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Your Guide to Ancient Pottery: Egyptian, Greek and Japanese (Small Class!)

(For Older Students) Learn how ancient pottery not only provided functional works of art but also clues as to what was going on in the ancient cultures of Egypt, Greece and Japan.
Ilene Sennuwy Springer
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4.9
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Class

What's included

1 live meeting
1 in-class hours
Assessment
Assessment will be informal. Upon enrollment, kids will download a file with a short, fun pre-lesson quiz before the class. Afterward, I will ask some questions from that quiz to see what students have learned or retained.

Class Experience

US Grade 9 - 12
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This is a class for students who love pottery - making, looking at and collecting it.  We'll explore the pottery of three ancient, very artistic cultures: Greece, Egypt and Japan. We'll cover the following in this 55-minute, fast-paced class:

• What's the difference between pottery and ceramics?  
• The discovery of the oldest known pottery workshop, going back to the time of the Great Pyramids of Giza. 
• What the pottery tells us about the ancient Greeks, including their food, the everyday objects they stored, and how they used pottery as ritual objects.
• How the pottery in Japan took on a spiritual significance.
• The process of handmade pottery, the early glazes and the first pottery wheels and kilns in the ancient world.

I encourage students to bring their own pottery - modern or authentic -  to show the class.


How I Teach:

- Only four students in class.
- Animated lecture and discussion.
- Lots of interaction.
- Images of pottery captured by the experts.
- A short, relaxing video on making pottery.
- Dramatic Keynote (PowerPoint) presentation with illustrations and photos of original ancient pottery and artwork.
- The showing of my own AUTHENTIC POTTERY that people used in ancient Egypt.
 
I specialize in classes with no more than four students, encouraging students to share their opinions, ideas, mistakes and triumphs.  I love it when kids laugh.  If it works, as it often does in my small classes, we can all stay unmuted - unless there is background noise.

After the class, I message each student's parents/caretakers to tell them how their student did.  And I also send students extra material, encouraging them to continue studying ancient pottery on their own.

CLASS PRICE includes (in addition to the scheduled class):

1. Welcome message to both the student and enroller.
2. Quiz (actually, a learning tool) as a pre-lesson activity.
3. AI generated summary for both entollers  and learners.
3. Personalized post-class message to the student and enroller, detailing how the learner did in class and any recommendations.
4. Availability to answer a student's questions (by message) after class.

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Copyright ©, Ilene Springer, 2024
All rights reserved. No part of this lesson may be reproduced without the written permission of the author.
Learning Goals
After this class, students will be able to:
1. Recall the most important archaeological terms associated with ancient pottery, in general.
learning goal

Other Details

Parental Guidance
There is no guidance needed.
Pre-Requisites
Learners should have a real interest in pottery or be looking forward to learning all about it.
Supply List
Students will download a file upon enrolling.  No other materials needed unless a student wants to take handwritten notes.  I do encourage students to bring pottery or any images they would like to show the rest of the class.
 1 file available upon enrollment
Joined April, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
I hold a Certificate of Museum Studies from Harvard University and, in June, I will receive my Diploma in Egyptology for a one-year program from Oxford College in England.  And I’ve been to Egypt three times on personalized, educational tours.

As a certified school substitute, I make the day more enjoyable - if it works out - by bringing an ancient Egyptian object into the classroom, whether I'm teaching language arts, social studies, science, consumer economics, art or even Native American studies.

I've been captivated by ancient Egypt since I was 10 years old.  And I feel it's my destiny to share my enthusiasm for and expertise on this beautiful and brilliant 5000-year-old civilization with all of you.  I hope to see you soon for a class.  I think you'll agree that The Egyptian Room is an attractive, fun and inspiring place to learn.  And, please, if you like, call me Ms. Sennuwy - my chosen ancient Egyptian name.

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$22

per class
Meets once
60 min

Completed by 15 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-18
1-4 learners per class

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