One of the choices for the Extra Classroom Extension Activity will be the Bremen Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Museumin downtown Atlanta. You can attend anytime, but the completed Extra Classroom Extension Activity is due no later than Monday March 5th. The Extra Classroom Extension Activity will be added to a low summative grade.
Location: 1440 Spring St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309
Hours of Operation: Monday through Thursday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM; Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Telephone Number: (678) 222-3700
Cost: $12 Adults, $6 students/educators
**The last part of the assignment, there may or may not be a speaker. If there is no speaker write “N/A”
THE BREMAN HOLOCAUST MUSEUM EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT
STUDENT NAME: ______
AC SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER: (circle one – if applicable) Ms. Johnson Mr. House______
AC ELA TEACHER: (circle one – if applicable) Mrs. Thornton ______
While touring the museum you must select at least three artifacts (one from each exhibit) and complete the following.
- Describe the artifact:
- Of what is it made?
- Describe its color, shape, size, texture and weight.
- Does it have any moveable parts?
- Is anything written or marked on it?
- What is this artifact?
(When answering this question, consider only what can be seen.)
- Ask “who” questions:
- For whom might the artifact have been intended?
- For what gender and age individual might this artifact have been intended?
- Who actually used the artifact?
- Who does the artifact include?
- Who does the artifact exclude?
- Identify the purpose of the artifact:
- How was the artifact used?
- Where was it used?
- What was it intended to do?
- Why was it created?
- When was it used?
- Describe what the artifact reveals about the culture and time in which it was made and/or used:
- What was important to people at that time?
- What historic events were occurring at that time?
- What does the artifact reveal about the events of that time?
On the back of this page, take notes on the speaker’s experience.