WHAT CAN WE INFER FROM

THIS PHOTOGRAPH?
Who has this structure been
built for?
What is its purpose?
Where is it located?
When was it constructed?
Why was it built?
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Saadiyat Island
Abu Dhabi
Constructed: 2009-17
https://www.louvreabudhabi.
ae/
Social Studies
Year 7
Unit 5
How the UAE Grew into a
Diverse, Inclusive Society
Lesson 01
Museums in the UAE
Date: 06.02.23
Title: 5.01: Museums in the UAE
LO: To understand how museums help us to appreciate other cultures.

1. Misconception 2. Retrieval – from last lesson/last topic/last assessment

True or False? Is diversity within a society an exception rather

Museums should entertain as well as educate. than a rule?

3. Retrieval – from last lesson/last topic/last assessment 4. Explore keyword/theme

In celebrating diversity, are we driving a wedge Untangle me:

between people where none might normally exist? euumms

CHALLENGE: This should challenge students and all students should attempt the challenge task
Does the need for tolerance exist only because of the persistence of diversity?
LO: To understand how museums help us to appreciate other cultures.

Define
Ewer (noun)
A large jug with a wide spout,
What especially
does thisfrom ancient times.
mean?
Move me

Source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/
LO: To understand how museums help us to appreciate other cultures.

Define
Heritage (noun)
The features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as
traditions, language, or What does
buildings, this
that mean?
were created in the past and still
Move me
have historical importance.

Source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/
LO: To understand how museums help us to appreciate other cultures.

Define
Museum (noun)
A building where objectsWhat
of historical,
does thisscientific,
mean?or artistic interest are
kept. Move me

Source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/
LO: To understand how museums help us to appreciate other cultures.

Key Questions – Success Criteria (how do I do well?)

• What purpose does a museum serve?
• Is it important to preserve artefacts from the past?
• Should museums preserve artefacts from cultures other than their
own?
• Do museums world-wide have a duty to preserve artefacts from all
cultures, including those from the distant past, even if the modern
government places no value on the ancient artefacts under its control?
• Are museums morally obliged to return objects to their countries of
origin if requested to do so by the governments of said countries?
LO: To understand how museums help us to appreciate other cultures.

The Blacas Ewer (02:58)

• What is a ewer?
• In which museum can you see this
ewer?
• Who was the ewer likely made for?
• Were ewers such as these used by
ordinary people?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i
xq9oYw2Wvo
LO: To understand how museums help us to appreciate other cultures.

The Museum of Islamic Civilisation,

Sharjah
• What range of exhibits can be seen at
the museum?
• Do the artefacts on view relate only to
the UAE?
• What relevance do the various
artefacts have to our lives in the UAE
today?
• https://www.sharjahmuseums.ae/en-
US/Museums/Sharjah-Museum-of-Isla
mic-Civilization
LO: To understand how museums help us to appreciate other cultures.

Textbook Task

Activities
UNIT 5
2, 3, and 4 – Copybook.
LESSON 1
1 and 5 – Read and Discuss
PAGE 42
LO: To understand how museums help us to appreciate other cultures.

Conclusion / Extension / Research

• Should a museum entertain as well as educate?
• At what point might a museum fail to serve its original purpose, and
cease, to all intents and purposes, to be a museum?
• Any questions?
LO: To understand how museums help us to appreciate other cultures.

Homework

To complete:
Download the Louvre Abu Dhabi app
and explore!
https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/en/W
hats-Online/Louvre-Abu-Dhabi-App

To be completed by:
Tuesday 7th February
LO: To understand how museums help us to appreciate other cultures.

Homework

To complete:
Google Forms Quiz – Online

To be completed by:
Tuesday 7th February