OBJECTS IN FOCUS TEACHERS RESOURCES REACHING BEYOND THE

OBJECTS IN FOCUS: TEACHERS’ RESOURCES REACHING BEYOND THE MUSEUM WALLS

Introduction to Jewish Museum London 1932 Woburn House 1983 -1995 London Museum of Jewish Life Jewish Museum London Learning Team 1995 -2007 Albert Street

2010 Museums merge, reopen in Camden Judaism: A Living Faith Jewish Museum London Learning Team History: A British Story

Arts Council England. Museums and Schools Partnership Programme o National project across 10 regions. o Responding to Henley Review. o Aim for the visits is to spark young people's curiosity and encourage a lifelong passion for culture and learning. o Jewish Museum brief was to welcome 5000 students on 3 visits to the museum. 15, 000 visits in total. o Develop ‘downloadable resources from the website and offer the opportunity for hundreds of schools to engage with the programme’. Jewish Museum London Learning Team

Brief for Objects in Focus o Further study options to support existing workshops. o Downloadable resources to support First World War workshop. o Enable the Museum to extend engagement with wider audiences. o Develop ideas that prepare, embed and extend the museum visit in a concrete and meaningful way either pre or post visit. Jewish Museum London Learning Team

The Aims of Objects in Focus ü To create a online platform that enables teachers and students to interact with beautiful and unique items from the museum’s collections. ü To create a valuable pre and post visit extension resource for teachers. ü To support teachers in teaching religious studies, East End history and Holocaust studies and to create cross-curricular links to enable multiple department collaboration. Objects in Focus: Teachers’ Resources

Design Concept Design used the ACE Quality Principles as a framework o Designed to be used primarily in the classroom o Visually engaging and easy to navigate o Ease of Maintenance Objects in Focus: Teachers’ Resources

Timeline and Budget of £ 5000, excluding staff time ACE project begins Fran recruited Objects in Focus begins Budget signed off November 2012 January 2013 February 2013 March 31 st 2013 Objects in Focus: Teachers’ Resources Objects in Focus goes live October 2013 Shortlisted for M&H award March 2014

Starting a Hierarchy of Information Objects in Focus: Teachers’ Resources

Building a Template Objects in Focus: Teachers’ Resources

Choosing the Objects Many of these were not used. Objects in Focus: Teachers’ Resources

Object Information

Next stages o Review the objects displayed and respond to student/teacher evaluation and curriculum changes o Increase the number of Digital Takeaways o To test feasibility of adding audio layer Objects in Focus: Teachers’ Resources

Evaluation o Google Analytics o First 3 months 3833 page views o Most viewed page was Kinder baby doll o Student Response – what we discovered o Most viewed page was Kinder baby doll o We were intrigued that students wanted to see video interpretation exploring how objects were made or used o Students enjoyed the objects that showed more than one image of the object o The majority of the students wished to have interpretation of the objects by museum staff.

Objects in Focus: Teachers’ Resources http: //www. jewishmuseum. org. uk/objects-in-focus Objects in Focus: Teachers’ Resources

Questions Tali Krikler Frances Jeens Objects in Focus: Teachers’ Resources