Writing K-12 Lesson Plans for Museums
| Instructor: | Tara Young |
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| Course Date: | May 5, 2025 |
| Cost: | $400 |
This course is designed to teach museum educators how to develop and write formal lesson plans for K-12 programming. Topics will include: determining the purpose, content, and audience of your lesson; establishing objectives and desired outcomes; alignment with curriculum standards; reviewing and evaluating different lesson plan formats; writing and testing a lesson; and disseminating the lesson for use outside the Museum.
Students will review a wide variety of K-12 lesson plans from different types of museums. Each week’s lecture, chat, and assignment will be iterative, and students will end the course with a finished lesson plan that they can put into use at their museums.
Students will review a wide variety of K-12 lesson plans from different types of museums. Each week’s lecture, chat, and assignment will be iterative, and students will end the course with a finished lesson plan that they can put into use at their museums.
- Course Goals
- Participants will finish the course with a usable lesson plan and the skills to create others.
- Participants will develop a lesson plan template that best suits their own work at their museum or historic site.
You should complete this course with an understanding of the role of lesson plans in a museum setting, the different audiences that use them, the variety of formats and the essential elements to include, and a facility with working with curriculum frameworks on a state and national level.
Participant Outcomes
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Writing K-12 Lesson Plans for Museums addresses the American Association for State and Local History's Audience and Interpretation Standards.
Comments from participants:
I really enjoyed this course. I liked the variety of recorded lectures, readings, examples and chats. I learned so much in these 4 weeks. Thank you!