Transcript Evaluating External Resources R.O.M. and Bata Shoe Museum

Evaluating
External
Resources
The Royal Ontario Museum
and The Bata Shoe Museum
Mark Koczij
Why Museums?
• Difficult to programme for Anthropology
• Discounts for schools and teachers
• Seeing and handling real artifacts brings
course content to life
• Staff are knowledgeable sources for
content and planning
• ???
ROM | School Visits
Many to choose from, the following work for ISOC:
• Anthropology: Early Humans - Lab Lesson
• Family - Exhibit Lesson
• Fashion: A Cultural Expression - Exhibit
Lesson
• The Family and Fashion - Lab and Exhibit
Lesson
http://www.rom.on.ca/schools/visits/
ROM | Edu Kits
• Hands on
• Object-oriented
• Rented ($40-$375 | 2 weeks-full year)
• Includes detailed teacher resources
• Great for History, Art, and Science
• Nothing clearly usable for ISOC, yet.
http://www.rom.on.ca/schools/edukits.php
ROM | Online Exhibits
Archaeological Analysis: Pieces of the Past
– Requires good prep for students
– Targets Anthro research and inquiry skills
http://www.rom.on.ca/schools/pieces/index.php
BSM | School Visits
• Less Structured than ROM
• More prep by teachers required
• Exhibits of note:
– All About Shoes (permanent exhibit)
– Charm of Rococo
– Watched By Heaven, Tied to Earth
• Curriculum connection: culture, myth,
social organization, work, class,
colonialism, art, gender, ???
BSM | Online Exhibits
All About Shoes
– Online version of the BSM permanent gallery
– Four stories for students to follow
– Outstanding resources for teachers
http://www.allaboutshoes.ca/en/
Heights of Fashion
http://www.allaboutshoes.ca/en/heights_of_fashion/index.php
Prices
• ROM
– Less than $10/student for one programme.
– 2 programmes (full day) - add the cost of the
two programmes, subtract $1/student.
– One supervisor free for every 10 students
• Bata Shoe Museum
– Guided – 1 hour, $4/student
– Unguided – 90 min, $3/student
– Full day (Guided + Unguided) – $11/student