Are you looking for an effective way to integrate art and cultural learning opportunities into your classroom across the content areas? Then this is the course for you. This course is designed for K-12 educators of all content areas who are looking for new and inventive ways to bring art and cultural learning opportunities into their classroom through multiple content areas. Educators will learn how to use the computer to search the online educational resources created by the Smithsonian Institution and National Gallery of Art, discuss current trends and research on field trips as experiential learning opportunities, and create and translate curriculum guides directly related to the State and National Standards for Education.
This course addresses professional development criteria, teaching skills and reading.
*Required out of class work
Participants will develop curriculum materials from National Gallery of Art resource packs. The curriculum must include 4 lesson plans and integrate at least two content areas (for example social studies and mathematics). There are also two journal articles which are required reading for successful completion of the course. The participants will be assessed using a pre and post test and by the completion of the required assignments.
