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Teacher Workshops and Resources
The Ackland Art Museum's collection offers teachers
a broad range of workshops and resources that support the development
of their students' skills and interests. A varied selection of teacher
workshops help teachers learn and create new ways of using works of
art to improve their students' writing, critical-thinking and other
skills. Materials based on works of art in the Ackland's collection
emphasize object-based learning. Object-based learning combines the
inherent information provided by an object with the viewer's experiences,
feelings, and thoughts to provide a dynamic and unique learning opportunity
that is accessible to a broad range of students.
Workshops
Consider requesting a workshop for you and at
least seven other colleagues. Work with Ackland educators to design
a workshop that complements your current needs, or select one of the
following topics:
- Critical Thinking
- Teaching about Religions Through Art
- Using Art to Enhance History Teaching
- Using Art to Enhance Language Development
- Using Art to Support the Writing Process
- Where Artists Get Ideas
Resources
Pre-Visit Materials:
- Why Museums?
This behind-the-scenes slide tour of the Ackland Art Museum provides
students with an introduction to the why, what and how of a local
art museum. This packet includes slides illustrating the steps
that a work of art takes when it becomes part of the Museum's
permanent collection, with an accompanying script describing this
process, and lesson plans for center-based and classroom activities
about museums and their different functions. Recommended for K-3rd
grade students, but can be adapted for any age group.
- Art Resources for Teachers and Students
200 (ARTS 200)
This series of lesson plans is designed to guide your students
through a process of observation, inquiry, and interpretation
about selected works of art in the Ackland Art Museum's permanent
collection. The skills developed and information acquired in these
lesson plans are designed to prepare students for looking at art
in any setting, not just the museum. The lesson plans include:
- Discovering the Elements of Art (considering
how artists use color, line, shape, and contrast in a work
of art)
- Looking at Art (understanding the relationship
between what a viewer sees and feels about a work, and what
influences the artist who made it)
- Getting a Feel for Art (a lesson focusing
on the materials artists choose to make their works, accompanied
by a box of materials and tools they use to create painting,
sculpture, and pottery) Recommended for 4th-8th grade, but
can be adapted for older students.
Curriculum Kits:
Ackland Art Museum curriculum
kits are designed to use works of art in the Museum's permanent
collection to support the implementation of the North Carolina state
curriculum at different grade levels. Each kit contains reproductions
(slides and/or posters) of paintings, sculptures, or photographs
in the Museum's collection, as well as an array of lesson plans,
fiction and non-fiction books, audiotapes, and touchable objects
related to the kit's subject area. All of the kits are designed
to be accessible to and engaging for K-12 students, and contain
some items that are age-appropriate at each grade level.
All curriculum kits are available
for free loan, and can be used before or after a museum visit. All
schools borrowing a kit are responsible for covering the costs of
loss or damage incurred while using it. Each kit is available
for at least one week per school; additional time may be available,
depending upon current demand. Schools unable to pick up a kit at
the Museum are responsible for shipping cost by UPS or Federal mail;
mailing costs for each kit vary according to weight and distance.
- India Kit - Uses slides to demonstrate
how stories, values, and ideals can be conveyed through Indian
miniature paintings and sculpture. Also includes clothing and
selected musical instruments.
- Inuit Kit - Examples of Inuit sculpture
from the Museum's study collection make a unique addition to this
kit, and are available for touching by students with adult supervision.
Slides of sculptures from the Museum's permanent collection complement
the real sculptures, and a selection of non-fiction and fiction
books supplements the lesson plans provided in the kit.
- Japan Kit - A calligraphy scroll
and reproductions of scrolls, screens, and woodblock prints in
the Ackland's permanent collection reveal some of the unique qualities
and characteristics of Japanese art and life. Also includes artist's
materials, a tea set, and Japanese children's games.
- Photography Kit - Black-and-white
photographs representing the most notable documentary and fine
art traditions in the last 150 years provide a rich bank of images
for discussions about history, culture, values, and ideals. This
kit includes directions for creating a pinhole camera, and many
books about the photographic process. Lesson plans include seminar
questions about a recent photograph by North Carolina Artist David
Spear, and several other activities designed to develop visual
literacy and writing skills.
Posters, Videotapes and Slides:
- Posters of selected works of art
in the Ackland's collection are available for free loan, for use
in the classroom. Works by Nigerian sculptor Adeshina Agbonbiofe,
French photographer Robert Doisneau, and American printmaker and
painter Grant Wood are among the images available.
- Videotapes are available for free
loan, and relate to a broad range of art topics. Most of the videos
relate directly to artists and cultures represented in the Museum's
collections (Degas, Picasso, African American Artists, for example).
Other videos focus on how to look at art and the artist's creative
process, (Painters Painting or a series called The Big A) or social
issues addressed by works of art (Chicano Art: Resistance and
Affirmation: 1965-1985).
- Slides of selected images in the
Ackland's collection are available for free loan or purchase (approximately
$3.00 per slide).
For more information, or to request any of these
materials, call
Beth Shaw McGuire, museum educator
919.962.0479 (voice)
919.962.0837 (Text Telephone)
bas5705@email.unc.edu.
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