CHILDREN - SCHOOL PROGRAMS 2011-2012

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Explore the West! Without Leaving the South

Explore the American West through the paintings, sculptures and objects in the Booth Western Art Museum’s collection. Spend time in the Civil War Gallery or the Carolyn & James Millar Presidential Gallery featuring portraits, notable facts and an original signed letter by each United States President.

Student tour programs are designed to meet Georgia Performance Standards in language arts, social studies and visual arts while engaging student’s critical and creative thinking skills. Discover the array of curriculum-based programs and field trip opportunities available to students throughout the year and take your students on a field trip they will always remember.

Student Cost:
$5.00 for students
$4.00 for Bartow, Cherokee and Forsyth county students
$6.00 for The Union Dissolved program
$8.00 for parents / chaperones

My First Visit
This program is appropriate for Pre-K students and includes a visit to Sagebrush Ranch. (75 minutes)
Children will delight in the wonders of the Booth Museum while discovering this exciting landmark in their community. This program is designed to target language, literacy, and creative development skills. Choose from 2 themes; Cowboys or Animals of the West for this fun-filled first visit to the art museum.
Performance Indicators: LD1f, LD1g, LD3c, LD4b, LD5m, SS3d, CD1a, CD1b, CD1d

Cowboys, Indians and Art
This program is appropriate for Kindergarten and First Grade and includes a visit to Sagebrush Ranch. (90 minutes)
Designed for young art lovers, this hands-on program introduces children to basic art concepts such as line, shape and color while enhancing their observation skills through developmentally appropriate activities designed around the Museum’s collection.
GPS: ELAKLSV1, FAVA.K.6, 7, 8 and 12, ELA1LSV1, FAVA.1.1, 7, 8, and 19, MKG1a

Presidents and Heroes
This program is appropriate for Grades 2 – 12.   (90 minutes)
This program provides students with a rare glimpse into the lives of the Presidents through the portraits and signed Presidential letters in the Booth’s collection. Through age appropriate gallery searches and hands-on activities, students discover a variety of notable facts about the Chief Executives from George Washington to Barack Obama.
GPS: SS2H1, SS2CG2a., SS3H2, SS3CG1, SS4H5c., SS4H4b,  SS5H3c., SS8H12

Westward Ho!
This program is appropriate for grades 4-5 (2 hours)
Journey to the west without leaving the south in this unique program focused on Westward Expansion. From Lewis & Clark and mountain men, to the settlers and ranchers who followed them, discover the rugged individuals who explored and settled the American West. Determine the impact westward expansion had on the lives of the Plains Indians and meet a cast of Western characters including cowboys, railroad workers and Buffalo Soldiers through a variety of hands-on gallery activities. 
GPS: SS4H1a, SS4H1b, SS4H6a, SS4H6b, SS4G2a, SS4CG5, SS4E1e, SS5H1e, SS5H3a, SS5G1a, SS5G1b

The Union Dissolved – American Presidents and the Civil War
This program supports Georgia Performance Standards for Grades 5 and 8. (2 hours)
*$6 for students
From the Founding Fathers to Fort Sumter to Appomattox Court House, explore the Presidents, underlying causes, and major battles of the tragedy that was the Civil War. Through guided activities in the Presidential and Civil War galleries, exploration of Civil War camp life and a hands-on art activity, students become eyewitnesses to the unfolding drama that threatened to tear the nation apart. This program takes place at the Booth Western Art Museum and is jointly taught by the Bartow History Museum. A complete Teacher’s Guide with integrated activities is available when this program is booked.
GPS: SS5H1, SS8H6
Cost for 2-hour program: $6.00 for students, $8.00 for parents / chaperones.

What’s the Story? Connecting Art and Literacy
Gallery lessons and hands-on activities developed around the narrative works in the Booth Museum ’s collection provide a wonderful and accessible way for students with different learning styles to enhance their reading and writing abilities. Developed by five extremely creative classroom teachers and museum education staff, the program meets Georgia Performance Standards in language arts, social studies and visual arts.

