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Albany Institute's Virtual Field Trips
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Aug 07, 2006 13:34 PDT
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From: "Education" <educa-@albanyinstitute.org>
Please update our information for distance learning listed below:
The Albany Institute's Virtual Field Trips are exciting real-time
interactive programs. Museum educators use objects, images and inquiry-based
teaching methods to engage students in lessons that focus on art and
history. Students are active participants in the lesson; they observe,
analyze and express their ideas about objects and images presented.
Virtual Field trips are intended for individual classes or groups of 30
students or fewer. In addition to a main camera, a special "document camera"
allows for close inspection of individual objects. Each lesson is
approximately 60 minutes and was co-written with K-12 teachers, and
corresponds with New York State and National Standards.
Scheduling a Virtual Field Trip
Reservations are required at least two weeks in advance for all Virtual
Field Trips and Virtual Teacher Workshops. Please contact Tracy Grosner at
518.463.4478, ext. 405 or gros-@albanyinstitute.org to schedule your
lesson. Additional Teacher Materials for each Virtual Lesson can be found on
our website, www.albanyinstitute.org <http://www.albanyinstitute.org/> ,
under "Education."
Availability
Monday through Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (EST)
Fees
Virtual Field Trips and hour Virtual Teacher Workshops are $100.00 each and
half-hour Virtual Teacher Workshops are $50.00. Each school is responsible
to pay for connection fees for the videoconferencing call.
Discounts are available for bulk purchashing of lessons.
Recording & Distribution
Recording of programs is prohibited.
Technology Required
We can connect via IP, at speeds up to 384K or ISDN at speeds up to 128K.
Please contact your district's technology coordinator for further
information.
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The Serious and the Smirk
Recommended: grades 3 -8
In this inquiry-based lesson, students are asked, "What can we learn from a
portrait?" Using the Albany Institute's collection and digital imaging
technology, students will identify, analyze, and connect visual clues,
symbols, and metaphors to history and material culture.
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Ancient Egypt Part I: Art & Culture
Recommended: grades 3 - 8
The Albany Institute's collection of art and artifacts from ancient Egypt
and its three mummies provide students with an opportunity to learn about
ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and symbols; funerary objects and religious
practices; and the culture and customs of daily life.
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Ancient Egypt Part II: Archaeology & Excavation
Recommended: grades 3 -8
Go beyond the art and artifacts of ancient Egypt, into the world of the
people who uncovered lost cities, undisturbed tombs, mammoth temples and
great civilizations. Discover the principles of excavation and the lives of
explorers, such as Napoleon Bonaparte, William Matthew Flinders Petrie,
Howard Carter, Bernard Grenfell, and Arthur Hunt.
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Traders & Culture: Colonial Life in America
Recommended: grades 3 - 8
The lives of people who settled in the Hudson Valley in the 17th, 18th and
19th centuries and the Native Americans who lived alongside them are
illuminated for students through the exploration of the Albany Institute's
collection of paintings, account books, furniture, ceramics, maps, metal
ware, documents, tools, and more. Analyzing images of the area from
different moments in time, students see visual evidence of the region's
development and discuss key themes such as the fur trade, agriculture and
commerce.
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Art, Artists and Nature: The Hudson River School
Recommended: grades 4 - 12
The landscape paintings created by the 19th century artists known as the
Hudson River School celebrate the majestic beauty of the American
wilderness. Students will learn about the elements of art, early 19th
century American culture, the creative process, environmental concerns and
the connections to the birth of American literature. Through viewing
paintings and drawings by artists such as Thomas Cole and Frederic Church,
students learn how these artists expressed their ideas and feelings in
paintings, while also reflecting prevailing ideas about Americans'
relationship to the rapidly transforming natural environment.
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Struggle for the Vote: New York Women
Recommended: grades 9 -12
Focusing on Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Burns and the
life of Albany artist and activist, Alice Morgan Wright, students will
explore the difficult path women forged to earn the right to vote. Objects,
images and documents from the Albany Institute's collection will illuminate
this story of struggle and persistence.
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The Civil War
Recommended: grades 8 -12
Using primary sources, images and objects from the Albany Institute's
collection, students will be introduced to a major conflict in American
History, the Civil War. This lesson focuses on how the Civil War affected
daily life in America, including the art, material culture, and political
atmosphere of our country.
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The Rise of Modern America
Recommended: grades 8-12
Photographs, objects, works of art and other primary sources from the late
19th century will provide students with connections to this fascinating time
period in American History. This lesson focuses on American art and culture,
the reconstruction of the South, manufacturing, transportation, expansion,
urbanization and society from the 1870s to the early 20th century.
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Virtual Teacher Workshops
This program demonstrates the possibilities of integrating lessons via
videoconferences into classroom curricula. A
museum educator briefly reviews the content of the lessons described above
and introduces teachers to this exciting new
way to connect with the art, artifacts and library resources of the Albany
Institute.
Tracy Grosner
School and Teacher Program Coordinator
Albany Institute of History & Art
125 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
518.463.4478, ext. 405
gros-@albanyinstitute.org
www.albanyinstitute.org <http://www.albanyinstitute.org/>
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