Learning from Artworks + Belongings
| Recommended Grades | 3–8 |
| Times | Tuesdays–Thursdays, 10 am or 11:30 am |
| Duration | 90 min + 15 min break |
| Program Fee | $105/class (max. 30 students) |
| Museum Admission | $8/student (free for Indigenous students) |
How can we learn from cultural belongings and artworks? What can these works reveal about the people connected to them?
In this program, students will enjoy a guided gallery tour spotlighting belongings and artworks that embody rich, diverse stories and histories. Students will be invited to make observations, inferences, and reflections about how these works inspire learning and inquiry. Following the tour, students will visit the MOA Learning Lab and engage in one of the following hands-on activities:
- Arts-based Activity: Taking inspiration from Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas’ Bone Box, students will create a collective mural depicting belongings that are precious to them, reflecting on how belongings tell stories and ethical considerations of sharing belongings in museums.
- Teaching Collection Activity: Guided by inquiry prompts, students will visit with belongings from the touchable teaching collection, build inferences about the belongings based on their observations, and learn from quotes from their makers.
Teacher’s Notes: Learning from Artworks + Belongings