Fun with Artifact Bags!

Artifact Bags! 

Below is a picture on the three objects that my group found in our artifact bag. We used the internet to look up most of the information on these items. We were very unfamiliar with the items, but were very curious to learn the story behind them.

These are some of the results we came up with after researching the items and then discussing it with Dr. Smirnova. We displayed out results in a chart explains who, what, where, when, why and how. Artifact one was a doll that was bought by her husband from Russia. This doll shows the traditional dress that the nobles in Russia wore. The second artifact was an award given to Dr. Smirnova from a university in Russia for her contributions in the field of education and the development of the University. The third artifact was a photo of Dr. Smirnova at a summer camp in Russia where she was a head camp counselor.

	Artifact 1	Artifact 2	Artifact 3
Who/ What?	Doll that represents traditional dress.  The dress was worn by nobles and she is called a boyarinya.  The dress is called a sarafan and the hat is a kokoshnik	Silver Award from the Russian school	Photo of Dr. Smirnova
When?	?	October 13, 2009	1960s?
Where?	Russia	Volgogradsky Pedagogical University, Russia	Summer Camp in Russia Dr. Smirnova was the head camp counselor
How?	Bought in Russia by Dr. Smirnova’s husband	Given to Dr. Smirnova for the contributions in the field of education and the development of the University	Taken by another camp leader?
Why?	Bought because he loves Russian culture	Award given to Dr. Smirnova during School of Foreign Lang. anniversary celebration	During judging of marching during camp

After looking through the artifact bag given to my group, I learned a lot more about who Dr. Smirnova is. The artifacts show that she is very proud of her culture and the success she has achieved. This was a really fun activity to do in class and would work great in many different activities.