My First Trip to Yale Gallery of Art

At 13:30 on July 9th, we arrived at Yale's Gallery of Art as Carrie told us we had a very important thing to do there. After we went in and sat on the couch in the big hall, Carrie divided us into four groups, two of which are in charge of designing a reading and listening class, and the rest two are in charge of designing a reading and writing class. Richy, Rich, Christina and I was in a group, and we are in charge of designing of reading and writing class. We were told to ask imaginary students to write a good essay about the artistic exhibits by our delicately designed questions and guidance. And the task should be finished within 40 minutes. By 14:30, we were supposed to report our designed class to Carrie on the fourth floor of the Gallery. We four came to the second floor, and we found there were many Buhhdas of different time and from different countries exhibited in the windows. So we decided to design a writing class in which students are supposed to write an essay entitled "Buddhism in the World". And we divide our imaginary students into five groups,and each group can choose a subtitle, such as Buddhism in Africa to write about. They will be required to present Buddhism around the world by employing various media channels to illustrate their ideas about Buddhism. But there should not be overlapping between groups. Thus, they have to negotiate and communicate mutually. Their essays should  include the following key words, such as early history, modern history, origin, architecture, buildings, temples,typical Buddhism figures, Buddhist scriptures, effect on the lives of local people or clashes between Buddhism and local religions, etc. The more key words the better, the more the grades are higher. After we finish designing our writing and reading class, we came to the fourth floor,on which our colleagues were reporting their design to Carrie respectively. We were the last group, but Carrie had no time to listen to our report, for she had something urgent to do. After that, I had time to enjoy the numerous beautiful exhibits which include pictures, statues, antiques and audio and visual documents. What was most amazing is that the following day, I heard that there seemed a picture drawn by Van Gogh in the Gallery. I decide to enjoy that the next time. 

The statues in one corner of the hall of the Gallery of Art.

The Buddhas exhibited on the second floor of the Gallery which offered us the inspiration to ask students to write about Buddhism in the World were gorgeous.