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Artefacts of the Ancient World! Learn and Draw Ancient Treasures.

Class
Josee Dimson
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(31)
In this multi-day class, we will head to a new ancient cultural area around the world each week, and learn to interact with artefacts independently. Students encouraged to draw artefacts as we go!

Class experience

US Grade 3 - 6
The students will learn how to look at artefacts and make inferences based on their observations.  By the end of the course, learners will be able to identify ceramics, bronze, iron and other materials and techniques.
I am a trained archaeologist, and I excavated at sites such as Mytilene and Kommos in Greece for many field seasons. I have travelled extensively through Europe, and I have taught Greek and Roman art, archaeology and mythology at Concordia University, Montréal.  I held a position at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, where I created and led tours for children on the topics of Greek, Roman and Egyptian archaeology, the Medieval period, dinosaurs and natural history. More recently, I have taught labs on water science and solar energy to Kindergarten and Grade 1 students through Scientists in School. Since July 2021, I have had the pleasure of teaching many archaeology and ancient civilizations classes on Outschool. 
This class requires the use of paper, colour pencils and a comfortable place to draw
We will look at some ancient mummies, a topic which may be disturbing to some students. I will remind parents beforehand and pay close attention to the learners as we go through the lesson.
I will present the class material through the use of visuals, both from my own private collection and from archaeological excavations and museum collections.  I use PowerPoint presentations for my lessons. The students will look at the archaeological material and learn how to interpret it, and discover that evidence can lead to different opinions.  I strongly believe that all evidence must be investigated and viewed equally, and I do reinforce this important concept every week.
As an archaeologist, I base my classes on scholarly texts, scientific secondary sources such as textbooks, scholarly journals (Archaeology Magazine, National Geographic, Penn University publications, etc.), and archaeological reports, while keeping it age appropriate.  I also use primary sources, for example Homer, English translations of Egyptian hieroglyphs, Latin texts, etc.  Other visuals than my own are drawn from sites such as Open Licensed Images, Ancient World Image Bank, World History Encyclopedia, the New York Public Library Digital Collection, Unsplash and Public Domain Pictures. All sites allow for free use of images, with credits.
Learners do not need to access any sites during class.
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(31)
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Hi! My name is Josée and I am originally from Montréal, Québec, Canada. I have always wanted to study archaeology, travel and go on excavations, and I have been very lucky to be able to fulfill my dreams!  

I have earned a double major in... 
Group Class

$14

weekly or $70 for 5 classes
1x per week, 5 weeks
55 min

Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages 8-12
3-9 learners per class

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