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INDIANA STATE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITES PREK-12 EDUCATION PROGRAM GUIDE FALL 2019-SUMMER 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS FALL 2019 – SUMMER 2020 INDIANA STATE MUSEUM Stay Informed p3 Contact Us p4 Plan Your Field Trip p5 Come Explore p7 Changing Exhibits p9 School & Outreach Programs p11 Educational Theater & Outreach Performances p17 Learning Resource Trunks p19 Festivals & Events p21 Educator Resources p23 STATE HISTORIC SITES Plan Your Visit p25 SOUTHWEST REGION Angel Mounds, Evansville p27 New Harmony, New Harmony p29 T.C. Steele, Nashville p31 Vincennes, Vincennes p34 NORTHEAST REGION Gene Stratton-Porter, Rome City p36 Levi & Catharine Coffin, Fountain City p39 Limberlost, Geneva p41 Whitewater Canal, Metamora p44 SOUTHEAST REGION Corydon Capitol, Corydon p46 Culbertson Mansion, New Albany p48 Lanier Mansion, Madison p50 Indiana Academic Standards p52 2 STAY INFORMED FALL 2019 – SUMMER 2020 The Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites system is a great resource for educators and students when learning about the Hoosier state. Whether it is through a field trip, school program or outreach program, our galleries and programs complement your studies in cultural history, natural history, STEM, art and more. EDUCATOR NEWSLETTER Click this link to sign up for our Educator Newsletter to stay informed of the latest learning opportunities, experiences, educational programs and events. 3 CONTACT US TO ASSIST YOU WITH YOUR CLASSROOM CURRICULUM. FALL 2019 – SUMMER 2020 INDIANA STATE MUSEUM PROGRAMS AFTERSCHOOL, HOMESCHOOL AND CAMPS SCHOOL, THEATER AND OUTREACH Jessica Stephens PROGRAM RESERVATIONS Youth Program Manager 317.232.8293 Krystle Mangan [email protected] Program and Schedule Manager 317.509.7679 Katie Hunt, Education Engagement Specialist [email protected] 317.232.8178, [email protected] SCHOOL AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS Nicole Rife Hayley Whitehead Education Engagement Director Early Childhood Program Manager 317.232.5598 317.234.2148 [email protected] [email protected] STATE HISTORIC SITES PROGRAMS SOUTHWEST REGIONAL DIRECTOR SOUTHEAST REGIONAL DIRECTOR Mike Linderman Jessica Stavros 812.853.3956 812.944.9600 [email protected] [email protected] Angel Mounds Culbertson Mansion New Harmony Lanier Mansion Vincennes Corydon Capitol T.C. Steele NORTHEAST REGIONAL DIRECTOR Jordan Rodden 260.368.7428 [email protected] Gene Stratton-Porter Limberlost Levi & Catharine Coffin 4 Whitewater Canal PLAN YOUR FIELD TRIP TO THE INDIANA STATE MUSEUM FALL 2019 – SUMMER 2020 MUSEUM HOURS AFTERSCHOOL/SCHOOL BREAK Open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FIELD TRIP RATES Holiday hours vary; open select Mondays. Visit the museum after school hours or during school breaks Tuesday through Friday to receive ADMISSION the field trip admission rate of $6/student (ages Field Trip Admission to the Museum 3-17), one free adult per every 10 students, and $11/ Admission is free for pre-registered, accredited additional adult chaperone. One adult is required schools or homeschool groups of 10 or more K-12 for every 10 students. students. Additional programming fees and IMAX® Theater admission prices vary. Free admission AFTERSCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAMS includes teachers and bus drivers, plus one Looking for a one-time visit, multi-week session additional adult chaperone per every five students. or weekly programs throughout the year? Let us Additional chaperones pay the group admission custom design interactive, hands-on, minds-on rate of $15/person. Call 317.232.1637 for programs in STEM, art, history and culture just for programming fees or visit us at indianamuseum.org/ you! Find all details on page 15. field-trips. Registration deadline for field trips is one (1) week prior. Please contact Katie Hunt, Education Engagement Specialist, at 317.232.8178 or khunt1@indianamuse- Complimentary Admission for Teachers um.org for more information. Not sure what the museum has to offer? Try us out first – for free! Admission is complimentary for all BOOK YOUR FIELD TRIP Indiana PreK-12 teachers with proper identification. Fill out our INQUIRY FORM or call 317.232.1637 during business hours. Field Trip Admission to IMAX® Theater The IMAX® Theater is dedicated to providing a wide range of large-format films designed to educate, enlighten and entertain your students, and provide you a powerful teaching tool that is easily integrated into your existing curriculum. The reduced K-12 admission rate for groups, teachers and chaperones make the IMAX® Theater an affordable class outing! CLICK HERE to see show listings then call 317.232.1637 to purchase your tickets. 