Topic of the Week: Museum Lessons
This week's topic comes courtesy of Tim, a Connecticut school administrator, who is looking for museum-related resources that his staff can use to integrate into their lessons.
Spotlight Site of the Week!
MuseumStuff.com
This website can help you find; museums online, a staggering variety of educational links, scads of interactive virtual exhibits, dozens of interesting museum shops, specialized content for museum professionals and much more!
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Additional Sites:
- Smithsonian Education: Lesson Plans
Smithsonian lesson plans emphasize inquiry-based learning using primary sources and museum collections.
Click here to visit resource - The Art Institute of Chicago: Online Resources
Provides user-friendly online educational resources that demonstrate ways to integrate museum resources into classroom curricula.
Click here to visit resource - Educational Programs: Illinois State Museum
Provides many online resources designed for teachers, and using the available resources of the Illinois State Museum web site.
Click here to visit resource - Building Visual Arts Lessons (Education at the Getty)
Features ideas for preparing lessons, a step-by-step guide for teaching visual arts for each grade level, and ideas for evaluation and assessment approaches.
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Judi's Corner
This week features a look at the Grand Canyon:
Grand Canyon Explorer
On January 11, 1908, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt declares the massive Grand Canyon in northwestern Arizona a national monument. This site features images, maps, and resources that let you explore the national park online.
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That's all for this week! "Remember...the Web is a terrible thing to waste!"