1. Preparation for your Museum Exhibit Part One: Project planning stages & gathering artefacts Oral History Project Social Studies 10

2. Workshop Objectives Workshop #1(December) To review the project timeline to identify timelines and stages for effective project planning To understand the importance of advance planning for your museum exhibition To gather ideas of what artefacts you could start looking for To understand what makes for an effective museum display Workshop #2 (January) To evaluate the strength of the artefacts you have, and identify what you still need to collect/make/find To understand how to effectively display your research/ideas/artefacts To consider how you will engage visitors to your museum booth, through key questions, interactive components, artefacts and multimedia

3. Your timeline…. January 30/31 will arrive much sooner than you think….

4. Project Planning: timeline & steps to prepare for Preparation for your museum display starts during the research stage in December Ideas for an engaging, interesting, interactive display take time, so start brainstorming ideas on how to present a concept as you research. Borrowing artefacts from family takes time: you need to explore what is available and find the objects Collect as much as you can, even if at the time, it doesn’t connect to your project idea Start collecting craft material (spare cardboard, string, containers, styrofoam, wood etc.) Start looking at how things are displayed: in stores, galleries, museums Think about what draws you to a museum booth or presentation

5. Engage the audience… What do you look for in a good museum display?

6. Evaluating Projects Task With a partner, study the images of past projects. Considering your own experiences of presentations and exhibits, what we have discussed today and the top ten tips just given, decide: 1.What are the strengths of the project? 2.What are possible areas of improvement? 3.How could it be done differently?

7. Next steps What ideas do you currently have for a display? What artefacts do you know you have access to? What would you like to find? How are you going to start this process?