by Rebecca Smyrl and Stephanie Gowler, 4/21/2009
We propose to teach a group of Austin High School students about scrapbooking in a preservationally sound manner. This will enable them to create scrapbooks that will represent their lives and that will last long into the future. Because the audience will consist of young students, it will be necessary to present the lesson to them in a fun and engaging way.
The day will begin with a PowerPoint presentation showing examples of scrapbooking efforts that have gone awry with the passage of time, for example discolored rubber cement that has stained adjacent materials, or inclusions that have proved too bulky to be supported by the book structures. This will provide an opening for discussion of these issues and how the students perceive them. Ideally, we will also be able to have actual scrapbooks from the archive's collection out for the students to look at. Once we identify some of the most significant problems with scrapbook materials and structures, we will discuss measures that could be taken to prevent similar occurrences in the future.
After a pizza lunch, we will begin the hands-on portion of the day. This will give the students a chance to put to use the principles they have learned in the abstract during the morning. We will ask them to come prepared with items that they wish to include in new scrapbooks of their own, and discuss how best to include these items given their new knowledge about materials and structures. This part of the day will serve as an initial evaluation of the morning's success, showing how well the students have understood what we have taught them and how able they are to apply the lessons. The day will end with a short written quiz, punctuated with candy if the students complete it.
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I like the idea and the pizza lunch is great!, but for purposes of your learning (that I can comment on ) you needed to give details about your course plan. Amount of students, teaching materials, what exactly the hands-on portion is, whether you will bring paper, adhesives for them to use and actually do scrapping in class, or you will just do demos. Not clear. I would think that you should try this again including this in your final report as a suggestion and giving Austin High the curricula to follow in case they decide to do this. Also, what type of hand outs will you give the students, do you plan on pointing to resources? This should be revisited.
ReplyDeleteTo follow up, a curricula with timing for each section of your class, when do you have breaks, how long they are, bibliography, etc. etc.
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