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      Elizabeth Dale-Deines

      Teacher Programs Coordinator
      Smithsonian American Art Museum
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      Caretakers: Zoom In Activity

      <p>Zoom in on a small part of an artwork, tell stories, then zoom out! A discussion-based looking activity.</p>
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      The Past in the Present

      <p>April 8, 2017</p><p>9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.</p><p>When navigating the reality of today and seeking to shape their futures, your students may not see the power of the past at work in their lives. As the educators of tomorrow's voters, leaders, and citizens, you know that history can serve as a roadmap and a cautionary tale. Explore the Museum's contemporary art galleries with the senior curator of contemporary interpretation to uncover the history hiding in contemporary art. Participate in activities that challenge you (and your students) to internalize the past, trace its ripples to the present, and take informed action toward change for the future.<br /></p>
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      Engaging Students in Design Thinking

      <p>Artists can raise our awareness of issues from the past and present and help us imagine alternatives for the future. In this workshop, museum educators will use artworks as a springboard for engaging participants in the design thinking process: discovery, interpretation, ideation, experimentation, and evolution. Teachers will consider how to integrate design thinking into lessons that challenge students to identify and address problems that may challenge scientists, historians, and writers.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hosted by the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum</p>
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      Art Conservation Workshop @ SAAM

      <p>For Teachers of 6th-12th Grade </p><p>Saturday, March 9 (9:30-1:30) </p><p>Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and G Streets, NW)</p> <p><br /></p> <p><em>What can you learn when you put art, science, and history together in a room? Come find out why these three disciplines form the foundation of art conservation and how this profession can encourage students to see history as ongoing, science as creative, and art as a Rubik’s Cube of choices. Learn what it takes to preserve a collection with our <a href="https://americanart.si.edu/art/conservation">Lunder Conservation Center</a>’s Program Coordinator, Laura Hoffman!</em></p>
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      A Place of One's Own

      <p>Collection to support 11th grade unit examining Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" in order to uncover ideas about belonging and to prepare for the collection of oral histories.</p>
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      Latinx & Chicanx Art and Artists

      <p>Prepared for Kiley Acosta (UCSB)</p>
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      Interrogating American Art

      <p>Methods for digging deeper into American art, with the history and social studies classroom in mind.</p> <p>Keywords: corroboration, sourcing strategies, habits of mind, Humanities</p>
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      Expanding the Narrative: Meet and Greet the Harlem Renaissance

      <p>Created for <em>Art and the African American Experience</em></p><p>Look beyond the traditional narrative of the Harlem Renaissance by taking on the character of historical figures with Teaching for Change.</p>
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      Perspectives on History: Designing Change

      Artists express powerful opinions about defining moments and movements in American history. Their images may help raise public awareness or call the viewer to action. Zoom in on postage stamps and stand back from wall-sized murals to see how design, social issues, and persuasion come together in meaningful ways. Take home strategies for engaging students in evidence-based reasoning, argumentation, and persuasive writing.
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      Contemporary Gothic

      <p>Artworks whose topic or mood complement the following facets of contemporary gothic literature:</p> <ul><li>embracing emotion, particularly horror/beauty/pleasure</li><li>springing from social anxieties of contemporary life</li><li>lingering on decay, bringing past and present into collision</li></ul> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>ELA, English Language Arts, literature, genre</p>
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      Westward Expansion

      <p>Lesson plan: Use an artwork to support students' analysis as they examine American identity in light of the story of westward expansion.</p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> US History, visual analysis, critical thinking, sourcing heuristics</p>
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      SAAM Family Day Crafts

      <p>Art-making activities for at-home fun. Join us for <a href="https://americanart.si.edu/visit/family-activities" target="_blank">family days</a> when the time comes!</p>
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