MOBILITY 2 "Museum Walks:integrating local history in your classroom" at Ariadne Lifelong Learning Institute; KALAMATA (Greece) by Imma Boluña

 

 

 "Museum Walks:integrating local history in your classroom" at Ariadne Lifelong Learning Institute; KALAMATA (Greece) by Imma Boluña (8/7 to 14/7)

 

 

 

 

• Archaelogical Museum of Kalamata, in the beautiful Messini region. Most objects in the museum can be subject to SPECULATION on the reasons why they were used at the time and also the stories that lie behind them.
• In the surroundings of any old town or site the following ideas are worth trying, among others:

 

# find the stories behind road names

# find the biographies behind road names

# speculate on certain artpieces and their meaning

# argue which traditions of your own culture you would keep or get rid of.

# POEM "Archaelogy" on the importance of time past. How important rooting is. What gives us a sense of rooting? What feelings are associated to rooting?

Ancient town of Messina

• Timelines can easily be set up for stds to better place that time in history

 


When referring to ancient civilizations which lasted 500 years, like Messini's, one may wonder and give reasons on how they stood for such long time. What key elements does life need?

 

Talking about relationships, this just brought-to-life mosaic, shows us two divinities: Ariadne and Dionisos. What can we find out about them and what would be the story that brought them together. Let's make it up!

 

 

What can we find out about the lives of the youth, both men and women? In which sense has current life improved or not?

 

 

You'de never guess what this room was for in Ancient Messini ... look at this stoney hole: what was it for?

 

 

 

 

 

Educational apps such as

ACTION BOUND

 

 

allow teachers to prepare scavenger hunts OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, whereby, with the help of their mobile devices, they can search information, answer quizes, do actions and most of all, stir their languages in teams, both competing and cooperating.

 

 

The use of platforms such as ARTSTEPS (artsteps.com) allow us to design virtual museums where the whole of our class can post their task products, whether in written or video shape. Teachers might even want to collect the best of their stds' products over the years for inspiration.