The University of Arizona
 

School Programs

Programs for School children, teachers, and summer camp

Fieldtrip programs at Arizona State Museum

The ASM webstie Education pages include information on what programs we offer for K-12 students, online registration, and resource materials that support school program content areas. There is also a link to the college classes LRC/AIS 330 and LRC/AIS 393. In theses classes, university students are trained to serve as fieldtrip interpreters (guides) for the visiting K-12 classes.

Sense of Place mailer Sense of Place photo collage

Advertiser for institute and photos of institute activities. Click on images to see larger (Opens in a new window PDF * ).

Culture Quest camp flyer kid examing masks

Advertiser for camp. Child examing masks from ASM's collection. She later made her own mask. Click on the flyer to read (Opens in a new window PDF * ).

Sense of Place Teacher Institute (2004)

This two-week institute was offered in collaboration with the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center. Nationally recognized scholars and practicioners in heritage place-based education formed the faculty. Several projects in Tucson--at City High School, Hohokam Middle School and in six schools in Sunnyside School District--are now in place as a result of the institute.

Youth Summer Camps

For two years we ran a pilot summer camp program. Each year we collaborated with other units at the University of Arizona to make these camps cross disciplinary and engaging for youth. The first year the camp was called Art-i-Fact and we partnered with the University of Arizona Museum of Art. The second year the camp was called Culture Quest and we partnered with the Art Museum, Poetry Center, Flandrau Science Center, and a biology program. The camps were very successful.

Native Eyes Youth Filmmaking Workshop

In July 2008, we offered a six-day intensive filmmaking workshop for youth age 15-18 on the Tohono O'odham Nation. The 13 participants learned about analysing media, scriptwriting/storyboarding, filming, and editing. The resulting four group films were aired at a community screening along with other professional Native filmmakers' work. The pieces will also be screened at the Native Eyes Film Showcase in Tucson and other national Native youth film showcases. The workshop was taught by Annabel Wong (Salt River Pima) and Nanobah becker (Navajo) and was offered in collaboration with the Arizona State Museum, Hanson Film Institute, Himdag ki: Tohono O'odham Cultural Center and Museum, Tohono O'odham Community College and the Tohono O'odham Community Action with support form the University of Arizona College of Public Health and Native American Student Affairs.

 

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