Tuning into the 3rd LOI

                                   Tuning in to 3rd LOI

The tuning in of the third line of Inquiry which is -How are lives have been influenced by past civilizations, we saw a video/song by Harajuku Girls on Civilization.The song’s lyrics  were about  how inventions from the past have influenced us.

It was really interesting and the children were instantly connected with the song. In fact we all danced and sang along!

Summative task of 2nd LOI presentation

Retell, Relate and Reflect

As a formative assessment for the 2^nd line of inquiry students created exhibits for a Museum of Ancient Civilizations. This exhibit demonstrated students learning about a particular ancient civilization. The museum exhibits included descriptions and examples of Clothing, food, shelter, daily life, cultural practices, beliefs, economies and governments. Student groups also created an artifact to meet an identified need for the civilization they are studying. The relationship between necessity, available resources, and invention is examined. Few group also created models of ancient artifacts for their museum civilization. This museum exhibit was a beautiful display of a students learning about the past. J

Field trip

Field trip to National Museum

In conjunction to our ongoing unit on “Civilizations” under the Trans disciplinary theme “Where we are in place and time” Grade 3 students went for a field trip to “National Museum” in New Delhi on 11^th October. This museum is one of the largest museums in India. Established in 1949, it holds variety of articles ranging from pre-historic era to modern works of art. It functions under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. As student have researched a lot about archaeology in class and are researching about the ancient civilizations we visited the Harappan civilization gallery and Archaeology gallery to take their understanding further. The Harappan civilization gallery was jointly set up by the Archaeological Survey of India and the National Museum. It has a rich collection of a large number of artifacts from the sites of Harappan Civilization. The collection includes pottery, seals, tablets, weights and measures, jewellery, terracotta figurines, toys, etc. It also has copper tools from Harappan sites like axes, chisels, knives, etc. About 3,800 objects have been displayed in the modernized Harappan Gallery from the National Museum collection. This Gallery also has 1,025 excavated artifacts belonging to the Indian Harappan site of the Archaeological Survey of India collection. The Archaeology gallery has a prestigious collection of approximately 800 sculptures which have been displayed on the ground floor, first and second floors and around the museum building.

The sculptures displayed are mostly in stone, bronze and terracotta, dating from the 3rd century B.C., through the 19th century A.D., representing all major regions, periods. This visit to the National Museum really enriched our minds as facilitators and our students mind as learners with a vast knowledge about our past and how ancient civilizations continue to influence our world today.
   

Tuning In- 2nd LOI

Tuning in the 2^nd line of inquiry with our little researchers

As a tuning in of the second line of inquiry “How civilizations emerged and developed” students watched a video Ancient civilization from 10000 BC to AD 500   and “Sumer the first civilization” followed by a discussion. They also watched a video about Indus valley civilization to understand the different aspects of a civilization. After a detailed discussions they started with the research work on different civilizations like Indus valley civilization, Mesopotamian civilization, Greek civilization, Roman civilization, Chinese civilization and Egyptian civilization from books and internet in groups. Our little archaeologist are transformed into little researchers of ancient civilizations. Bravo!!!!

Formative Assessment- 1st LOI

Written clues about the past

Students were told that we are going to briefly step out of the classroom to activate a time travel machine. When we activated the machine, students became archaeologists from the future who will be working on the site which is Pathways World school. They moved around on the campus and made a list of all the artifacts, ecofacts and the features which can help them to learn about this civilization.

After coming back to class students looked at a list of artifacts and ecofacts from another site. This Site is in a different geographic area and gave information about another culture (imaginary name – Snaketown site). Students complete the Resource Sheet B of the new site to classify this list of artifacts and ecofacts.

Little intelligent archaeologist.