Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Resource Blog #4
https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/explore/exhibitions/cyclorama-the-big-picture#
I tried to go for a different type of resource this time, finding websites began to get boring so I landed upon finding a field trip opportunity for my students. Acquiring information from an event or place, enticing the interest of my students, and a chance to see some wonderful bits of history. The Cyclorama of Civil War battles, coined the Big Picture, is a place you can schedule your students to come and watch a show and learn tons about the civil war and the history of the painting itself. The 10,000-pound painting that encompasses an entire room, was like going to the movie theaters for the 1800s, is now a way for us to learn and experience history. This resource is primarily a social studies resource, heavily focused on the history of civil war with no scientific or mathematical opportunities for learning unless you wanted the students to calculate an estimate of the mass of the painting. This could however be an opportunity for literacy students to come as well, especially if your students are learning about the varying forms of text. This being a painting, which can be classified as text, would be an excellent opportunity to show your students how a painting can hold just as much information as a book.
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Hey Jared,
ReplyDeleteI really like what you did here! Like you, I’ve been strictly looking for resources in the form of websites, and I’ve started to notice that there are a limited amount of good, educational resources that we can write about. I forgot that texts can incorporate numerous pieces of information including the Civil War painting you’re writing about. Field trips are great resources for students allowing them to relive real life events in such an engaging way. I would love to incorporate more field trips into my own lesson planning!
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Hey Jared,
ReplyDeleteI think it is very important to find resources that are not just for teachers, but also for their students. Sometimes, field trips can get such a bad rep that teachers and staff forget the value and importance of field trips. To this day, I can still remember random facts or moments that came straight from a field trip. Field trips can be full of information and sometimes more than a 50 minute lecture. I love this resource idea, but also I thought it was creative how you took such a social studies focused trip and showed how it could relate to literacy. This just proves that literacy is everywhere and can be incorporated in all subject areas including subject specific field trips!
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