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Dianne Khan

Te Papa: Searching For Yourself!

Grades: 6th Grade, 5th Grade, 7th Grade
Subjects: History, Art, Social Studies

Student Instructions

1. Click on the link (below) to go to Te Papa's catalogue. 2. On there, use the search box to look for things that link to you. It could be your name, your family's names, your town, your hobbies, your favourite things, etc. You can choose! 3. Screenshot the ones you like best. Choose at least 4 things. 4. Upload your screenshots to the template, and write/say a little bit about each item. (You can look at the example to see what I found and what I said.) Happy Hunting: https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/

Teacher Notes (not visible to students)

This task is to encourage children to search art and museum catalogues and follow their curiosity. It also encourages them to find out more about themselves and their interests, beyond what a child might normally learn in everyday life. All images belong to Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand and were found at: https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ on 25/8/21. Image credits: - Camping hat decorated with 33 Girl Guide badges, 1960s-1970s, New Zealand, by Diane Russell. Gift of the Isaacs family in memory of Diane Russell nee Isaacs, 2010. © Te Papa. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (GH016927) - Dost Mahomed Khan and part of his family. From: Portraits of the princes & people of India, 1844, by Lowes Cato Dickinson, Emily Eden, J Dickinson & Son, Charles Hullmandel. Te Papa (1992-0035-2409/6) - Pepeke nguturoa, Lasiorhynchus barbicornis (Fabricius, 1775). CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (AI.033281) - Clyde Quay School, Wellington, Standard one, circa 1920, Wellington, maker unknown. Gift of Margaret and John Christie, 1979. Te Papa (C.003581)

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