Telling Stories Through Objects - Brooklyn Children's Museum

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ACTIVITY 2 Grades 3–5 Related Objects: All This activity encourages your students to learn about the objects in the case through close observation. Ask them to focus on the physical properties of each object, using their senses to determine its color, smell, texture, and so on. After your students examine the objects, you can share more about them using information from this guide, the resources listed at the back, and your own knowledge. Materials: • Objects from the case • A copy of the “What Can Objects Tell Me?” observation chart for each student, OR a transparency of the chart and an overhead projector, OR a large piece of chart paper. What To Do: 1 Depending on the age and interests of your students and the amount of time you would like to spend, you can do this activity using a handful of objects or every object in the case. 2 Prior to the presentation of the activity, set the classroom up into stations (make sure there are enough stations that you have only 3–4 students working at each one). Place one or more objects and a magnifying lens on the table at each station. LITERACY EXTENSIONS: GRADE 3–5 What Can Objects Tell Me? TELLING STORIES THROUGH OBJECTS 12 3 Distribute the “What Can Objects Tell Me?” chart and go over it with the students. 4 Divide the children into groups and have each group explore their object and fill in the boxes of the chart. After a few minutes, have the groups rotate to a new station. Repeat this step as many times as you like. 5 Have the students reconvene as a class to discuss their findings. You may want to use the chart paper to make notes about the students’ observations, and respond by presenting some background information on the objects. Discussion Questions: • What kinds of things can you learn about an object just by looking at it closely? • Based on the materials these objects are made of, what can you say about the people who made them or where they live? • How are these objects similar to things you might see in your everyday life? How are they different? • What stories do you think these objects might tell or refer to? See page 23 for details on how this activity meets New York State Learning Standards. • Tell your students that they can learn a lot about a group of people by examining the objects they make. Have each child choose one object from the case and write a paragraph about it. Remind them to be sure to describe the object and what it “told” them about the people who made or used it. • Have your students examine objects in the Museum’s online collection (www.brooklynkids.org/emuseum) and choose one that interests them. Students may investigate their object to see if there is a particular story associated with it, or they may write a short story about it themselves. Alternatively, they may write a short factual report about their object, or share what they learn with the class in an oral presentation.
PREDATORS AND PREY 13 What color or colors is this object? What is its surface texture like? Describe its shape. What figure does it seem to have? What do you think its story might be? What can objects tell me? Look at each object closely. What kinds of things can we learn about an object just by examining it closely? What do objects tell us about the people who made them? Use this chart to record everything you discover.
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