Teacher Institute at Penn Museum

Posted by University of Pennsylvania on January 19, 2015

Calling all high school teachers! The Penn Museum will host a Teacher Institute in late February in collaboration with the Yale Peabody Museum. Sessions will highlight the Penn Museum’s incredible collection of Native American objects and knowledgeable curators and professors. The Institute will assist and inspire teachers to create a curriculum that highlights Native American culture of past and present. As participants of the Teacher Institute, teachers that complete pre- and post-visit extension lessons will receive reduced field trip admission to the museum and a $100 stipend.

What will the weekend include?

· Object and primary source workshops with Penn Museum curatorial staff, including

o Dr. Lucy Fowler Williams, Associate Curator and Senior Keeper of the American Collections

o Stacey Espenlaub, Kamensky NAGPRA Project Coordinator

· Presentations from historians of Native America, curators, and professors

· Integrated discussion of extension lesson development with Teacher Specialists

For more information and to register, visit: http://www.penn.museum/educators-k-12/professional-development.html. There are only 20 spaces available, so register today!