Example website permission letter
Introductory form on opening page:
You may wish to use the form on the opening page to guage pupils' current knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust. Their responses are sent to Cloth of Gold as simple text e-mails and may be returned to you if you require them.
Please see answers to introductory form here.
Virtual Visitors Online Project Description of Activities
Detailed descriptions, additional and supporting activities and their guidelines with examples are available to download and print as PDF files. There are also links to examples in the Outcomes section and on this password protected area of the site.
The project is in five stages:-
Stage 1
Exploring how we communicate
Pupils explore facial expressions and body language and the emotions and the messages that they can convey through simple 10 minute drawing games using pencil and paper and short drama exercises.
Download or print Stage1.pdf (please wait for file to load)
Download or print Taking ideas further (stage 1)
Complete online worksheet Visual Feelings Form
See Stage 1 examples in the Outcomes section
Stage 2
Preparation for the visitor
Pupils take a series of digital photographs of locations where they might meet or interact with the virtual visitor when they arrive (e.g. playground, school dinner hall, school gates etc.)
They are also photographed role playing a series of poses in pairs and small groups that describe different responses to the visitors arrival (e.g. welcoming, hostile, friendly, shy, curious etc.)
Download or print Stage2.pdf (please wait for file to load)
See Stage 2 examples in this section
Stage 3
The visitors arrives
Pupils use PowerPoint to combine backgrounds, group photos and pictures of the visitors that they meet on the website. They then attribute thoughts and speech to the tableaux and may develop them into animated photo stories.
Download or print Stage3.pdf (please wait for file to load)
Download or print PowerPoint Help
See Stage 3 examples in this section
Stage 4
Developing empathy through sharing stories
Pupils then hear the story of the visitor and/or access project chat room or email to ask and answer questions from them.
They share what they have learned with one another and develop glueless temporary photomontages in response to the stories.
Download or print Stage4.pdf (please wait for file to load)
See Stage 4 examples in the Outcomes section
Stage 5
Invitations
(In the classroom or with computers depending on outcomes)
Pupils develop a digital invitation to the visitor to participate in an activity and incorporate them into their lives.
Download or print Stage5.pdf (please wait for file to load)
See Stage 5 examples in the Outcomes section
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