 | Art & Humanities | Resources and Professional Development from the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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| Happy New Year! Winter 2021
I hope that the winter break gave you time to rest your eyes, un-Zoom, and reconnect with something or someone meaningful to you.
As we move into the second half of the school year, I'm writing with some new resources: - a free online course that introduces inquiry-based teaching with objects
- a new videoconference topic that considers artists whose work raises awareness of social issues
- an upcoming suite of resources will launch this winter
- an education blog from Smithsonian Magazine that shares ideas from educators across the Smithsonian (including yours truly!)
Don't forget that I'm here for you!
-Elizabeth |
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 | | Asynchronous Course for Teachers Interdisciplinary Teaching with Museum Objects In a series of recorded professional learning sessions, educators from four Smithsonian museums explore connections among their collections and model teaching strategies that participants can implement with their students, whether online or in the classroom.
"I feel like I learned so much, not just about collections or ways to present collections, but also how I could implement it using technology. And I think that going forward, education will be using technology." - Teacher participant |
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| New Videoconference Topic Social Commentary | Social Action Teachers of 5th-12th grade students: we’ve got a new topic available in our roster of free, live, distance lessons! Join from the classroom or individual devices at home as you and your class examine how artists have visualized and engaged with social issues, discussing the range of approaches 18th-21st century artists have used to make their voices heard.
Contact Videoconference Scheduler
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 | | Coming Soon... Critical Thinking in Action: Thinking Through Craft These 60-to-95-minute units are teacher-reviewed and classroom-tested. Each unit pairs thinking patterns with works of art to instill a thinking disposition transferrable across classroom curriculum and into the wider world. - Taking Multiple Perspectives
- Making Connections
- Getting to the Heart of the Matter
- Considering Context
- Uncovering Hidden Stories
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| Persuasion & Propaganda Two Workshops for Educators In January we'll have two, complimentary workshops on offer. The first (January 13 at 4:00pm Eastern) unpacks the elements of persuasion using artwork from WWII as an example. The second (January 27 at 4:00pm Eastern) digs into how to teach propaganda without teaching stereotypes.
Join us for one or both. Register here |
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| Additional Workshops Wednesday, February 10, 4:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Othello: Speaking and Writing with Shakespeare at the Heart
(co-facilitated by Folger Theatre)
Wednesday, March 10, 4:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Community Snapshots: 145th Street Stories
More information
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Nam June Paik, Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, 1995, fifty-one channel video installation (including one closed-circuit television feed), custom electronics, neon lighting, steel and wood; color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2002.23, © Nam June Paik Estate
Teachers work together during Summer Institutes. Photo by Mary Tait
Ester Hernandez, Sun Mad, 1982, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, 1995.50.32, © 1982, Ester Hernández
Still shot of Thinking Through Craft video. Image by Smithsonian Digital Studios |
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