There's a week left until my museum display is due. I have set out my information in simple paragraphs and sentences on a PowerPoiint document, as well as picture sources (particularly primary sources). I have gathered several artifacts to display:
I have printed the QR code that I'm going to put somewhere on my display to direct people to my Weebly. I got my dad to test the QR code on his iPhone, and it worked! Hallelujah!
- I found one of my family's copies of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - this version is illustrated with the original pictures by John Tenniel. (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was a book written in the Industrial Revolution and read by many children).
- I made a makeshift "Dunce's cap" out of a white A3 sheet of paper - a tall, pointed cone with the letter 'D' drawn on it. (Misbehaved students in Victorian schools wore this hat as punishment).
- My mum found two fashion books that detailed children's clothes in the Victorian era (which occurred for most of the Industrial Revolution). Within the book, there were a few cardboard pages outlining cut-out paper dolls and their paper clothes and accessories. I cut only some of these out to put in my display. (Wealthy children played with paper dolls in the Revolution).
- I got a length of rope to use as a 'poor child's skipping rope'.
- I bought some glass marbles from OfficeWorks. (Rich children played many games with real marbles). I think I'm going to make some clay marbles at home if I have the chance, since poor children played with clay marbles instead of actual ones. It would be useful to juxtapose the lives of rich and poor children through this toy quality comparison.
I have printed the QR code that I'm going to put somewhere on my display to direct people to my Weebly. I got my dad to test the QR code on his iPhone, and it worked! Hallelujah!
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- Aristotle