Last Tuesday, our class had the amazing opportunity to take a second field trip to The Cleveland Museum of Art. We were piloting a school tour of Gallery One (the museum’s newest art gallery) that focused on story.
Our tour began with Miss Rollins sharing a story about her childhood with the class. We discussed the elements (characters, setting, beginning, middle, end) of this story.
Our guide, Miss Liz, shared the mythological story of Perseus and Andromeda with us. During her storytelling, several students used puppets to represent the characters while the rest of the class participated with hand motions
and sound effects. Then, Miss Liz took us to see Story of Perseus and Andromeda – a large tapestry from the 1500s on display in Gallery One.
Using one of the interactive in Gallery One, the students worked together to create a “movie trailer” to go along with the artwork.
Finally, the students worked in four groups to create stories that incorporated all of the elements based on four different pieces of art in Gallery One.
They presented their stories to the class and used puppets to help with the storytelling.
Story Based on Portrait of Machtelt Suijs by Maerten van Heemskerck.
Once upon a time, many centuries ago, there was a secret witch named Madamme Goi Goi. Her real name was Machtelt, but her witch name was Madamme Goi Goi. The knights found out that she was a witch and brought her to the dungeon. They used a rope to tie her to the chair and locked her heart in the case on the wall. The king told Madamme Goi Goi that if she put all of her magic into the beads, she would be set free. She tricked the king, stole back her heart and powers, and kept doing mean magic.
Story Based on The Red Light by George Segal.
Roger L. Rollins is a man who is a truck driver who delivers things to people all over the state of New Jerset. Roger's truck is filled with dessert, toys, and food for the homeless. Late one night, while Roger was driving to deliver his goods, the engine died. Roger's car is broken and he was very sad. He had to call someone to fix it so he left the car at the red light and walked to find a worker to fix his truck. It was too late and everyone was gone, so he was sad.
Story Based on The Driller by Max Kalish
It was a perfect warm day outside! A man named Joey was working. Joey was drilling on a rock and then someone came to talk to him. It was a little girl named Zo. Zo asked Joey what he was doing. "I am drilling a rock so I can build a house." Zo asks if she can help. Joey and Zo work together to build a beautiful house! They were happy.
The End.
Story Based on Interior of The Pantheon by
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Lots of people are in the court house when they see the bad guys trying to break in from the roof to steal the statues. George Washington and John Adams run to get the guards and they stop the bad guys. The End.
Giovanni Paolo Panini