5 SCHOOLS WITH 40% OR MORE STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE LUNCHES MAY QUALIFY FOR ONE OF INDIANA STATE MUSEUM’S MANY SCIENCE-BASED SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR FREE. This is made possible with funding provided by the Indiana Academy of Science. Those who qualify for a free science program may also receive transportation reimbursement. Applications will be accepted through Oct. 31, 2019. Schools will be notified whether application is approved or placed on a wait list. Click HERE to submit application. Please contact Krystle Mangan, program and schedule manager, at 317.509.7679 or [email protected] with questions. FALL 2019 – SUMMER 2020 HOMESCHOOL GROUPS PARKING Homeschool co-ops and homeschool educators Adult chaperones visiting the museum will receive and students may schedule a field trip and school a discount voucher for the White River State Park program of your choice at the Indiana State Museum. parking garage. Free parking is available with the Groups of 10 or more qualify for the K-12 free field purchase of an IMAX® ticket. During the field trip trip rate. reservation process, we will provide you with the location of bus parking. School programs are available to groups of 15 or more PreK through 12th grade students. See the EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS SCHOOL & OUTREACH PROGRAMS PAGE for All programs are designed more information, including prices. to meet select Indiana Academic Standards. LUNCHES Reserve your complimentary lunch room space at the museum ahead of time. Reservations are available in 30-minute blocks and are taken on a first-come, first-served basis by calling 317.232.1637. THANKS TO OUR FIELD TRIP FUND PARTNERS ARTHUR JORDAN FOUNDATION 6 FALL 2019 – SUMMER 2020 COME EXPLORE INDIANA WITH YOUR STUDENTS We provide you resources both for the classroom and for museum visits to enhance your curriculum. Whether it’s a school program, outreach program, learning resource trunk or professional development opportunity, we’re here to serve you. OUR GALLERIES Our galleries offer you different perspectives on Indiana’s story. Click on the gallery names below to learn more about these spaces. Birth of the Earth 19th State Ancient Seas The Hoosier Way Frozen Reign: A State of Change Crossroads of America First Nations: The Story of Indiana’s Founding People Enterprise Indiana R.B. Annis Naturalist’s Lab Global Indiana Natural Regions American Originals Contested Territory Legacy Theater 7 HANDS-ON LEARNING FALL 2019 – SUMMER 2020 EXPLORE MUSEUM SPACES, INDOORS AND OUT, WHERE HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES GET YOUR STUDENTS ENGAGED. Daily demonstrations, activities and performances (all levels) There’s never a dull moment in our galleries! Enjoy a theatrical performance, try a science experiment, participate in an interactive story, or design and make a project to take home. Be sure to check out daily demos and activities at the scheduled times listed on your museum map. R.B. ANNIS NATURALIST’S LAB (1ST FLOOR) Explore what it means to be a naturalist as you investigate the natural world through touch, smell, sight and sound. Take a look at fossils, pine cones and other natural objects under the Micro Eye, read a book or play with our puzzles, puppets and tree blocks. HERITAGE CORNER (2ND FLOOR) Explore the past through experiments, stories and hands-on fun. Meet experts who can share how the past has influenced us today and is helping guide us to the future. CREATIVITY STUDIO (3RD FLOOR) Exercise your creative side as you build, make, tinker and create using your imagination and the materials provided. 92 COUNTY WALK (OUTDOORS) Take a visual journey of all 92 counties in Indiana as you walk around the outside of the museum. Hunt for the embedded artwork in the walls and sculptures along the route. WATANABE GARDENS (OUTDOORS) Stroll through our gardens to see plants native to Indiana, huge limestone boulders, our beehive and two life-size Mastodon sculptures. 8 CHANGING EXHIBITS FALL 2019 – SUMMER 2020 IT’S ABOUT TIME: A•MAZE•D: THE ARTWORK OF FELRATH HINES THE PUZZLING WORLD OF DAVE PHILLIPS Through Sept. 29, 2019 Aug. 31, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020 Students will experience the stunning abstract art- Students will be challenged with a puzzling exhibit work of Felrath Hines, an Indianapolis-born artist that gets them moving! They’ll jump from dot-to-dot who explored a universal language of color, shape in Hop Dots, maneuver their way through the twists and line through his paintings. They’ll delve deeper and turns of a giant walk-through cardboard maze, into his work through hands-on interactives, music discover the history of mazes and labyrinths and and video. Supported by see original maze art. They’ll need to sharpen their logic and problem-solving skills to become a true maze-master! HOOSIER SALON NIKON SMALL WORLD Through Oct. 13, 2019 This juried exhibition showcases Indiana art by Indi- November 2019 – March 2020 ana artists. Now in its 95th year, see traditional and Share the beauty and complexity of life as seen abstract art in a variety of forms including paint- through the light of a microscope with your stu- ings, drawings, prints, ceramics, sculpture and glass. dents. The world’s best photomicrographers have captured dynamic images that showcase a wide variety of advanced scientific disciplines. 9 FALL 2019 – SUMMER 2020 CELEBRATION CROSSING in opioid abuse at all levels of society.