Ogden Museum

Well Suited Workshop

Learn how you can bring the world of HBO's Treme into your classroom with the Ogden Museum. Teachers will tour the exhibition, learn about the history of Mardi Gras Indian culture, hear from costume designer Alonzo Wilson and the craftspeople who created these unique pieces. Participants will receive a light snack, teaching materials, CEUs, and free entry into one Ogden After Hours event (value of $10).

Thanks to a generous gift from the Helis Foundation, admission for all Louisiana residents is FREE on Thursdays and admission is always FREE to public schools located in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes. For more information, or to schedule a tour for your class, contact Ellen Balkin, Education Coordinator, at ebalkin@ogdenmuseum.org or (504) 539-9608.

Lesson Plans

Developed to address Common Core Curriculum standards for K-12 students, as well as Louisiana Arts Benchmarks and Standards, these lesson plans are intended to be used in tandem with a museum tour.

In order to schedule a tour for your class, contact Ellen Balkin, Education Coordinator, at ebalkin@ogdenmuseum.org, or call (504) 539-9608.

Literacy & Landscapes

This lesson plan is intended for students in grades 6 - 12. Students will become familiar with landscape painting, different methods of creative writing, and the collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
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Art Detectives - Exploring Portraits

This lesson is intended for students in grades 2 - 8. Students will become familiar with portraiture and be able to think critically about the people represented in them. Students will be able to view the Ogden’s collection with a greater sense of understanding and appreciation.
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Art & Literature: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and Selected Works from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art

In Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, the Newberry Award-winning book by Mildred D. Taylor, students get a first-hand look at life during the Great Depression. Issues of race, segregation, and poverty are survived by the narrator’s developing sense of family and love of the land. Likewise, art from the era or about the era explores many of the same issues and themes. Here, visual art makes powerful connections to literature and the larger social implications that allow contemporary students to meaningfully explore another time in American history.
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