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John Jay Night at the Museum

by John Sorrentino Posted on March 27, 2014

I took my students from my Intermediate French 1 course to the Museum of Arts and Design this evening. Their assignment is the following: What do you know about the work of art? (name of artist, title, etc.) What do you want to know? (who is the sculpture of? What is the inspiration?  How did […] Continue reading →

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A Night at the Museum

by John Sorrentino Posted on September 3, 2013

Tonight was our inimitable Macaulay Night at the Brooklyn Museum.  The event went smoothly after a tremendous amount of preparation.  About 550 Macaulay first-year students descended on the Brooklyn Museum for a private event where, armed with recorders, the students documented their conversations about the works of art they viewed (we had previously trained them […] Continue reading →

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