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Picturing a Nation: Teaching with American Art and Material Culture ($35 packet with slides; $45 packet with overhead transparencies)
This U.S. history curriculum guide was written by high school teachers and museum educators. Divided into content areas, it includes timelines, bibliographies, and twelve images. The packet also contains units and lessons on Westward Expansion, Progress and American Identity, Women and Portraiture, Slavery in Brooklyn, and a Document-Based Questioning lesson titled “Perspectives on George Washington.”
This U.S. history curriculum guide was written by high school teachers and museum educators. Divided into content areas, it includes timelines, bibliographies, and twelve images. The packet also contains units and lessons on Westward Expansion, Progress and American Identity, Women and Portraiture, Slavery in Brooklyn, and a Document-Based Questioning lesson titled “Perspectives on George Washington.”
Oceanic Art: Art from the Pacific Islands ($35)
This packet includes a history of Oceanic art, description and background information for twenty slides, stories related to the images, discussion questions, maps, and a bibliography.
This packet includes a history of Oceanic art, description and background information for twenty slides, stories related to the images, discussion questions, maps, and a bibliography.
The Arts of Africa ($35 packet with slides; $45 packet with overhead transparencies)
This packet includes background information on teaching themes such as Birth and Childhood, Initiation and Death, and Power and Leadership. There are ten slides, accompanied by questions for viewing and key concepts. There is a section on African stories, a set of maps, and a bibliography.
This packet includes background information on teaching themes such as Birth and Childhood, Initiation and Death, and Power and Leadership. There are ten slides, accompanied by questions for viewing and key concepts. There is a section on African stories, a set of maps, and a bibliography.
American Paintings: A Slide Packet for Educators ($15)
Introducing teachers to sixteen key works in the Brooklyn Museum’s American paintings collection, this folder packet includes an introductory letter offering suggested uses for the images as well as background information on each work and its artist.
Introducing teachers to sixteen key works in the Brooklyn Museum’s American paintings collection, this folder packet includes an introductory letter offering suggested uses for the images as well as background information on each work and its artist.
You may also purchase a packet by mail: Download an order form.
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