The Worcester Art Museum is working to make its Special Exhibition content more accessible to teachers, homeschool groups, and family audiences. Below are recent additions to our collection of curriculum guides. With easily-understandable connections to grade-level standards, these curriculum guides make exhibition connections (and school field trip justifications) stress-free.
Exhibition:
Preserved Pages: Book as Art in Persia and India, 1300–1800
Guides (focus on 6th – 12th grade students):
- Curriculum Guide
- Travelogue
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Activities
Different Genres of Islamic Manuscripts (8MB)
Construct a Timeline (6MB)
How to tell Timurid, Safavid, and Mughal Manuscripts Apart (6MB)
The Impact of Indian & Persian Art from 1300-1800 (16MB) -
Post Museum Visit
Cognates in Spanish, Arabic, and English
Calligraphy (7MB)
Characteristics of Civilization
Patterns (5MB)
Rewrite Stories
Exhibition:
Coming Away: Winslow Homer and England
Guides (focus on 3rd and 6th grade students):
- Pre-Museum Visit Classroom Curriculum
Winslow Homer Pre-Visit Activities
Powerpoint for Pre-Visit Learning - Museum Visit Curriculum
Winslow Homer Gallery Program
Coming Away from The Gale Image - Post-Museum Visit Classroom Curriculum
Winslow Homer Post-Visit Activities
Exhibition:
Rediscovering an American Community of Color: The Photographs of William Bullard
Guides (focus on 10th and 11th grade students):
- Museum-Based Curriculum
William Bullard Field Trip Curriculum - Online Resources
Curriculum Outline
Selected Images from 1900 Paris Exposition - Connecting with Bullard's World: William S. Bullard Photographic Collection
Curriculum Outline
Bullard Gallery Biographies - Worcester Town Hall in the Early 1900s: Jim Crow and the Industrial Revolution
Curriculum Outline
Town Hall Profiles
Town Hall Primary Sources with Selected Definitions
Town Hall Primary Sources without Selected Definitions
Oral History Resource
Town Hall Worksheet - Mapping the Family Tree: Family and Community in William S. Bullard's Photographs
Curriculum Outline
Perkins' Family Tree
Family Tree with Description - Artistic Boundaries: Comparing William S. Bullard's Photographs and the Harlem Renaissance
Curriculum Outline - Further Reading and Bibliography for the works of William S. Bullard
Further Reading and Recommended Resources
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