"Learning to Look" Summer Teacher Institute
June 26-29 or July 10-13
Learn how to integrate portraiture into the classroom and connect students with history, biography, visual art and more.
Institute participants will:
- Gain expertise from museum educators and curators through gallery talks, discussions and hands-on activities
- Learn to use portraiture in the classroom, identifying and analyzing key components of a portrait and relating visual elements to relevant historical context and significance
- Make interdisciplinary connections among portraiture, social studies and English language art.
- Develop and share lesson ideas with colleagues
Application deadline is April 14, 2017.
Teachers in grades kindergarten through 12 may apply as individuals or as part of a team. Priority will be given to social studies, English language arts and visual arts teachers.
To ensure participation, a nonrefundable program fee of $100 per person is due upon acceptance.
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