Special Projects for Schools

Eco Home

Tuesday 13 October 2009 – Friday 5 February 2010

Chandelier by Madeleine Boulesteix at the Eco Home exhibition

This special session accompanies Eco Home, an exhibition which addresses concerns about ecology and the state of the planet and how this links to our homes and the way we use, decorate and live in them.
 
Pupils will explore current innovations and ideas around ‘eco-living’ in an interactive and fun way and will make their own ‘eco-artefact’ to take home.

This session supports Geography KS1 and 2, QCA unit 8: Improving the environment.

Please contact our bookings officer for further information.

Black History Month at the Geffrye October 2009

Diary of a Black Edwardian Lady

This interactive story illuminates the daily life of a young African woman, living in England at the beginning of the 20th century.

Pupils will work with an actor-in-role to:

• Find out about Black Edwardians and their experiences in England
• Investigate the meaning of 'home'
• Consider the emotional journey for a young African orphan, brought-up by a privileged English family
• Discover life in an English middle-class house at the turn of the century, in the authentic setting of our 1900 room

Session dates and times:

13 - 15 and 20 - 22 October 2009

10.30am and 1.00pm (sessions last approximately one hour)

Handling artefacts, booklets and pens will be provided.

Please contact our bookings officer for further information. 
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