Thanks to Ling's setting us up, here we were able to take in ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, China, Japan, Canada, etc., at one of North America's premier museums, the Royal Ontario Museum. After meeting
our old friend Djed, it was off to different spots for photos and selfies and lunch. Do share your pictures and feel free to steal stuff for your Facebook pages!
Over the long weekend, think about what you found interesting or surprising there, and share it when we get back to class on Tuesday. Here's what I was thinking. Though there were statues, busts, mummies, canopic jars, paintings, and ossuaries for all kinds of ostensibly important people, we didn't find a single sketch or bust for people like Moses, Isaiah, John the Baptist, or the Twelve Disciples. Yet we know their names but not the names of all the important or rich folk portrayed. Another thought--there are no tombstones, coffins, or ossuaries of Jesus! Now, isn't that interesting?
Well, here we are at the end of a week in the classroom. Tomorrow, we'll all be going to Metro Toronto Convention Centre for the IEP Conference. You can get there by 8:30 a.m. if you leave at 7:30 from Don Mills Station. When you arrive at the Convention Centre, look out for signs that say "IEP Conference" and for people wearing sashes showing the way. At 12:30, how about group photo at the entrance of the exhibition area called the Marketplace?
