daraa, Syria where he used to teach kindergarten. His hobby was giving his friends haircuts and shaves. The barber equipment he brought with him is a reminder of the dear people he used to spend 6me with while he cut their hair.
In Abu Jana's bag (from top le\)
1 a box of Winston cigare`es 2 a yellow plasMc bag, to contain documents 3 tape to make the plasMc bag waterMght 4 lemons, to fight sea sickness 5 a laser pen, to a`ract passing boats in the event of a shipwreck 6 bandages 7 dates 8 a government booklet, documenMng his family 9 suncream 10 painkillers 11 a change of clothes 12 a lifejacket
Project 3: The burning house
The Geography of my Stuff
If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It's a conflict between what's pracMcal, valuable and senMmental. What you would take reflects your interests, background
and prioriMes.
Burning house project h`p://theburninghouse.com/
Valuable
Sen6mental
Prac6cal
This camera was given to me by my grandfather. Not only is it of senMmental value but it takes the most amazing pictures and creates effects that I cannot create of my DSLR camera. These cameras were first manufactured in Russia, once called the Soviet Union.
David’s choices
Eleanor's choices
Project 4: The mystery object
What we know about the object
Project 5: Exploration
Project 6: Life and death
Project 7: forensics
A museum of one’s own
Look through their eyes.
Which artefacts means the most to them? Do they like?
Let them take you there.
What do they see? What do you see?
Think of the owner of this object
Draw their face around the eyes.
Poke through the holes
Alphabet museum
Action Blue Calm Deposition Erosion Float Gravity Human Invent Jurassic Key Livelihood Manage Natural
Opinion Past Question Robust Sea Transport Under Voyage Worry Yellow Zig zag
What might I add to my cabinet of curiosities?
