Teacher Resources
Ogden After Hours for Teachers
All Teachers FREE with Pre-Registration! | Download PDF
Thursday, January 26, 2012
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Ogden Museum After Hours for Teachers presents a special event for metropolitan New Orleans area teachers! Learn about the Ogden Museum and how you can incorporate the museum into your curriculum.
The evening will include:
- lesson plans
- classroom resources
- hands-on activities
- great music by Dave Jordan & Friends* (Funk/Soul/R&B)
Did you know? The Ogden Museum is always FREE to Orleans and Jefferson Parish Public Schools and is FREE to Louisiana residents on Thursdays.
For more information or to register for Teachers Night, please contact Ellen Balkin, Education Coordinator, at ebalkin@ogdenmuseum.org or 504.539.9608
Classroom Resources
Start incorporating Southern art into your curriculum with units of study, lesson plans, and starter ideas.
Inspired by the Jimmy Descant Exhibit: The Shape of Louisiana Commenting on the Shape of Louisiana
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Explorations of the Gulf Coast: Elementary School | Download PDF: 735 Kb
How did the BP oil spill affect the ecosystem of the Gulf Coast? How can art increase public awareness of issues? Through this exploration, students will learn about the ecosystem of the Gulf Coast, investigate the effects of the BP oil on this ecosystem and recognize our dependence on oil in our everyday life. Students will collect recyclable materials from their everyday life and create an assemblage of an animal of plant affected by the BP oil spill.
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The Way I See It: Middle/High School | Download PDF: 675 Kb
How do humans impact the environment in negative ways? When disasters and environmental threats happen, how do we, the public find out? How can artists respond to issues concerning the environment? Students will imagine that they are photojournalists and need to report on environmental hazards in their neighborhood, using their cell phone to report what they find.
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Inspired by the Permanent Collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art
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Who I Wish to Be: Elementary School | Download PDF: 415 Kb
What is a portrait? Why are portraits created? What can a portrait tell us about a person? Students will explore portraits of the Ogden Museum's permanent collection, searching for clues that the artist gives us in telling us who the person is or was. Students will then imagine if they could be anyone in the world, would they be and create their own self portraits based upon this idea. Students will learn facial proportions, color theory and develop critical thinking skills.
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The Art of Storytelling: Elementary School | Download PDF: 620 Kb
What makes an interesting story? How do artists communicate their ideas visually? In this arts-integration and English Language Arts unit, students will be introduced to and discuss artworks from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s collection while discovering the connection between art and storytelling. Students will learn how to communicate their ideas visually and collaborate together while experimenting with different media and learn new art-making techniques. Students will explore storytelling: how to develop characters, setting, elements of an interesting plot, and sequencing as well as the process of bookmaking.
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Walter Inglis Anderson Color Sheet | Download PDF: 735 Kb
In celebration of Walter Inglis Anderson: Everything is Strange and New, we are inviting schools to compete in a coloring contest
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Download PDF: 735 Kb
These pre-visit activities accompany the museum tour based on the
book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor set during the Great Depression. Through these activities, students explore the themes of race, poverty and segregation which connect the art and literature of a specific time in American history.
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Will Henry Stevens Unit | Download PDF
This unit of study represents a museum-school collaboration, bringing
together the specific curriculum needs of a fourth grade classroom teacher
and the Museum. The unit focuses on the artist, Will Henry Stevens.
Students will inquire into the artist's world as well as their own
conducting research, exploring original works of art and comparing and
contrasting cultures and regions.
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Sense-of-Place Mats
Folk Art These four starter ideas were developed to be used
with the Folk Art Sense of Place Mats featuring the artists Nellie Mae Rowe,
Clementine Hunter, Theora Hamblett and George "The Dot Man" Andrews.
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1. George Andrews | Download PDF
Classroom Activity Grades PK-2 (Social Studies, Art Criticism)
Scramble Art in My Family
2. Clementine Hunter | Download PDF
Classroom Activity Grades 3-5 (Social Studies, Art Criticism)
Compare and Contrast Country Life
3. Nellie Mae Rowe | Download PDF
Classroom Activity Grades 6-8 (Language Arts, Aesthetics)
Folk, Visionary, Primitive, Self-Taught - Which One Is It?
4. Theora Hamblett | Download PDF
Classroom Activity Grades 9-12 (Social Studies, Art Criticism)
Yesterday/Today: Folk Traditions that Carry On
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