Not the first time I write about object stories here. Probably not the last either. Today I began packing for our new adventure and I found an old favorite, Significant Objects. Imagine buying a small bauble at a thrift store and then creating a story to go along with it. A story of its origin and … Continue reading Museum Monday: Object Stories – #BLOG365 Day 241
History Education
Museum Monday on a Wednesday – #BLOG365 Day 227
On Monday I had the opportunity to go to the Alamo. It was a fabulous experience, one I never thought I would have. It was a chance to connect my understanding of Florida history with Texas history and, most importantly, a chance to check out new exhibitions and objects. In 2010 I traveled to … Continue reading Museum Monday on a Wednesday – #BLOG365 Day 227
Museum Monday: Categorizing and Classifying With Museum Objects – #BLOG365 Day 224 #sschat #museumed
I've had a lot of down time lately, on planes and in airports, so I have been able to review and organize a lot of content from my museum school days. Today I found an activity I used to do with students that I had completely forgotten about. In introducing museums to our students … Continue reading Museum Monday: Categorizing and Classifying With Museum Objects – #BLOG365 Day 224 #sschat #museumed
Museum Monday: Exhibiting Project Based Learning: A Collaboration Between Local Museums, University Education Students and Elementary Students – #BLOG365 Day 211 #sschat #artsed
Once again, I have to thank National Boards for reminding me of the amazing projects I was a part of over the last 10 years in education. As I was searching for samples to include in Component 1 I found a presentation I presented with a university partner. For many years our school was partnered … Continue reading Museum Monday: Exhibiting Project Based Learning: A Collaboration Between Local Museums, University Education Students and Elementary Students – #BLOG365 Day 211 #sschat #artsed
Using Video to Improve Instruction: Part 2 – #BLOG365 Day 207 @NBPTS #nbctstrong
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post entitled Using Video to Improve Instruction. At the time I had come across an old video of when I was doing an object-based lesson with students in my sixth grade world history class. Today a friend shot another video of me doing a lesson, using reciprocal … Continue reading Using Video to Improve Instruction: Part 2 – #BLOG365 Day 207 @NBPTS #nbctstrong
Old Car Timeline – #BLOG365 Day 203
One of my favorite ways to show the passage of time is through objects. I have written about it a few times on this blog in Museum Monday posts. Today I came upon an amazing object timeline on accident in Crawfordville, Florida. It was pretty amazing. We spent a long time checking out each one, … Continue reading Old Car Timeline – #BLOG365 Day 203
Museum Monday: The World is a Museum-#BLOG365 Day 197
The World is a Museum This has been my catch phrase over the last few years. I wholeheartedly believe it. Over the weekend I was looking for some photos of museum "stuff" to write about and I found all kinds of photos of regular objects that reminded me the world is the museum. In a … Continue reading Museum Monday: The World is a Museum-#BLOG365 Day 197
Ancient Egypt UbD Unit- #BLOG365 Day 190
Last year as we worked through some curriculum mapping in social studies we made a move to add in a choice of ancient culture for one of our third grade units. We left it pretty open so that units could evolve over time and teachers could explore a variety of cultures. We all know that … Continue reading Ancient Egypt UbD Unit- #BLOG365 Day 190
Museum Monday: Ephemera Round 2-#BLOG365 Day 187
Last year my son chose the word ephemera to highlight for a vocabulary project. He's totally my kid! We collect in my household as I have mentioned before, and not just objects. We are ephemera collectors too. Printed items: ticket stubs, cards, brochures, invitations, and old credit cards. You name it, one of us … Continue reading Museum Monday: Ephemera Round 2-#BLOG365 Day 187
Museum Monday: The Beginning of the Journey-#BLOG365 Day 174 #sschat #museumed
Museum Monday, a day late... Yesterday I was traveling from California to Florida and I completely forgot it was Museum Monday. I hardly ever miss a Museum Monday. They are, by far, my favorite blog post each week. So...better late I suppose. A few weeks ago I was reminded of the first school exhibition I … Continue reading Museum Monday: The Beginning of the Journey-#BLOG365 Day 174 #sschat #museumed
Jill Cross 