K-12 Programs: Teachers & Students

Make the museum your classroom by scheduling a school tour at the Museum of Art and Archaeology! Reservations are required. Please plan ahead. Docent-led tours must be reserved at least 2 weeks in advance. Call the Museum to reserve your tour: 573-882-3591.

The Museum provides tours for all audiences from pre-schoolers to adults. We tailor tours to the needs of each audience. Questions? Please contact the Tour Coordinator (573-882-3591; email) or the Museum Educator (573-882-5076; email).

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Lessons Plans

(all in Word)

• Docent Dog Tour
  
• The Writing on the Wall: Exploring Ancient Writing
  Grades K-4, adaptable for higher grades
• Community: A Museum Tour
  PreK - 4th Grade
• Math in Art? Absolutely!: A Survey of Patterns and Relationships
  K-4, adaptable for higher grades
• Portraiture for Kids: Looking at Faces around the Museum
  grades pre-K- 3, adaptable for higher grades
• Money! Money! Money!: Ancient Coins
  Grades 2- 7, adaptable for lower and higher grades

Connecting with Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition (Jan. 30 - May 16, 2010)

Please note that these are working documents and are subject to revision.

• Elements of Art Handout (Word - 2MB)
• High School Worksheet (Word - 1MB)
• Middle School Worksheet (Word - 4MB)
• Elementary School Worksheet (Word - 4MB)

Partners in Education / Junior Docent Program

The Museum of Art & Archaeology joined the Columbia Public School District's Partners in Education (PIE) program by partnering with Lee Expressive Arts Elementary School. PIE brings schools, businesses, and the community together to share resources, strengthen school programs and enhance economic growth [sic]. Our PIE mission statement reads:

"Through sharing resources, Lee Expressive Arts Elementary School and the MU Museum of Art & Archaeology will enhance the study of art for students and foster a lifelong appreciation of art and museums."

Students from Lee School are frequent visitors to the Museum, and this program makes the relationship official.

Junior Docent Program
Part of the relationship with Lee Expressive Arts Elementary School is the Junior Docent program, in which fifth-grade students learn about a specific object by a series of visits and research. The Junior Docents present their object at an evening event to which parents, siblings and school personnel are invited. In 2007, seventh-graders from Columbia Independent School joined the Junior Docent program and completed their second year in 2008. Students enjoy their connection to one piece of art and learn interpretative skills in the process.

Resources

- Scheduling Docent-Led Tours
- Group Size Policy
- Scheduling Self-Led Tours
- Online Exhibitions

Downloads
- Missouri Art, Artists & Artifacts: A Fourth Grade Social Studies Curricular Tour (Word)   
- Learning to Look Guide (pdf)
- Discussing sensitive subjects with children (Word)
- Addressing nudity in art (Word)
- Pre-Visit Activities (Word) (pdf)
- Post-Visit Activities (Word) (pdf)

Slide Shows

Event Photos
Digging It! Photo Gallery
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Lion King Photo Gallery
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Thank You Notes
Thank you notes to the Museum
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Thank you notes to Betty Brown
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