Kindergarten - Building a Story: Parts, Pieces, and Predictions
In the Kindergarten program the focus is on sequencing and making predictions. Using hands-on objects and participating in role-playing activities, students learn how to “read a painting” and make predictions about what might happen next.
GPS: ELAKR5, ELAKR6, ELAKW1, ELAKW2, ELAKLSV1

First Grade – Action in Art
Students are encouraged to use descriptive language to describe the action they see in artwork. Comparing and contrasting works of art motivates students to increase their use of exciting action words and descriptions.
GPS: ELA1R5, ELA1R6, ELA1W1, ELA1W2, ELA1LSV1

Second Grade – Wild Ride
In the second grade program students participate in a variety of hands-on activities and discover the difference between Tall Tales, Fairy Tales and Legends
GPS: ELA2R3, ELA2R4, ELA2W1, ELA2W2, ELA2LSV1

Third Grade – Where the Buffalo Roam
In this unique program, third grade students participate in docent led discussions about works of art that feature buffalo. Students learn to determine fact from opinion, identify cause-effect relationships and draw conclusions by looking at these beautiful works of art
GPS: ELA3R2, ELA3R3, ELA3W1, ELA3LSV1, SS3E3

Fourth and Fifth Grade – Story Elements, Heroes & Villains
This program is suitable for both fourth and fifth grade. Students learn to “READ” selected works of art in the Museum’s collection and identify characters, setting and plot through lively discussions led by highly trained docents.
GPS: ELA4R1, ELA4R3, ELA4W1, ELA4W2, ELA4LSV1, ELA4LSV2, ELA5R1, ELA5R3, ELA5W1, ELA5W2, ELA5LSV1, ELA5LSV2

* NEW
Writing through Art
Grades 6-12

Don’t miss the opportunity to give your students an excellent introduction to three specific types of writing in this unique gallery program using original works of art as a means of inspiring creative and powerful written work. Components of the visit include instruction and activities helpful in writing Cowboy Poetry, Narrative Poetry, and Short Stories.  Students will learn to be careful observers as they incorporate their thoughts and reactions to the artwork by completing writing exercises related to what they see. 

This exciting program is a natural connection to the new Writing Through Art Literary Contest sponsored by the Booth Western Art Museum. During the two hour visit to the Museum, students will learn the “nuts and bolts” of the contest and receive tips on how to use their senses to improve their writing. Students may enter their work in one of three categories; traditional Cowboy Poetry, Narrative Poetry and Short Stories to compete for cash prizes. 

Special One Day Events

The Civil War Comes Alive
Friday, April 27, 2012
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
$5 for students, $3 for adults
This program is appropriate for Grades 3-12
In honor of the 150th Anniversary of the start of the Civil War, the Bartow History Museum and the Booth Museum are offering the chance to bring your students to an unforgettable Civil War experience. This one day special event is just for school groups and will bring history to life for
students through interaction with soldiers from both sides of the War. Choose from four performance times to experience the life of a Civil War soldier, then visit a field hospital, see a canon being fired and much more. Demonstrations of blacksmithing, rifle firing, and signaling
along with a visit to the home front will also provide students with a unique perspective on the War. Students may also visit special exhibitions inside each museum.
Special Performances:
9:30, 10:20, 11:30 and 12:20
Click here to download a PDF copy of the event flyer.
Click here for the event school guide.

Passport to the West
Thursday, October 25, 2012
9:00 – 1:00
$5.00 for students, $3.00 for adults
This program is appropriate for Grades 2-12  
History comes to life for school groups during the 9th Annual Cowboy Symposium and Festival. Demonstrations of wood burning, pottery making, blacksmithing, chair caning, spinning, beading, chuck wagon cooking, flint knapping, and life at a trading post will fascinate students as they take this educational journey to the West. Living history performers, Jim Sawgrass and Little Big Mountain will present programs on Native American culture especially for students.
GPS: SS2H2, SS3E3, SS4H1, SS4H3, SS5H3, SS8H5

Call Scheduling @ 770-387-3849
The Booth Western Art Museum
501 Museum Drive
Cartersville, Georgia 30120
770-387-1300
www.boothmuseum.org

Teacher Comments

“Docents went out of their way to make sure we had a good experience.” - Tunnel Hill Elementary, Whitfield County

“Everything was perfectly aligned with our Standards.” - Clear Creek Elementary, Bartow County

“It was a wonderful experience. Both docents were fabulous.” - Paidea School, Fulton County

“Docents knowledge and presentations were excellent.” - Perimeter Christian School, Gwinnett County

“The students loved the Museum and did not want to leave.” - Poole Elementary School, Paulding County