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. Hello from the Penn Museum
2. Brief overview of archaeology, anthropology, and artifacts
3. Introduce the objects of focus, wampum belts
4. Discuss the many ways information is recorded through history.
5. Closely investigate the designs, materials, and making process of wampum belts
6. Discover more about how wampum belts are used as communication tools
7. Make your own Wampum Belt Design
7. Questions with our Museum educator
Objectives
Essential Question:
How will learners better understand how wampum belts were used to communicate information through the close investigation of the materials, design, and making process?
Objectives:
Learners will...
1. Strengthen observation and reasoning skills through close object study
2. Develop their vocabulary and motor skills
3. Make connections between storytelling practices
5. Create a design using a grid
Standards Alignment
National Standards
• CCSS.ELA: Writing
Text Types & Purpose; Production and Distribution of Writing; Research to Build and Present Knowledge
• CCSS.ELA: Speaking & Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration; Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
• CCSS.ELA: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Comprehension and Collaboration; Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT: Geometry
Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes; Reason with shapes and their attributes
State Standards
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