Legion of Honor:

This lesson is designed to prepare you for a visit to the Legion of Honor.

Specifically, this lesson includes a "cycle of inquiry" with two objects from the museum--

Relief from the Tomb of Mentuemhet

The Statue of Asklepios

What is a cycle of inquiry?

1) Observing

2) Describing

3) Investigating

4) Analyzing and

5) Inferring.

We are practicing this "inquiry cycle" because it will serve as the foundation for our entire museum visit.

In other words, today's lesson using the "inquiry cycle" is meant to prepare you for the work we'll do at the Legion of Honor.

This work includes 3 activities that focus on what we can learn of the past by studying artifacts(objects).

IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER:

When studying objects, historians generally have a central question they are trying to answer through a cycle of inquiry.

Today, you'll be using a workbook to study a piece from the museum's collection and trying to answer the following questions:

What can we learn about ancient Greece by studying the Statue of Asklepios?

What can I learn about Egypt by studying the Relief from the Tomb of Mentuemhet?

Cycle of Inquiry

• Observing
• Describing
• Investigating
• Analyzing
• Inferring

Mr. Nueva, I'm not sure what some of those skills mean?