From Attic Junk to

Classroom Treasure

Cheree Smith&

Megan Gooding

http://bit.ly/atticjunk

Who Are We?

Cheree SmithRegion 18 ESC

CSMITH@ESC18.NET

Megan GoodingRegion 18 ESC

THOMASML84@GMAIL.COM

@megan_gooding

A Serious Challenge

What is this???

Have a Hunch

• You are about to view a series of artifacts.• Guess what they represent as a collective

whole.

Have a Hunch

Have a Hunch

Have a Hunch

Have a Hunch

Have a Hunch

Have a Hunch

Have a Hunch

Have a Hunch

Have a Hunch

Try Again?

Have a Hunch?

Propaganda or Persuasion?

Propaganda or Persuasion?

Mystery Trunk

Mystery Trunk

Mystery Trunk

Mystery Trunk

Mystery Trunk

Mystery Trunk

Mystery Trunk

Mystery Trunk

Mystery Trunk

Mystery Trunk

Mystery Trunk

• Similarities?• Differences?• How would you group or classify?

Mystery Trunk

• Can we identify a common time period, event, era, geographical area, intended audience(s), gender?

Random Documents

Random Documents

Hook Stations

• Exploratory stations–Allow students to discover information–Mix resources

• Each station has students:–3 minutes of observation–3 minutes to answer questions

Sample Lesson (science): http://bit.ly/1g2teVt

Living Timeline

Living Timeline

Charles Edwin Alder

Document 1

Document 1

Document 2

Document 3

Document 4

Document 4

Document 5

Living Timeline

Charles Edwin Alder

My Ella

Detective Stories: http://www.radiolab.org/story/91516-detective-stories/Goat on a Cow’s Back: http://www.radiolab.org/story/91518-goat-on-a-cow/

My Ella

Trash Pile

Detective Stories: http://www.radiolab.org/story/91516-detective-stories/The Greatest Hits of Ancient Garbage: http://www.radiolab.org/story/91517-the-greatest-hits-of-ancient-garbage/

Continent Buckets

Pin on Piinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/177962622750727149/Website: http://stillparenting.blogspot.com/2012/03/continent-buckets.html

DIY Museum

Where to find?

1. Ebay2. Etsy3. Google Images4. Local antique or junk stores5. Out of town\small town antique or junk

stores6. Family & Friends7. Local Museum

Trunk Programs• George W. Bush Museum: http://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/Teachers/Classroom-

Resources/Traveling-Trunk-Program.aspx• Holocaust Museum Houston: https://www.hmh.org/ed_cur_trunk.shtml• Texas School Librarians List: http://txschoollibrarians.wikispaces.com/Traveling+Trunks• Texas Wildlife Association: http://www.texas-wildlife.org/program-areas/lands-outreach-

discovery-trunks• Frontier Times Museum: http://www.frontiertimesmuseum.org/traveling-trunks.html• Museum of East Texas: http://www.metlufkin.org/traveling-trunks/• National Parks: general search results - http://1.usa.gov/1uY4klc

– http://www.nps.gov/gett/forteachers/travellingtrunks.htm– http://www.nps.gov/jeff/forteachers/travelingtrunks.htm– http://www.nps.gov/teachers/teacher-resources.htm?d=inmeta%3AType:Traveling%2520Trunk

• LBJ Museum Trunk: http://lbjmuseum.com/programs/• The Williamson Museum: http://www.williamsonmuseum.org/Education/TravelingTrunks• Bell County Museum: http://www.bellcountymuseum.org/Museum/educators_trunks.html• San Antonio Museum of Art: http://www.samuseum.org/learn/educators/traveling-trunks• Hemispheres at UT: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/orgs/hemispheres/lending_libraries.php• Panhandle Plains Museum: http://edu.panhandleplains.org/pages/from_boom_to_dust_161.asp• Oregon Historical Society: http://www.ohs.org/education/traveling-trunk-program.cfm