• Creating a Classroom Museum
• About the Activity
• Activity Overview
• Preparation
• In the Classroom
• At the Museum
• Back in the Classroom
• Get Connected
• Writers' Forum
• Additional Resources
• Credits & Acknowledgments
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Activity Overview

Students create a museum exhibition based on a theme of their choosing using items they've brought to the classroom.

Objectives

Students will be able to

• choose a theme for a museum exhibition
• select appropriate objects and other materials for the exhibition
• devise a plan for laying out and building the exhibition
• write concise interpretive materials for the exhibition
• determine which of the exhibition's elements would attract an audience and compose promotional pieces or brochures for the exhibition

Materials

paper and pens or pencils; objects for the exhibition; poster board; other materials as needed for building the exhibition

Subjects

Grades

7-12