The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art at the Fenster/Sanditen Cultural Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a lesser-known gem of an art museum in a town with a surprising wealth of art museums. The Sherwin Miller specializes in Jewish art, with a wide range of exhibits. Art works in multiple… Continue reading
We met this mummy at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. We appreciate their giving us permission to take and use these photos. Read more about this mummy on the Nelson-Atkins website. Mummifying the bodies of people when they died was a way that the ancient Egyptians showed… Continue reading
Do you observe Columbus Day on October 12 at your school? Some schools, cities, and even states have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. We’d say that you still need to study Columbus in your American history lessons, even if you don’t observe Columbus Day. Whether you consider Christopher… Continue reading
The Tulsa Massacre, sometimes known as the Tulsa Race Riots, was a shocking event in 1921. Perhaps equally shocking is the fact that this event is rarely covered in classrooms. It’s not easy to look back at troubling events, but they are part of our history and should not be… Continue reading
The Vikings affected the whole of Europe during much of the Middle Ages, based in Scandinavia but extending their reach into England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Russia, Eastern Europe, and even into North America and the Arab world. The Vikings are often overlooked in our classrooms, or… Continue reading
You can’t go wrong with the classics. If that’s not enough of a reason to consider apples for a classroom theme, here are a few more reasons: There is nothing so easy to find as apple decorations. Choose apples and you can get your room put together fast. There are stickers,… Continue reading
Not everyone approves of using pirates in the classroom, but you can’t deny that many students find them appealing and even exciting. There was a time when the line between pirate and explorer was fairly fine (Sir Francis Drake springs to mind), and there certainly is a long literary tradition… Continue reading
While we were in Rome with Google Earth, we saw a pizzeria on every corner. Why not choose pizza as a classroom theme? It’s fun for everyone! Pizza is perfect for studying fractions. Our friend Debby Picou showed us how to make a fractions center with pizza slice cutouts.… Continue reading
Folk and fairy tales are in our state’s standards up to 7th grade, and Rapunzel is an ideal fairy tale for use with older students. Preschool teacher Margaret Elkins says she uses it with the younger ones, too, by focusing on the theme of love. The husband loved his wife enough to… Continue reading
We visited the Museum of Native American History (MONAH) in Bentonville, Arkansas. We expected to see a large collection of local arrowheads, and we did, but there is lots more than that to see at MONAH! When you first enter, you will be greeted with a mammoth skeleton and mammoth… Continue reading
