Two groups of 7th grade English students have been working very closely with the LRC on their letter-writing project, in which they explored the craft of letter writing and correspondence by traditional snail mail systems. The paper was carefully prepared to make it look older, by staining it with a coffee wash and burning the edges (teachers did that!) with care. Next, the students transferred their writing from the edited drafts to the prepared paper. They also constructed envelopes for their letters and even decorated them in some cases.
The next task was for students to design their own stamps to seal their envelopes with wax. They spent a lesson in the LRC doing so using Tinkercad. The designs were then printed off using the LRC 3D printers.
This was a great project which brought together writing, a look at some of the history of communication, 3D design, papercraft,3D printing and introduced students to the craft of using wax seals. The next task is to mail off the package of letters to our partner school in the UK and await the responses. Communication through snail mail is a bit of a foreign concept to our students so it should be an interesting experience for them to eventually receive their very own letters.
Here is a short video that contains some of the highlights of the project. We have also uploaded a great many photos to our Flickr album for the project which we hope you will enjoy.
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