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Rosenbach Museum & Library

Wister School

Planet Wister: A Neighborhood Exploration

Question Posed: What are the characteristics of our school’s neighborhood?

Schedule 4/2/02

Session 1 Where is our school, anyway?

Hand out composition books

Mapping the Classroom activity

Session 2 Portfolio making

Session 3 Observation hand-out and first walk outside

Session 4 How to Read (and make) a Map

Session 5 Neighborhood walk -- drawing

Session 6 Neighborhood walk -- photography

Session 7 Visit to Rosenbach Museum & Library’s map collection

Session 8 Draw maps of neighborhood together

Session 9 Prints, rubbings

Session 10 Prints, drawings, rubbings continued

Session 11 Walks and drawings/photography continue

Session 12 Walks and drawings/photography continue

Session 13

Session 14

 


from the Neighborhood Mapping Project of The Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, PA

www.rosenbach.org