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Junior History Detectives. OW. Link. Slick. Analysing objects. Description. What does it look like? Feel like? Sound like? Is it heavy or light? How does it work? What can this tell you?. Provenance. Where did it come from? Who made it? How did they make it? Who used it and how? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Junior History Detectives
Victorian Football League Presidents Medallion – Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, President 1919-1925
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Slick
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Analysing objects
Description
• What does it look like?• Feel like?• Sound like?• Is it heavy or light?• How does it work?• What can this tell you?
• Where did it come from?• Who made it?• How did they make it?• Who used it and how?• How did it get here?• What stories and memories are
associated with it?
Provenance
Research
What can you find out about this object?About objects like it?About where it came from?About how it was originally used?About how the use has changed over the years?
Significance
Why does it matter?What can it tell us about the time it comes from?The people who made it / used it / kept it?What does it tell us about ourselves?
