Five Artifacts

This artifacts project is based on the idea of what we believe represents our culture. So, in my opinion what items do I have that represents me personally as well as my family culture, school culture, etc? Obviously no one brought the same things for this activity. Everyone is different, so their family and self-cultures will differ from other people’s.

I chose to bring a few things from my ‘mustache box’ because I have a love for all things mustache, I also brought a few of my children’s book that I would be putting into a future classroom, I brought my dean’s list certificate to show my seriousness about my education, a stuffed red panda that my best friend Jamie got me, as well as a picture of my uncle Tim who passed away.

This stems from the idea of how the artifacts that we find from other cultures helps us learn about and understand these cultures. So, after we all shared the five artifacts that we brought with us we took a minute to just look at everything and take it all in. We then reflected on what we think people would learn or think about us as a culture based on the things that we brought with us.

This activity could be a great precursor to a Socratic seminar! I can imagine all of the good communication that would go on after such an emotional activity.