Format
All virtual workshops can be tailored to fit your normal class period. Up to four consecutive virtual workshops can be facilitated in one day.
1. Brief introduction to the Penn Museum fields of study (Archaeology & Anthropology)
2. Investigation of artifacts reflecting the passing of time
3. Preparing your timeline
4. Examination of the artistic style, materials, and marking of artifacts from the Shang, Han, and Tang Dynasty
7. Conclusion & Questions
Objectives
Essential Question:
How will close study of artifacts from ancient China demonstrate the connections and progressions between three dynasties?
Learning Objectives:
Students will...
1. Strengthen observation and reasoning skills through close object study
2. Develop a better understanding of artifacts representing progression of time
Standards Alignment
National Standards
Fine Arts NA-VA.5-8.4
Understanding the Visual Arts in Relation to History and Cultures
-Students analyze, describe, and demonstrate how factors of time and place (such as climate, resources, ideas, and technology) influence visual characteristics that give meaning and value to a work of art
Foreign Languages
NL-FL.K-12.2 Cultures (Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures)
-Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied
-Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied
Geography
NSS-G.K-12.2 Places and Regions
Understand the physical and human characteristics of places
NSS-G.K-12.4 Human Systems
Understand the processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement
World History
NSS-WH.5-12.3 ERA 3: Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires, 1000 BCE-300 BCE
-how major religions and large-scale empires arose in the Mediterranean basin, China, and India, 500 BCE-300 CE