Your view of the world - route 2

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1-4

Introduction

Hoe kijk jij naar de wereld? Speciaal voor Wereldburgerschap heeft Museum Volkenkunde een route gemaakt. Ga met jouw klas naar het museum en ontdek meer over geloof en identiteit. In maximaal negen teams van twee à drie personen gaan jullie langs drie continenten: Azië, Afrika en Midden- en Zuid-Amerika. Door middel van geluidsfragmenten en quiz-, sleep-, open- en fotovragen leer jij meer over de diversiteit van de wereld. Daarnaast zie je meer van het museum. Let op: Het is noodzakelijk om een groep aan te melden als je deze route met je klas wil doen. Dit kan via: 088-0042830 of e-mail naar: [e-mail].

Your view of the world

Welcome in Museum Volkenkunde!

Put your bags and jackets away in the basement and then return to the central hall.

At school you have been divided into
team 4, team 5, or team 6.

Gather with your teammates if you’re not already with them.

 With your team you’ll visit three permanent exhibitions.
By the end of the program you and your team will have exchanged thoughts and information on religion and identity.

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Team 4: start with the red slide in Asia.

 Team 5: start with the yellow slide in Africa.

 Team 6: start with the green slide in Central and South America.

Click the X-sign to go to your homescreen.

When you’ve visited all three exhibitions, go to the last blue slide.

 Best of luck and enjoy!

Go to the Asia exhibition on the ground floor.
Your team begins at the end of the gallery.
Look at the map.

Welcome in the Asia exhibition! 

What do you think about when you read the word 'Asia'? 

After you’ve read the introduction next to
the exit of this exhibition, go to this instrument.

This instrument is from Egypt. It’s a kamanja, a violin with two strings. Everywhere in the world people make music. Music can also be part of someone’s identity,
just like someone’s religion.

What kind of music do you listen to?

Discuss this with each other and write down your answer.

What does music mean to you?

Discuss this with each other and write down your answer.

Find the scholar tsongkhapa.

In front of you sits the primary reformer of Tibetan Buddhism: Tsongkhapa. He was a monk. Buddhists do not worship gods, but search for personal spirituality. They do this through meditation, among other things.

Look closely at this figure. 

Sit just like Tsongkhapa and make a picture of it!

With his hands he's making the symbol for setting in motion the wheel of Buddhist teachings.

There are different schools of Buddhism.

To which school belonged Tsongkhapa?

Read the text on the computerscreen to find the answer.

1. The Dalai Lama
2. Yellow Hats
3. Rond Lhasa
4. Newar Buddhism

Informatie is te vinden in de informatiezuil? Maar is dit een belangrijk feitje om te weten?

Who started Buddha's teachings?

Find the answer on this text sign:

1. Dalai Lama
2. Mahayana
3. Siddhartha Gautama
4. Avalokiteshvara

Search for this hindoeistic portable story altar.

Storytellers used these kinds of altars at markets and
parties to tell stories to the public about the gods.
Hinduism knows many gods.

Who is who?

Drag the name of the gods to the correct image.

When you’ve seen all three exhibitions, go to the last blue slide.

You can find all the gods inside this showcase.

Shiva

Vishnu

Laksmi

Go to the rear gallery of the Africa exhibition.
The Africa exhibition is behind the Asia exhibition. 

Look at the map.

Welcome in the Africa exhibition! What do you think about when you read the word 'Africa'?

Go to this nkisi knondi.

A nkisi is a force or spirit from the invisible world of the dead.

These nkisi nkondi possess magical powers which
can protect humans. These forces are activated
by smashing pieces of iron in it.

Do you have something that protects you?

Discuss this with each other and write down your answer.

Go to the next room and find this Kanaga mask.

The Kanaga masks are used at the second farewell of the dead, where the dead are escorted to the afterlife.

How do you expact life to look like after you die?

Discuss this with each other and write down your answer.

This writing board is also located in this room. 

Go and look for it.

At the Qur’an school in Djenné, every student writes these texts of the Qur’an on such a writing board.
The Qur'an contains the words of Allah.
Allah is the Arabic word for God.

Students write the texts of the Qur'an in a layer of clay. This allows the texts to be washed off. This makes the water holy.

Do you think that God from the Bible and
Allah from the Qur’an are the same?

Discuss this with each other and write down your answer.

The Qur'an mentions five basic rules. 
These are also called the Five Pillars of Islam. 

What are the five pillars of islam?

Listen to these soundclips and find out.

Which rules do you live by?

Discuss this with each other and write down your answer.

When you’ve seen all three exhibitions, go to the last blue slide.

Take the stairs at the back of the Africa exhibition
to reach the Central and South America Exhibition.
Go to your left.
Look at the map to see where you have to start. 

Welcome in the Central and
South America exhibition.
What do you think about
when you read the words
'Central and South America'?

In Central and South America, ancient civilizations have emerged, such as those of the Maya, Incas, and Aztecs. These civilizations have produced different traditions, including Dia de los Muertos.

Find this violinist.

On Dia de los Muertos Mexicans commemorate their dearly deceased, such as their (grand-grand-grand) grandparents. Your family has an influence on who you become and who you are.

Which Christian holiday does the Mayan feast 
- Dia de los Muertos - relate to?

Read the text on the computerscreen to find the answer.

1. Ascension Day
2. All Saints Day
3. Ash Wednesday
4. All Souls' Day

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What are some traditions in your family?

Discuss this with each other and write down your answer.

Search for this headdress in the next gallery.

The Wayana call this headdress an olok.
Boys between 10 and 12 years old wear
an olok while dancing at the initiation ritual.
After this ritual, these boys are considered adults.

What changes in your life when you become an adult?

Discuss this with each other and write down your answer.

Find this doll in the next gallery.

This doll of an enslaved woman is wearing
a kotomisi costume. This costume was meant
to disguise her feminine shapes.

Many Afro-Surinamese women still wear koto on special occasions.

In the museum we use 'enslaved' instead of 'slave'.
Why does the museum do this? Discuss this with each other.

Which factors influence the clothes you wear?
Discuss this with each other and write down your answer.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Netherlands earned a lot of money from the trade and exploitation of enslaved people. This seems like a long time ago, but still has an effect on the present. The appearance of Black Pete, for example, is probably based on the stereotype of black people in the 19th century.

A stereotype is a fixed image of something or someone that does not accurately reflect reality.

Check this website: https://www.slavernijenjij.nl/de-erfenis-nu/zwarte-piet/!

What’s your opinion on Black Pete? 

Discuss this with each other and write down your answer.

If you have not yet visited the Asia exhibition, go to the red first red slide.

When you’ve seen all three exhibitions, go to the last blue slide.

Gather in the Asia room on the bench at the side.

Wait until everyone is there.

Discuss together what you found most interesting 

about this lesson.

Vragen die de docent achteraf kan stellen:

- In de voorbereidende les heb je aangegeven wat een belangrijk onderdeel was van jouw identiteit is. Is dit veranderd? Zo ja, hoe?

- Is je beeld van (een) religie veranderd? Zo ja, hoe?

- Heb je iets nieuws geleerd? Zo ja, wat?

Thank you for your visit!