Writing Assignment
This post-visit activity offers students the opportunity to individually apply their research, experiences, and notes from their visit to the Getty Villa to write a historical story. 

Step 1
Provide students with the post-visit activity handout “Writing Assignment.” Tell students to select one object they observed for their visit activity that fascinated them the most. 

Step 2
To begin this preliminary activity, students will write the names of five people who may have interacted with, created, or influenced the use of this object throughout history, and then they will choose one person on the list and record the name on the handout. Students will then complete the exercise, gathering and recording basic information that will help them write their stories. 

Step 3
After completing the preliminary exercise, instruct students to write a one- to two-page historical story about the object from the point-of-view of the historical person who interacted with it. (Students may also write from the perspective of the object itself.)