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How do you use the Museum Project to learn about ancient civilizations?

Laura Massa

I am curious about how other teachers in this community use the Museum Project to introduce the concept of ancient civilizations. Do you limit the number of civilizations based on the size of your class? Do you choose and list the civilizations you want students to cover? If not all the major ancient civilizations can be included, do you introduce the remaining ones in class? In my case, I offer these options for the Museum Project: Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, the Indus River Valley, Ancient China, the Persians and Greeks, Ancient Rome, the Aztecs, the Maya, and the Inca. What approach do you take?     

  • The Museum Project is definitely a go-to  ! 

    I'm doing this project as part of Origins so we'll do Egypt, Mesopotamia, Yellow River, Indus River, Olmec, Nok... etc.

    To the extent it's helpful for anyone who's planning on doing this project or is currently doing it - I'll share here my Graphic Organizer and Template slide deck that students used to make their museum "exhibits." 

  • We actually modify the Museum project to make it an "autopsy of a civilization" and the students use butcher paper to make a life-size image of an everyday person from that civilization (depending on information available).  They fill that butcher paper with all of their research into the different aspects of a civilization and the causes of decline.

  • in reply to Adam Esrig

     This graphic organizer and the slide deck are very useful tools to guide students through the process. I am going to use your ideas to reshape my project. Even though I ask similar questions, yours seem clearer. Thank you for your input.

  • in reply to Brad Vonck

     I saw some teachers using the autopsy of a civilization, which is another format but very dynamic and visually appealing.  Do you have any pictures of your students projects? I used it in AP Human Geography to explain dead languages and it is a very effective pedagogy.