Education staff member Dr. Elizabeth Eder gives in-depth analysis during a recent professional development workshop.

Enjoy time in the galleries with a museum educator for your next professional development! Designed for classroom teachers, these sessions bring the museum collection to life for use in your classroom. Educational materials and refreshments are provided at each session and all are free of charge.

In addition to our scheduled onsite workshops listed above, we are able to accommodate groups for customized in-service days, or offer a workshop anywhere via real-time videoconference. For more information, send an email to SaamEdStaff@si.edu.

Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities

Obata's Yosemite
Date: Saturday, March 1, 2008
Time: 10:00–11:00a.m.

Enjoy a fun morning in the galleries and leave with an activity to use with your students! In this special exhibition tour, teachers will be introduced to the prints of Asian-American artist Chiura Obata. The one hour program includes a thirty minute activity appropriate for use in the classroom.

To register for this in-service, complete and submit the registration form.

Color As Field: American Painting 1950-75
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Time: 5:00–6:00p.m.

Enjoy a fun morning in the galleries and leave with an activity to use with your students! In this special exhibition tour, teachers will explore Washington, D.C.'s own Color Field Movement. The one hour program includes a thirty minute activity appropriate for use in the classroom.

To register for this in-service, complete and submit the registration form.

Lure of the West
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Time: 10am-1pm

The third in this series of workshops featuring different areas of the permanent collection focuses on images of the West. Depictions of pioneers, Native Americans, and western scenes are used to enhance your curriculum. Landscapes, history paintings, and portraiture are featured.

To register for this in-service, complete and submit the registration form.

Teaching with Documents and Works of Art: An Integrated Approach
Date: July 23-25, 2008
Time: 9a.m.–4p.m. daily
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Archives Building, Washington, DC
Fee: $200

This special Summer Workshop is presented by Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). The two-and-a-half-day workshop will provide a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, and collaboration, along with analysis of documents and artworks in order to introduce teachers to the holdings of the National Archives and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Workshop attendees will participate in and develop classroom activities that utilize both visual images and primary source documents to sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. The content focus will be on westward expansion and the Civil War.

To register for this workshop, visit the web site of the National Council for the Social Studies at http://www.socialstudies.org/workshops/.