Field trips are a first-hand
learning experience to begin, start or end a unit. The Grade 5s went on a field
trip to the “National Museum”, New Delhi on the 29th August, 2017 to deepen and
expand their learning outside the classroom environment. An inquiry into
ancient civilizations led the students to visit a museum so that they could
understand and appreciate the role of evidence in
telling us about our past.
The visit was a rich learning experience as it was a walk through the past with
artefacts from the Harappan period. The Arms and ammunition hall, the
numismatics hall, the textile, sculptures, paintings sections were some of the
areas we visited. Each one offered an aesthetic and artistic essence
and a took
us up the learning ladder. The collection of artefacts covered a wide range of
objects like utilitarian, ritualistic, secular and decorative items. The
learners observed the artefacts and made connections to the modern times. It
was indeed a highly beneficial trip for the learners to discover every epoch of
man’s growth along time. The entire visit was lead by the Yuva Saathi
volunteers to engage the students’ young minds in a dialogue with the objects
of National Museum.
Overall it was an engaging,
involving and a memorable trip.
