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SCHOOL TOURS
Bowers Museum offers a wide variety of tour options for K-12 students visiting the museum. For more information on our tours, please click here.
SCHOOL TOUR RESOURCES
Curriculum Guides for Special Exhibitions
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero - Study Guide
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero - Presentation
Latitudes: Latin American Masters from the FEMSA Collection - Study Guide
Latitudes: Latin American Masters from the FEMSA Collection - Presentation
Secrets of the Silk Road – Teacher Packet
Secrets of the Silk Road – Student Worksheet
Curriculum Guides for Permanent Collection Galleries
California Through the Artist's Eyes
Developed with selections from the Bowers Museum's permanent collection of California Impressionist and plein air paintings.
Early California History: Exploration and Settlement Curriculum Guide
Developed in conjunction with the California History Galleries in the permanent collection.
Southern California Indian Curriculum Guide
Developed in conjunction with the First Californians Gallery in the permanent collection.
Curriculum Guides for Past Exhibitions
Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
Treasures of Shanghai: 5000 Years of Art and Culture
Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of the First Emperor
Kidseum Cultural Art Trunks
Kidseum Cultural Art Trunks are designed to create a mini-gallery in your classroom. The trunks include materials related to their theme such as hands-on art objects, lesson plans, videos, and books. Individual trunk themes include: Mexican American, Chinese, Ancient Egyptian, African and others. Kidseum Cultural Art Trunks are available for a fee of $40 per week. To reserve a trunk please call 714.567.3670 or email gsouth@bowers.org.
Kidseum School and Community Presentations
Kidseum art instructors provide customized cultural presentations and art classes for your school, classroom or service organization. Fees range from $8-$10 per person, depending on the project. For more information and booking please call 714.567.3670 or email gsouth@bowers.org.
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
In-Service Training Workshops for Teachers
”DAY OF THE DEAD”
Thursday, September 30, 2010
4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Teachers, parents, interested adults and student teachers are invited to learn about the 2010-2011 Tour and Art Class programs. Please RSVP by September 15, 2010.
Reservations required. Please call 714.480.1520, or e-mail kidseum@bowers.org Admission: $15.
Annual Education Open House
Fall 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010 4PM – 6 PM
Free Admission. Reservations required. Please call 714.567.3680 or email school tours@bowers.org
Winter 2011
January 2011: date TBD
SCOUT GROUPS
Troops fulfill cultural arts badge requirements with special art projects and presentations. A specific list is available. Staff can also customize an art project to fit a troop's needs. Please call Cynthia Callard at 714.480.1524 for more information.
SCHOOL OUTREACH
The Bowers Museum Docent Guild gives free one-hour classroom presentations that enhance the students' curriculum and understanding with hands-on activities, museum artifacts and photographs. Each Outreach program is designed, formatted and presented in a manner that captures one of the exciting exhibits at the Museum. School Outreach is only available for schools in Orange County.
| Grades | Outreach Programs |
| 3 | First Footsteps
Learn about the lifestyle, dress, tools, homes, hunting, trade and arts and crafts of the first Southern Californians through artifacts, photographs and hands-on articles. |
| 3-4 | Orange County Then and Now
Explore the colorful and diverse history of the people who settled the west coast and Orange County. Learn about the Indians, the Mission and Rancho Periods, the Gold Rush and the Railroad Era to modern times. |
| 3-5 | Coastal Habitat (Tide Pools of Orange County)
Explore the animals and plants found in Orange County tide pools. Learn how the Southern California Indians used these coastal riches as a source of food, tools and decoration. |
| 4 | Off to the Gold Rush!
Learn about the people who came to work in the gold mines during the California Gold Rush from 1849 through the 1850s. Slides, artifacts and hands-on articles help students to get a real feel for the period. |
| 5 | Spirit of the Southwest
This presentation covers the Indians of the Four Corners area of the American Southwest and is tied to environmental factors. It illustrates the continuing thread of artistic styles and functions of baskets, pottery, jewelry and more, from traditional days through decades of culture contact with the "white man." |
| All Grades | Masks Around the World
Discover how masks are used for disguise, protection, adornment, entertainment and ceremonies in cultures around the world. Learn through slides, artifacts and collection of many masks. |
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