Education – Rediscovering Harappa: Through the Five Elements

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Recently, the Alam al-Khayal Foundation sponsored, inter alia, the ‘Inheriting Harappa Lecture Series’. The lecture series was part of a UNESCO-sponsored exhibition titled “Inheriting Harappa”. Over two days of a high-powered gathering of Harappa scholars, the event followed the opening of the special exhibition ‘Rediscovering Harappa: Through the Five Elements’ at the Lahore Museum on 21st November, 2015.
The lecture series aimed to promote an intellectual exchange and dialogue between academics, researchers, field professionals and museum curators engaged with Indus material and have contributed to keeping the legacy of Harappa alive. It featured a prestigious line-up of ten speakers who spoke about the Harappan Civilization from various facets.
A sizeable number of students, artists, intellectuals and civil society members attended the event. The effort provided attendees a unique opportunity to appreciate the significance and scope of work that had been and could be carried out within the field of Indus Studies. The event was a great success and went a long way in presenting Pakistan’s rich and varied ancient heritage.

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The Inheriting Harappa Educational Programme has been designed to accompany the special exhibition ‘Rediscovering Harappa: Through the Five Elements’. The program officially commenced on 30^th November 2015. Catering to primary and secondary school children, the educational program aims to provide a multi-layered understanding of the Harappan Civilization and seeks to posit the Lahore Museum as a dynamic yet informal learning platform.
More than 5000 children from private sector schools have registered for the Educational programme and a similar number are expected from the government sector.
The core components the Educational Programme include:

§  A guided tour of the Special Exhibition Rediscovering Harappa: Through the Five Elements
§  A specially designed Educational Activity Book with exercises that each child completes as they tour the Special Exhibition
with the docent.
§  Viewing a Wheel-Thrown Clay Pottery Demonstration conducted by an expert potter and a hands-on ‘Harappan Seal-Making’
exercise that allows children to experience the material and play with clay.
The Educational Programme has been generously supported by UNESCO (IFPC), Lahore Museum and The Alam al-Khayal Foundation.

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