A Classroom Museum of Your Own

The classroom journey

1. 1The teacher creates the classroomA year group, a school, and the rooms and learning areas that will be open to the class.
2. 2Students joinStudents enter the classroom the teacher has prepared. They see their class, and nothing else.
3. 3The teacher assigns activitiesA question, a brief, and the kind of contribution expected — a photograph, a document, a story, a recording.
4. 4Students investigateThey look for evidence at home, in the local area, in an archive photograph, or in a conversation with a relative.
5. 5Students create contributionsThey add what they found, describe it, and explain how they know what they know.
6. 6The teacher reviews submissionsApprove, request changes with a note, or decline. Nothing skips this step.
7. 7Approved work becomes the classroom museumThe class ends the term with an exhibition they built themselves.

Three rooms to work in

Students can explore the rooms available to their classroom, while the teacher keeps control of classroom access and the activities running inside it.