Elementary School Visitors-- Classroom Presentation and Museum Tour
October 6, 2009 - June 3, 2010
Tuesdays through Fridays
In-class PowerPoint at 9 am & 10 am
Museum tours at 11 am & 12 noon

This two-part program begins with a PowerPoint presentation given in your classroom, followed by a field trip to the Museum for a lesson in the galleries.

2nd through 4th Grade
Artful Thinking
Lessons are interactive and engage students in active viewing and dynamic discussions, as well as emphasizing links with the California State content standards.

Young Girl in Pursuit (detail), by Marc Chagall. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

5th Grade
American Art
Students will have the opportunity to look at art representing the history and culture of The Americas.

 

Unknown Artist, The Buffalo Hunter, ca. 1844. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Gift of Harriet Cowles Hammett Graham in memory of Buell Ham­mett.

6th Grade
The Ancient World
Students explore the cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, China, and India.

Kha’ emwestet, Crown Prince, Son of Ramses II (detail), Egyptian, 19th dynasty (1350-1250 BC). Limestone. SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington.

Special Exhibition Tours
Tours for  Noble Tombs at Mawangdui and California Calling are available at 11 am and 12 pm on the following 2009 dates:
September 25, 29 and 30
October 16, 23,27,28,29,30
November 20
December 18 (California Calling only)

High school tours of the permanent collection and special exhibitions can be booked by special arrangement through Erin Zetter at SBMA.  Please call Erin Zetter at 805.884.6457 or email  ezetter@sbma.net
 

Figurines of Musicians, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE – 25 CE), wood with pigments. Noble Tombs at Mawang­dui: Art and Life in the Changsha Kingdom, Third Century BCE to First Century CE is organized by the China Institute Gallery in collaboration with the Hunan Provincial Museum, and is curated by Chen Jianming, Director of the Hunan Provincial Museum.