Today is class we separated into groups, our teaching groups. We each got assigned a bag and had to unravel the details about our artifacts. This activity was amazing! I really, really enjoyed it! My group and I have three objects, a porcelain holder, used mainly for caviar, teabags etc., then we had a photo of Dr. Sminrova from her Scout days. Lastly, we had a Doctorate diploma.
This was very interesting and the task at hand was harder than imagined. The photo took us the longest and until we examined the outfits, and the background (the woods), it took us long to figure out what it was. The porcelain dish was the easiest. Lastly, the diploma was also a challenge. At first we thought it was a passport. That was not true. Then I looked up the Russian alphabet and started playing around with the letters. We discovered it was a diploma. We originally thought it was a Masters diploma but we later found out it was Doctorate.
This activity was so much fun and I can see my future students enjoying it!
It used cooperative learning by having groups work to create one clear answer.
My questions are:
1) Will it have the same effect if it is not a foreign object?
2) Will my students enjoy it as much as I did?
3) I need many objects, where will I find them all?
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