EDUS351

Education Outside The Classroom

Digital Essay

Group 12

David Browne

Jill Spencer

Anne Burton

Alex Dumitrescu

Dunedin !

What A Great Place To Teach ….

What ?

G A R G O Y L E S …

Where ?

The Historic University of Otago …

Gargoyles: Not Just Another Pretty Face

Background Image: Gargoyle above the archway, Otago

Gargoyles: Not Just Another Pretty Face

Curriculum Links:

• English • History

• Art • Art History

• Social Studies• MathsBackground Image: Gargoyle above the archway, Otago

Gargoyles: Not Just Another Pretty Face

English –

Students read the short story “The Spire and the Gargoyle” by

F. Scott Fitzgerald and write their

own story incorporating the EOTC

visit to view the Otago gargoyles.

Background Image: Gargoyles on the south side, Otago

Art - Students view the gargoyles on

their EOTC outing

and create anoriginal gargoyle based onsketches, photos or drawingsof those found at Otago.

Background Image: Gargoyles on the south side, Otago

Social Studies - Research the different styles of gargoyles found in France,

Germany and Italy

Compare

these findings to the ones students

experience while on their EOTC

outing to the University.Background Image: Gargoyles on the south side, Otago

History – Students undertake research into when gargoyles were developed and used

Students present theirfindings to classmates during

aLearning Experience Outside

TheClassroom to the University.

Background Image: 1st century BC Hellenistic gargoyle

Art History -Students relate their EOTC

visitto research findings

undertaken in Art History:

Links to Medievalism andthe artistic representation of animal gargoyles in Europe.

Background Image: Gargoyle atop the Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

Gargoyles: Not Just Another Pretty Face

Maths -

Students count the number of gargoyles at the University of

Otago and locate them on a scale map of the

groundsof the historic university.Background Image: Gargoyle atop Peace Tower, Ottawa, Ontario

Remember -

While students are busy lookingup at the interesting

gargoylesthey should be aware of

cyclists,skateboarders, and deliveryvehicles making their way

aroundthe busy university

community.

Background Image: Fireman Gargoyle, Philadelphia