Artifcat Bag

In class today , we explored one another's artifact bags. This was an engaging activity and each of us were able to see each other's creativity and our thought process. Each of us , in group two, had an economic and movie making theme . Our bags were each different sizes and themes. My bag, green, was to represent money. Chelsea's bag , with the Disney princesses, tied into the Disney movie making theme. Joe's bag was a solid brown because he did not have bag to go along with his.

Inside my bag, was printed out money from the early 20th century.I included the money so that students can see how different money looks today! Also, I want them to realize how much more things cost today compared to 1920. A second item in my bag was a postcard with Walt Disney on it. I aged the postcard through burning the edges a bit. The students cans see how long Walt Disney has been around and how much of an influence his company has had on the world. The last thing I included was a stock chart which showed how stocks have changed over time. I taught the fourth graders at Bishop Dunn about stock and felt that this was an excellent item to include in the artifact bag.

The artifact bags are an awesome way of engaging all of the students in a social studies topic and pushing them to make connections to their lives and to current events. I will definitively use this activity in my classroom for many different topics.