What does it all mean? is the most essential question we can ask about our day today.
We began by using our personal items to create sample museum exhibits and then critiqued them. Once we examined all of the objects we brought in, we worked in small groups to make exhibits (we had to ask the question — what would our tying theme be?).
We attempted to connect items in an creative way and then presented them to attract people’s attention and intrigue our audience. Through this activity, we learned a lot about what a museum curator has to consider before putting on an exhibition. The students created many interesting exhibitions. One exhibition focused on each artifact in order, and the spectators had to read the description cards in order or it would not make sense. Another focused on an absent person and how the items would relate to their daily life. The most interesting perhaps was the one that told about the youth and modern technology.
These exhibitions shed new light on the meaning of the objects and how they are seen in other cultures. We then analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of these exhibits and compared them to each other. We got Chick-fil-A for lunch and we all chipped in. We then watched Night at the Museum. We all got to know the animals we all wanted if we could have any animal in the world, like a dolphin and panda bears.We also played games like Zip, Zap, Zop and Bippity, Boppity, Boo, which was really fun.