Artifcat Bag

Today in class we presented our Artifact Bags. The class before Dr. Smirnova gave each group a bag of artifacts and we had to decipher what they meant. The artifacts that were in the bag we received as a group had to do with Dr. Smirnova's life in Russia. It was very amazing to see all the Russian artifacts and learn how to decipher them and what they meant to Dr. Smirnova. The artifacts that I chose for my bag was a Limited Edition Lucretia Mott Barbie Doll, a steamboat puzzle representing the Clermont invented by Robert Fulton, and a farm puzzle representing where the labor came from for the Industrial Revolution. Even though none of these were actually real artifacts, I was proud of my creativity that I used to create them into artifacts. The Limited Edition Lucretia Mott barbie doll was my favorite artifact, because I took an ordinary household item and created it into something great. I will definitely use this activity in my future classroom.