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| Getting Started Key Words and Concepts Glossary Activities Recommended Resources Scuttlebutt |
An Object is Worth 1000 Words
Describing, relating form and function
Show the class the artifact images below and ask them to pick one and write a description without using its name. Have volunteers read their descriptions to the class. To test a student’s descriptive powers, ask the class to identify the artifact he or she has described.
Ask students to pick another artifact and write a label for it. Tell them to use as few words as possible and to make their label interesting. Have the class vote on the best label.
Finally, read a label from the previous page that the class has not used in any of the exercises above, such as the horsing iron for which there is no image, and ask students to either draw or describe in words what it might look like. Can they determine the form of the tool from the function described in the label?
Have on Hand- photocopies of artifact page
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