Educator Workshops
Learn how to use art to make cross-curricular connections at our professional development programs for educators. CPE credits, digital images, and lesson plans tied to state and national standards are provided at each workshop. Space is limited, and preregistration and prepayment are required. For more information or to register, please call 817.989.5030 or e-mail education@cartermuseum.org.
Educator programs are made possible in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts.
“Please accept my most sincere gratitude for the excellent quality of art education that emanates from your museum.”
—Susan F. Hollier, The Woodlands High School, The Woodlands, Texas
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10 a.m.–Thursday, July 30, 2009 4 p.m.
Not Just for February: Integrating African-American History, Culture, and Arts into Your Curriculum
Educator Institute
$50, The institute runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
Discover how to integrate African-American history and culture and the contributions of African-Americans into school curriculum throughout the year. Using artworks from the exhibition The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African-American Art: Works on Paper and the museum’s permanent collection, participants will understand that American art, history, literature, and music cannot be fully comprehended without including the contributions of all groups, including African-Americans. Topics featured during the institute include the role of African-Americans in the American West, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights movement. This interdisciplinary program is geared toward language arts, social studies, visual arts, and other core content educators.
Each day participating educators will learn new insights from scholars of American art and history, complete inquiry-based activities in the galleries to connect artworks to each day’s theme, and utilize new content knowledge to revise an existing lesson plan to include African-American history and culture. During the institute’s final day, educators will share their lessons with each other. All participants will receive classroom resources, including books, posters, postcards, and a CD with digital images of related artworks, image guide, mediagraphy of related Web sites and resources, and lesson plans tied to state and national teaching standards.
To receive a copy of the application form, please e-mail or call 817.989.5030.
Ten scholarships are available for educators whose schools or districts do not cover the cost of professional development. Upon notification of receiving a scholarship, all recipients will be required to register and pay for the institute. After attending all three institute days, scholarship recipients will receive reimbursement for the registration fee. All scholarship applications must be postmarked by June 15. For more information, call 817.989.5032 or e-mail teaching@cartermuseum.org.
To receive a copy of the scholarship application, please e-mail or call 817.989.5030.