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A LITTLE CURIOITY, MANY IDEA

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Draw, compare, observe or imagine: small proposals linked to the stories of Cabeceiras, with steps and sources.

They are activities to explore at your pace, not events with registration. The indicated time is that of reading support.

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279 proposals in this selection

Crafts and memories

Imagine the scale of the coal

A little tin would help take care of the train.

The railroad also depended on discreet objects.

Arco de Baúlhe · railway collection

See the 3 steps
  1. Mark on a sheet, with a ruler, 34,5 cm high and 18 wide. Use two sheets if you need it.
  2. Draws only an approximate contour: the measurements do not reveal the exact shape of the piece.
  3. Compare your representation to the three litres of capacity indicated in the inventory. Height and capacity measure different things.

A proposal to make with texts, paper and pencils, no movement.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Crafts and memories

Imagine the size of the luggage.

The candy also had luggage

A metal box connected the work to the parties.

Cavez · inventoried object

See the 3 steps
  1. Draws the front of the box at a scale of 1 to 10: 8,8 cm long and 4,55 cm high.
  2. Take aside the actual width, 43,5 cm: the front design does not show the whole box.
  3. He writes two questions that the record does not answer, such as the weight and number of candy transported.

Activity from sources and readings; does not require displacement or manipulation of historical pieces.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Crafts and memories

Imagine an initiative for the parish

Friends of Faia

A community story started in 2006.

Associative memory · Faia

See the 3 steps
  1. Choose one of the four dimensions of the association name.
  2. Write down an idea of activity and tell who it would be intended for.
  3. Separate your proposal from documented history: the idea is yours, not an initiative announced by the association.

A proposal to create on paper, without registration or submission of data.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Crafts and memories

Imagine a new life for a building

The school brought the village back together

In Celeirô do Monte, a school building gained a new use.

São Nicolau · Celeirô do Monte, reuse reported in 2016

See the 3 steps
  1. Choose a building from your memory and write down an old usage you know.
  2. Draw a community activity you would like to imagine in this space. Identify it as your idea, not an existing project.
  3. Add two questions: who could participate and what conditions of access would be necessary?

Exercise on paper or a personal document, without entering the building or sending proposals by the site.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Crafts and memories

Invent an ad with memory

The bread was also announced in verse

A newspaper holds flavors and ways to sell.

Cabeceiras · 1939 announcements

See the 3 steps
  1. Choose two products mentioned in the text.
  2. Write four verses for an imagined ad.
  3. It adds today's creation statement inspired by news about 1939, not to present it as a historical announcement.

Creative proposition; the verses you create do not belong to the original ads.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Crafts and memories

Invent a caption

Two funnels, close tasks

A familiar form can hold different uses.

Lands of Basto · everyday objects

See the 3 steps
  1. Choose a everyday object you know, like a spoon or funnel.
  2. Write a caption with name, material and function.
  3. Add a question that the object alone does not answer: who did it or who used it?

A proposal to make at your pace, without collecting copies.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Crafts and memories

Investigate function

A funnel also made dark circles

The kitchen needed tools with very own functions.

Material memory · Basto (Santa Senhorinha)

See the 3 steps
  1. Write the name of the object and, in a separate line, the function indicated by the Museum.
  2. Compare with the function of a funnel to transfer liquids.
  3. Use the example to imagine a record of a household appliance you know.

A reading and registration activity; it is neither a recipe nor a manufacturing proposal.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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The life you don't always see

Read the photo of the margin

A long tail by the water

The grey alveola leads to curiosity to the shore.

Cavez · local register and general biology

See the 3 steps
  1. Find the long tail and look for the yellow at the bottom of the bird.
  2. Describe what you see, without guessing the speed of the river.
  3. Opens the reading of the waterbird and compares the way to look for food described in the two stories.

The photograph is from a meeting in Cavez; it is not an indication of access to the site.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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The life you don't always see

Read the picture without guessing

The wings have a history of plants

A butterfly connects the look to the little world of herbs.

Biology of the species · photograph registered in the municipality

See the 3 steps
  1. Watch the photograph and draw only the spots and lines you can distinguish on the wings.
  2. It makes two columns: what the image shows and what the species chart explains.
  3. Places the plant genera and the flight period in the second column: these data are not visible in the photograph.

Use the existing photographic log; no animals need be captured or handled.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Between rivers and mountains

Read the change in three layers

A stream in the history of Casa do Tempo

The renovation of the village centre also passed through the water.

Refojos · opening in 2013 and urban transformation

See the 3 steps
  1. Draws three boxes: buildings, public spaces and riverside.
  2. In each box, he writes an intervention mentioned in history.
  3. Turn on the boxes and explain how the project approached memory and use of the village.

Documentary scheme; the available photograph shows the exterior of the Casa do Tempo, not the stream.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Time travel

Read images by words

A Church Counted in Images

Before the screens, you looked at the panels.

Holy Lady · memory of 1758

See the 3 steps
  1. Make two columns, one for each ship described.
  2. Associate with each column the theme of the paintings mentioned by the Abbot.
  3. Compare it to the story of the five altars of St. Nicholas, keeping the descriptions and places separate.

The exercise is part of the document of 1758, not of a photograph of the current interior.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Time travel

Read the document carefully

The work was on the other side

A memory of Vila Nune also looks at Atei.

Vila Nune · historical look to the margin of Atei

See the 3 steps
  1. Choose a particular text.
  2. Write down the date and territory to which it refers.
  3. Write a conclusion that this data allows and another that would be necessary to investigate.

A proposal to distinguish documented information and interpretation.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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