Membit 812 Curriculum Lesson Plan User Guide

Curriculum Guide / Lesson Plan
The Harlem Walk of Honor: You’re the Curator [Part 3 of 4]

Overview

In this lesson, learners will use the Membit app to create a memorial / museum exhibit within an augmented reality. Learners will curate an exhibit of primary and secondary virtual artifacts and analyze why the contributions of someone might be seen as historically significant. This is the third in a series of four lessons designed to aid learners to place the individuals of Harlem into a broader historical context and to consider how society decides whose achievements are worthy of remembrance and how to memorialize such figures.
Subject Area(s): Social Studies, History, English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): 8 – 12
Learning Standards:

• CCSS ELA Anchor Standard R1
• CCSS ELA Anchor Standard SL2

Lesson Duration: 60 minutes

How to Access and Experience the App

First, access the Membit app via http://get.membit.co or on the iPad App Store or Google Play Store.
Then, experience the app via: iOS device that is ARkit compatible (check this list): https://ioshacker.com/iphone/arkitcompatibility-list-iphone-ipad-ipod- touch
Android device that is ARCore capable (check this list): https://developers.google.com/ar/devices#google_play_devices

Objectives

Students will:

• Understand how to exemplify and classify figures of historical significance
• Analyze the impact of a historical figure of Harlem
• Evaluate resources and create an exhibition in honor of the figure

Essential Questions

• How do we decide what is important to learn about the past? (Historical significance)
  o Essential Understanding: Events, people, or developments have historical significance if they resulted in change. That is, they had deep consequences, for many people, over a long period of time.

• How can we better understand the people of the past? (Perspective-taking)
  o Essential Understanding: An ocean of difference can lie between current world views (beliefs, values, and motivations) and those of earlier periods of history.
  Pacing

• Engage: 10 minutes

• Explore: 40 minutes

• Wrap Up: 10 minutes

Materials and Preparation

• Sign up for the program with this form [ http://bit.ly/3Ck49aZ ]
• Receive your sign-up confirmation email (12-24 hours)
• One set of learner handouts
• iPad for each learner
• Membit augmented reality app [ http://get.membit.co ]
• Set up the Schomburg display for learners using this “how to guide” [ https://1drv.ms/w/s!AlzR3c4HAa4VdalT2fmcHlj-GYM?e=UTCdvo ]

Vocabulary

• autodidact: a self-taught person
• curator: a person who uses their knowledge to select and present information or items such as pictures, video, music, etc. for people to use and enjoy, especially on the internet
• diaspora: people settled far from their ancestral homelands
• memorial: memory sites connected to people’s daily lives
• monument: represent “official memory;” not noticed in daily life by constant visitors

Background
Pedagogical note: the essential questions and understandings are selected from “The Big Six + 1”, a widely implemented framework for historical thinking. See www.historicalthinking.ca for more information.

Step-by-Step Classroom Guide

1. Engage: 10 minutes
   Facilitators, pose the following questions to learners:
   Now that you have experienced two Membit memorial Harlem Walk of Honor displays, consider the following:
   Brainstorm. What are some memory sites that you have personally visited? What impact did they have on you? Now think:
   ● What is the best way to remember the past?
   ● What effect do memorials and monuments have on our understanding of history?
   Pair: Team up with a partner and share your responses. Give an example of a memorial site that you think is effective and be sure to say why.
   Share: Share your partner’s response. Work with your facilitator to generate a list of qualities that effective memorials share.

2. Explore: 40 minutes
   Distribute iPads to learners. Ask learners to open Membit, login with the usernames and passwords you provided them (these should have come to you in a sign-up confirmation email after you filled out this sign up form), view the ‘Harlem Walk of Honor’ channel, and open the Arturo Alfonso Schomburg display. Learners walk through the 3D display to explore and interact with the artifacts they find, whether image, text, audio, or video.
   ● Find the instructions to install the Membit display here.
   ● Find the instructions to add additional artifacts to the display, such as audio, video and images, here. A sample audio file is here
   Facilitator, share the following task with learners:
   It’s your turn to help build the Harlem Walk of Honor. Choose one of the following notable figures of Harlem:
   ● Doug E. Fresh, rapper and record producer
   ● Lois Maillot Jones, painter
   ● Augusta Savage, sculptor
   ● Jane C. Wright, cancer researcher & surgeon
   ● Shirley Chisolm, politician, congressperson
   ● Aaron Douglas, painter, illustrator, and visual arts educator
   ● Daphne Frias, youth activist, organizer, storyteller
   ● Maida Springer Kemp, labor organizer and activist
   ● Another African American you believe deserves to be honored
   Research your figure and discover their contributions to society. Think like a historian: How has this person brought about change?
   What did they do that had deep consequences, for many people, over a long period of time? Collect 4-5 artifacts to create an exhibit / memorial to this individual. Use a variety of media that may include text, audio, and video. The collection of 4-5 artifacts should make clear:
   ● why this figure is historically significant
   ● how they are a product of their time
   ● a consequence of their influence on the world around them
   ● their beliefs, values, or motivation
   ● how they are connected to the learner’s life today

3. Wrap Up: 10 minutes
   Learners write a statement for their exhibit / memorial in which they describe the audience they imagine their Membit will reach and the message that wish for participants to take away.

Extensions

Optional: Ask learners to label and/or to write a descriptive paragraph for each artifact in their exhibit. Ask learners to write a paragraph response to the historical inquiry question in which they cite evidence from the artifacts they curated in their Membit.
The facilitator can provide learners with some sentence starters that will enable them to provide sound reasoning.
Create your own Walk of Honor. Help learners to place their Membit exhibits within the group’s shared space. Everyone takes turns exploring the other collections and sharing peer feedback on how well each curator has met the criteria.

References

• Membit Channel Teacher Sign Up Form
• Membit&tm; | When it matters
• The Historical Thinking Project | Historical Thinking Project
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• Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online.
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