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What is at the Schoolhouse Museum?
What is at the Schoolhouse Museum?
Learning intention
We are preparing for our excursion to the NSW Schoolhouse Museum.
Success criteria
We can outline what we expect to see, touch, smell and hear on our excursion.
We can compare writing objects of the past to the present.
About the Schoolhouse Museum
About the Schoolhouse Museum
View the images. Answer or discuss the questions.
See
See
What furniture and objects are in the rooms?
What other details can you see?
Touch
Touch
What will you feel when you sit at a wooden desk?
What might you get to touch?
Smell
Smell
What might you smell in the rooms?
Hear
Hear
What might you hear on your visit to the museum?
What to expect on your visit – social story
What to expect on your visit – social story
Ready for a school day
Ready for a school day
View the images of school desks set up ready for writing lessons.
The photos are in order from oldest to newest.
Compare them to your desk or learning spot.
What has changed over time?
What has stayed the same?
Slate board, slate pencil, ink pens, ink wells and Copperplate writing copy books on a long tom desk ready for a school day in the 1890s
Pencil boxes, ink pens, ink well and Cursive writing books on a timber and iron dual desk ready for a school day in the 1930s
Plastic ink pen, plastic ink well, reader and Modified Cursive writing books on a timber desk ready for a school day in the 1960s
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Chronological – in order from oldest to newest
Schoolhouse – a building used as a small school with only one classroom
Schoolroom – a classroom in a schoolhouse that usually has only one classroom in which all grades are taught
Headmaster – a male school principal. In the past school principals were men. Women were limited to being infants mistresses.
Evidence – clues in objects, stories and images. An object isn't evidence until it is interpreted within a context.
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