Sixth grade students are in their second milestone on their project unit with the driving question, “Who do art objects truly belong to?” During this step of the project, students are deepening their understanding of the roles of archaeologists and museums while researching key ancient Egyptian artifacts. This past week students met with two experts that helped them develop their perspective on their driving question.
On Tuesday, research archaeologist Hannah Wellman, Ph.D. zoomed into the sixth grade humanities class to share historical context for the Egyptian artifacts students are researching. Hannah also provided perspectives on repatriation from a research archaeologist’s point of view.
On Thursday, the sixth graders traveled to the Badè Museum at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. Aaron Brody, the museum’s director, gave the students a private tour discussing the complexities that repatriating the collection would present. He also answered many student questions connected to both the legal and ethical issues of repatriation.
The 6th graders look forward to sharing more as their unit comes to a close next month.
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