Looking at Our Own Cultural Artifacts
When you think of your family's traditions and beliefs, what special objects come to mind? Would the meaning and value of these objects be clear to someone from another family or culture?
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More About This Resource...
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Students learn about the subjective value of objects in this Moveable Museum lesson plan by "interpreting" each other's important cultural artifacts. The 11-page PDF guide has:
- Educator materials—background information, teacher strategies, assessment guidelines, and detailed notes about the curriculum standards addressed.
- Letter to Students—a letter from "your desk" that explains this anthropology research experiment and provides guidelines for selecting personal artifacts.
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Completion Time
Less than a week
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Topic
Anthropology -
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Tools and Methods -
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Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Grades K-4:• Culture• Time, continuity and change• Individual Development and Identity• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions• Global Connections
Grades 5-8:
• Culture• Time, continuity and change• People, places and environment• Individual Development and Identity• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions• Global Connections
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Learning Standard
Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Grades K-4:• Culture• Time, continuity and change• Individual Development and Identity• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions• Global Connections
Grades 5-8:
• Culture• Time, continuity and change• People, places and environment• Individual Development and Identity• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions• Global Connections
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