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Assessments: Student reflections/journals, Student discussions

 

Description

Students in this project group took a trip to The Legion of Honor in San Francisco's Presido to study a real museum exhibit, as well as visit the Holocaust Memorial on site there. Please see the slide show of images taken on this trip.

THE LEGION OF HONOR

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
Describe the experience you get from walking through the memorial it...what does it make you think about and feel?:

Describe the effects that the imagery of the memorial has (keep in mind: color, placement of objects, words, symbols, etc...):

What do you like about the Design of the memorial? Why?

What do you feel is the message and the meaning of this memorial? What is its 'testimony'? What tells you this?

What ideas for your own project did you get for your own project from this visit? Name three and explain how you will use at least one of them.


PICASSO BOOK ART EXHIBIT
Pay close attention to the way this exhibit is designed:

What do you like about the Design of the exhibit? Why?

What about they way all of the materials are laid out helps you to view the work?

What do you notice about things like sound, lighting, space, movement, etc...?

Describe the effect that the combination of words and imagery has (keep in mind: color, placement of objects, words, symbols, etc...):

What ideas for your own project did you get for your own project from visiting this exhibit? Name three and explain how you will use at least one of them.

ONE FINAL QUESTION:
What was most interesting to you about either of these exhibits? Why?

Holocaust Memorial Visit
This is brief slideshow of our visit to the Holocaust Memorial....
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Author Reflections

This was a wonderful trip, and the students brought back such rich ideas for the design of their projects, the installation room and we well affected through experiencing this small, yet powerful, memorial.