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RESOURCEFULNESS Teaching Guide for Curating An Online Exhibit

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For home and educational use only.All rights reserved. Updated April 16, 2020.

TRY IT!: HOW TO CURATE AN ONLINE EXHIBIT

STEP ONE: CHOOSE YOUR TOPIC

STEP ONE: CHOOSE YOUR TOPIC 1. How specific is your topic?

• Is it too broad? For Example: “I want to curate an exhibit about the western world.”

• Is it too specific? For Example: ” I want to make an exhibit about one particular grain of sand.”

STEP ONE: CHOOSE YOUR TOPIC 2. Are there enough resources out there on your topic? • Are there at least three reputable studies, books or articles on your topic? • Even if your topic was chosen for you, are you able to find information on it?

STEP ONE: CHOOSE YOUR TOPIC 3. What is your angle?

• Journalists use “angle” to mean the main theme or point of the story they are writing.

• For Example, my topic could be “Sea Turtles in the Ocean,” but my angle could be “How Pollution Affects Sea Turtles in the Ocean.”

STEP TWO: CONDUCTING RESEARCH

STEP TWO: CONDUCTING RESEARCH • Primary Source – First-hand accounts of a topic, event or period of time.

• Examples Include: a letter, a journal entry, a legal document, or a record of statistical data

• Secondary Source – An interpretation, analysis, or evaluation of a primary source.

• Examples include: a journal article or a scholarly book about a topic or event

RESEARCH TIPS! • Collect as many primary sources as possible.

• Use secondary sources to find primary sources.

• Footnotes, Bibliography, or Works Cited

• Bring a fresh perspective!

STEP THREE: CURATE YOUR EXHIBIT

STEP THREE: CURATE YOUR EXHIBIT • Start off with a “hook,” or an interesting element.

• Have a Beginning, Middle and End. • Make sure to include the voices and perspectives of others.

STEP THREE: CURATE YOUR EXHIBIT • Intersectionality - a term coined by American civil rights lawyer and advocate Kimberlé Crenshaw • How does someone’s identity change how they experience the world?

• Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up History

STEP FOUR: PUBLISH!

STEP FOUR: PUBLISH!

STEP FOUR: PUBLISH!

FOUR STEPS TO CURATE AN EXHIBIT 1. Step One is to choose your topic.

2. Step Two is to start conducting your research.

3. Step Three is to curate your exhibit.

4. Step four is to publish your exhibit!

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CURATING YOUR OWN EXHIBIT, PLEASE VISIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es5ueeCa9Uw&feature=youtu.be