U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child Lesson Modules
In recognition of the historic 18th Birthday of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), we have assembled a human rights education media environment to help introduce the CRC to learners. Our intended audience is young adults, middle school through early college. The components include an interactive workshop on the CRC which can be easily facilitated in a single class period, background information on the Convention, the text of the CRC including a shortened child-friendly version
038 The New American Wing: The Verplanck Room
Metropolitan Museum curators Morrison Heckscher and Amelia Peck discuss the details of an eighteenth-century period room furnished with the belongings of the Verplanck family. Along with eighteen other period rooms, the Verplanck Room will return to public view when the New American Wing reopens on May 19, 2009. More information about the period rooms is available on the Museum's Audio Guide.
039 The New American Wing: American Art Pottery
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, the Metropolitan Museum's Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts, talks with Robert Ellison about his collection of American ceramics from 1876 to 1956, a promised gift to the Museum. The works will be displayed on the mezzanine balcony of the Charles Engelhard Court in the New American Wing, which reopens to the public on May 19, 2009. More in
043 Special Exhibition: The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion
Isaac Mizrahi, fashion designer, talks with Harold Koda, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, and Kohle Yohannan, guest co-curator, about the 1995 documentary Unzipped. In the following excerpts from the conversation, Mizrahi talks about rallying his talent, his team, and his friends—the supermodels—early in his career. A video of the entire conversation is available on the Met's YouTube channel.
047 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: A New Look at Sargent's Venice
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Curator Barbara Weinberg introduces artist Eric Fischl, who takes a fresh look at two of the John Singer Sargent paintings—An Interior in Venice and A Street in Venice—that are included in the exhibition "Author(s):
049 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Cooking with Lilly Martin Spencer
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Cookbook author and New York Times columnist Mark Bittman savors the food depicted in two paintings by Lilly Martin Spencer—Kiss Me and You’ll Kiss the 'Lasses and Young Husband: First Marketing—on view in the exhi
051 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: George Caleb Bingham's Take on Electi
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter shares his insights on Election Day and on George Caleb Bingham’s painting The County Election, on view in the exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."
057 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Author Elizabeth Strout Discusses Two
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout shares her responses to Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts and The Gale, two of the Winslow Homer paintings in the exhibition "Author(s):
meet the artist: Brian Jungen
The Vancouver-based artist Brian Jungen discusses the work featured in his solo exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and future projects with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, chief curator at Castello di Rivoli and the artistic director of Documenta 13.
Giovanna Chesler on Christoph Girardet's "Release"
Assistant Professor at American University’s School of Communication Giovanna Chesler discusses Christoph Girodet’s “Release” in "The Cinema Effect."
Friday Gallery Talks: Jeffrey Grove on "Morris Louis"
High Museum curator of modern and contemporary art, Jeffrey Grove, leads a gallery talk on "Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited".
Meet the Artist: Byron Kim
Join Byron Kim for an evening discussion exploring his deeply personal work. Although his visual language is primarily minimal and abstract, it is inspired by the people around him. The works are rich in references to the human form and aspects of identity. Early in his career, Kim was the subject of a 1996 Directions show at the Museum. His work is now shown internationally and collected by top institutions, including the Hirshhorn.
Meet the Artist: John Baldessari
Join assistant curator Kristen Hileman for a conversation with one of the most influential American artists working today, John Baldessari. Baldessari is the first person invited by the Hirshhorn to act as a guest curator for "Ways of Seeing," an installation of works from the collection.
Traditional NADS Scum Run
The North American Diatom Symposium (NADS) takes place every two years and features an unusual academic sporting event. One description, from 1993, recounts that: "relay teams of three diatomists were required to run along the beach wearing chest waders, identifying diatoms shown in photographs along ...
Public beliefs about Evolution and Creation.
This online essay contains detailed statistics contrasting the number of scientists who are Young-Earth Creationists (5% or less) to the members of the American public who are Young Earth Creationists (about 50%). The article also offers other statistics regarding typical American's beliefs, internet ...
The beginnings of life on Earth.
This American Scientist article by Christian de Duve reviews current ideas of the origin of life from abiotic materials, including the early atmosphere and the "RNA world." Users can read this article online, request classroom use permission or email the article. The page also contains links to related ...
Music to Our Ears
This lesson allows students to visualize early musical influences of African-Americans in jazz and understand the impact of this music/dance. This lesson is based on the understanding that students have already been exposed to news reel as primary source documents in the Social Studies classroom (this can be done in succession with Lesson #1 and#2 or as a stand alone lesson during African-American History Month or during another teacher-chosen unit).
20. Crazy for Limoncello! (Culture Shot)
Learn how to speak Italian with our twentieth Culture Shot! Our friend Elliott from Australia sent us a nice email, all in italian (great job, Elliott!). At some point he says that one of the best drinks he has tasted in Italy is a liquor, usually served after meals, that is called limoncello. He also [...]
29. Look, It’s Snowing! (Upper Intermediate)
Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod. Episode #29 of the "Upper-Intermediate Level Series" is entitled "Look, It's Snowing!". It's Sunday early in the morning in Milan. Outside it is cold, as it's the middle of winter. Christmas is just around the corner. Lucia and Italo just woke up, and there's a quiet and peaceful atmosphere in [...]
Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor
This lesson encourages students to analyze dozens of photographs taken in the early 1900s depicting working conditions for child laborers. This lesson correlates to the National History Standards and the National Standards for Civics and Social Sciences. It has cross-curricular connections with history, government, language arts, and business law.
