At the bottom of this page, you’ll find a collection of our favorite activities ready to download and use in your classroom. But first, we'd like to share information about some of our larger projects that provide you with resources for your classroom.
Curriculum Unit for Grades Three to Five
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Written by Erica Christie, Curriculum That Matters, LLC
| In the Eiteljorg Museum’s Railroads of the West curriculum students will be engaged with the history, culture, and impact of railroads in the American West from 1850-1900. The unit features four exploratory, hands-on lessons that can be taught in sequence for an integrated thematic unit or separately as stand-alone lessons, if desired. An extension activity offered for students to continue learning about the development of railroads in the twentieth century and today. Railroads of the West curriculum-related art and artifacts can be experienced by scheduling a museum visit and guided tour. Contact the museum staff: (317) 275-1350 and press one at the prompt. |
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Curriculum Guide for Indiana Third Grade Classrooms -- Updated for 2011!
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The Jingle Rails Curriculum Guide for Indiana 3rd Grade Classrooms provides students and teachers an in-depth virtual visit. Jingle Rails: The Great Western Adventure is an annual indoor garden railway filled with artistic vistas. The trip begins in Indianapolis and travels to the American West of past and present. Every canyon and mesa, every lodge and geyser and even the replica of Indianapolis’ own Monument Circle—is made with natural materials by Paul Busse and his company Applied Imagination. Busse’s inventive holiday creations are rare and only seen in cities like New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C….and now Indianapolis.
New in 2011 in the Curriculum Guide is an Introduction for Teachers with ideas to extend your visit with pre- and post- visit classroom activities. Look for the new sites and familiar buildings, too: Lucas Oil Stadium, OneAmerica Building, Pony Express/Telegraph Station, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Golden Gate Bridge, and information about the Santa Fe Super Chief Passenger Trains and Durango Railroad & Silverton Railroad.
Use the Curriculum Guide all year as you refer to the local architecture of downtown Indianapolis, including the Eiteljorg Museum. Continue to national parks of the American West, passing legendary landmarks. The information is linked to Indiana Academic Standards for grade 3 as published on the Indiana Department of Education website as of September 2010. Contact the museum’s education department staff to schedule your visit: (317) 275-1350 and press one at the prompt.
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Are you familiar with our Mihtohseenionki Teacher Resource Guide? This wonderful resource will help you and your students explore and understand the indigenous tribes of Indiana. As a companion resource to our Mihtohseenionki Gallery, it can support a tour experience at the museum or provide guidance for creating lessons for study in the classroom.
If you are coming for a tour, you’ll be pleased to see that we have pre- and post-tour materials available for your use as well.
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We really want you to know about the PRIME project and the wonderful classroom materials we are beginning to produce through this initiative. PRIME stands for "Primary Resources Inspire Multi-cultural Education" and it's all about helping to educate your students by introducing them to a wide variety of contemporary artists who represent various cultures. We'll share with you their work, their lives and their cultures to help you and your students get a better picture of the diversity of our country and our world.
The combined history of African Americans and Native Americans is an essential American story. Help your students explore this largely ignored subject with the Red/Black: Related through History interdisciplinary curriculum which focuses on IDOE Academic Standards for 3rd to 5th grade students.
Curriculum Guide for third and fifth grade Indiana Classrooms.
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During the Leon Jett Memorial Lecture at the Eiteljorg Museum on the second weekend of this exhibit, Dr. Quintard Taylor spoke about the history of blacks in the West. Dr. Taylor recommends to teachers the website http://blackpast.org/ as an excellent resource for additional information about the untold history of African Americans.
Make the most of your visit to Arte en la Charrería by using these resources to learn more:
Educational Program - provided by International Arts & Artists
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Arte en la Charrería was organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC, in collaboration with Luis González, Marisú González and Gabriel Cabello.
Have you seen our gardens? Many of the plants have been used by indigenous groups. Beautiful - yes! But also useful. We're into ethnobotany and know that you are, too. We've put together a major set of materials related to this subject. Check out these resources, because this topic has the potential to relate to many subjects and to work for many grade levels.
And here are some of our favorite classroom activities. Please feel free to download these activities and use them in your classroom. Connections to IDOE Standards are listed on each activity. They may be copied as often as needed.
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