CORRECTION: PBS will actually be airing, More Than a Month, a film by an African-American filmmaker about his campaign to end Black History Month on Sunday, February 19 at 11:00 p.m. – not the date provided in last week’s ListServ post. I should have “checked local listings”; sorry for any confusion.
George Washington’s Mount Vernon: With Presidents’ Day just around the corner, you may want to visit the Mount Vernon site. You’ll find a wealth of resources including: a virtual tour of Washington’s estate, interactive treasure hunt, and information about face-to-face videoconferencing programs. The Teachers and Students page can be found here: http://www.mountvernon.org/educational-resources/teachers-students FREE portraits of Washington are being offered for display in schools. These aren’t cheezy posters - we’re talking 30”x36” framed replicas of Rembrandt Peale’s Porthole Portrait of George Washington, 1795. For more information visit: http://www.mountvernon.org/support-his-vision/special-programs/portrait-schools
On Behalf of the Abbe Museum:
ABBE MUSEUM 2012 Wabanaki Initiative Teacher Workshop - FREE!
Date: Monday March 26, 2012
Time: 8:30-4:00 (Teachers Will Receive 7 Contact Hours)
Location: Abbe Museum Downtown Bar Harbor
The Abbe Museum will host our annual Teacher Workshop designed to help teachers develop the tools, and understand the resources available to better teach about the Wabanaki of Maine and meet their PEI’s and Wabanaki Initiative requirements.
The 2012 workshop will focus on classroom solutions and integrated teaching in an effort to address concerns about the time and resources required to work with new content, such as Wabanaki Studies. Encouraging teachers to move away from dedicated units about Native people, the workshop will include examples of lessons that can be incorporated into multiple disciplines. Teachers will create their own lesson to use in the classroom, and have the opportunity to receive feedback on the plan from colleagues.
John Bear Mitchell, Penobscot, will host the workshop with Raney Bench, Curator of Education for the Abbe Museum. Mitchell is a lecturer at the University of Maine, Orono, and is the Associate Director of the Wabanaki Studies Center. Prior to his work at the University, Mitchell was an elementary school teacher on Indian Island, and earned his Bachelors degree in Elementary Education and a Masters of Educational Leadership at the University of Maine. Mitchell will provide sample lesson plans for teachers based on his work teaching integrated lessons.
Raney Bench has her BA in Native American Studies, and a Masters in Museum Studies; she has been working with the Wabanaki and informal education for over five years, training teachers throughout Maine to incorporate Wabanaki content into all Maine classrooms. Bench will focus on working with stereotypes of Native people, and how to address these in the classroom at all grade levels.
Limited space is available and reservations are required. For more information, or to reserve a space, contact: Raney Bench at 288-3519 ex. 16 or e-mail to educator@abbemuseum.org.
