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=Teachers' Lounge: Accessing Museum Resources=



October 18, 2012 4:30PM–6:30PM Ryan Education Center Free; 2 CPDUs

What do museums have to offer teachers? The answer to this question is probably broader than you may realize. Join us for this informal discussion about ways of connecting the museum to the classroom, including practical advice from museum educators and classroom teachers. Participants will learn how to make use of the wealth of materials in the Crown Educator Resource Center—including books, DVDs, teaching manuals, digital images, and online resources—and explore innovative ways to take advantage of the free access for teachers to the museum galleries to generate ideas and inspiration. Contact us: Teacher programs and resources: call (312) 443-3719 or e-mail erc@artic.edu Student tour information: call (312) 443-3907 or e-mail studenttours@artic.edu. Check out our Facebook page for teachers and follow us on Twitter! = =
 * Free admission to the Art Institute of Chicago is available to Illinois educators, including: pre-K–12 teachers, teaching artists working in schools, pre-service teachers, and home school parents. Find out how to apply for an Educator Annual Pass.**

=Resources:=

**__Planning your visit:__**
Exhibitions:Find information about current, future, and past exhibitions.

Visit our Student Tours page to learn more about the resources the Art Institute offers for class visits to the museum. Docent-led museum tours emphasize close looking, discussion, critical and creative thinking by making connections with works of art. Want to lead your own experience in the museum? Teacher-led tours allow teachers to construct visits for their students. This page will help you learn how to schedule a tour or find a bus scholarship.

Download our. You can also explore the museum using Pathfinder, an interactive floor plan that will help you discover specific artworks and exhibitions.

**__Video Resources:__**
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 * =====Video: Your Museum Visit (La Visita al Museo)=====
 * Video: Model Gallery Teaching (Ensenanza Modelo en la Galeria)
 * Video: Using the Museum in Your Classroom (Como Utilizar el Museo en la Clase)
 * =====Video: How to Engage Your Children in Art (Cómo Hacer Participar a sus Hijos en el Arte=====

__**Research Tools:**__
Museum Mini Tours: Download a mini-tour and bring it on your next visit.

Art Access: Explore works of art that contain images and interpretive information, lesson plans, maps, bibliographies, and family activities.

Art Explorer: Search for artworks in the 's Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection. Save images and other resources using the scrapbook tool.

Curious Corner:Children (ages 3-12) can learn about art through dynamic and entertaining interactive stories and games.

The Educator Resource Finderis an online tool to help teachers and other educators find resources at the Art Institute that can be used in planning self-conducted museum tours with their students. Educators can search for videos, audio files, teacher packets and themes. Content can be searched by grade levels or curriculum.

The Crown Family Educator Resource Center is located in the Ryan Education Center and is reference library with art history and art-making resources, exhibition catalogs, gallery activities, interdisciplinary lesson plans, research files, teacher manuals, and videos/DVDs; many relate directly to the Art Institute's collection and a selection of items in the library are available for loan. Patrons may use the library and computer stations to conduct research or consult with museum staff to plan.

Search for artworks from the main Collections page. Here, you can browse the online collection by selecting one of the departmental categories or by entering search terms in the quick search box. This page will present you with basic information about the artwork and its gallery location. Artwork can be saved in a collections box that can be shared by email, or as a link on your website and/or social media site.

Podcasts and Video: Go behind the scenes and find out what's new.

Google Art ProjectA collaboration between Google and 151 acclaimed art partners from across 40 countries, Google Art Project is an online art experience that allows users to explore a wide range of artworks at brushstroke level detail. Here, you can take a virtual tour of a museum and build collections to share.

__**Resources for Teaching About Art:**__
Art Babble: Like YouTube for art, created by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Find amazing video content on your favorite artists.

Art 21, PBS: "Art:21- Art in the Twenty-First Century" is a PBS series focusing exclusively on contemporary artists. Fascinating footage allows the viewer to observe the artists at work and watch their process. On the website, Click on "The Artists" and then "Slideshows" to see digital images of artwork. Also click on "education" for educators' guides and lesson plans related to the series.

Chicago Public Schools Art Collection: Among the site's features is a downloadable curriculum created by CPS teachers and based on works of art in the CPS collection, which includes Work Projects Administration (WPA) murals, easel paintings, and sculptures. Chicago: the City of Art

The Civil War in Art: Teaching & Learning Through Chicago Collections: Access art objects from seven cultural institutions throughout the city of Chicago to learn about the Civil War. The website includes historical essays, object information, images, and teacher produced lesson plans.

EDSITEment: View and download dozens of lesson plans and access several EDSITEment-reviewed resource websites. Both can be browsed by subject area. This site also has a great reference section, including information on evaluating and analyzing online and primary sources, as well as a literary glossary.

Picturing America: Images, discussion questions, and lesson plans about American Art from the colonial era to the present, by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Access the resource book via the "Educators" tab.

Flickr: A photo-sharing website, an endless source of great images.

__**Other Art Museum Web Sites**__
J. Paul Getty Museum: Online Lesson Plans organized by subject area and grade level.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Met''s website contains a large online collection of images and education resources. Also be sure to check out the Timeline of Art History, a useful resource for teachers and students. (www.metmuseum.org/toah) The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center, Arts Connected: Images, Information, and resources for students and teachers. This site has recently been updated and now allows you to make your own powerpoint-style presentations and upload your own photos from Flickr.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: The MCA offers a number of resources about teaching with Contemporary Art.

National Gallery of Art: NGA Classroom Web Site is a searchable database of resources.

Smithsonian

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum: The only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design, Cooper-Hewitt presents compelling perspectives on the impact of design on daily life through exhibitions and educational programs on-site and online.

Freer Gallery of Art: Houses one of the premier collections of Asian art, with the objects dating from Neolithic times to the early 20th century, as well as the world's most important collection of works by James McNeill Whistler. Access classroom activities and online guides about the collection. Photograph Archives, Portraits of American Artists: This collection of photographic portraits captures some of the most well-known artists of the twentieth century, at work in their studios or at home with their families and offers interesting glimpses into the artistic and social climate of the period.

Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM): Access education resources including content links, teacher guides, and student activities.

Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery: Tells the stories of America through the individuals who have shaped our nation, from pre-colonial times to today, including poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists. Access resources for the classroom that have been developed to complement their exhibitions.

Terra Foundation for American Art: A selection of works from the Terra's collection is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. Seven hundred works of American art from the colonial era to World War II are illustrated with "zoomable" images. The site includes published references and interpretative essays for many artworks along with some artist biographies.

Whitney Museum of American Art: The Learning Gallery includes 127 images with information, looking questions, and project ideas written for teachers and kids. A great resource!

**Photos**

 * Floor Storming** with Rob Schroeder (English Department, Chicago High School for the Arts)

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 * The Museum as Resource** with Georgina Valverde (Teacher Programs Coordinator)