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Heart Smart (K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grades)
Zine Time (3rd-6th Grades)
The Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) offers a number of inspiring, educational, and fun programs for students, teachers, parents, community groups and the general public. We firmly believe that first-hand involvement with the history, art and culture of African Americans in the Northwest is a necessary component to the educational development of all our region’s children. The Museum’s goal is to foster creative expression and critical thinking skills through a variety of engaging and interactive activities.
HEART SMART
Grade Level: K-2, 3-5
Objective: Students learn how to keep their hearts healthy by doing physical activities, and recognizing that daily activity they already do contributes to their health.
Time: 20-30 mins.
Availability: October 29, 2010 - June 5, 2011
Related Exhibition: Checking Our Pulse
Overview:
Partnering with Swedish Medical Center, NAAM presents Checking Our Pulse, an exhibit focusing on health in the local African American community. It will share the stories and achievements of African American medical professionals and probe the realities of critical health issues impacting the Black community in the Puget Sound. Inspired by this exhibit, students will participate in Heart Smart, an educational activity that will teach students how to use a pedometer to measure their steps, how many steps they need to take in a day to stay healthy, and fun activities they can do to achieve those steps and be Heart Smart.
Washington State Standards & Essential Academic Learning Requirements Alignment:
Health and Fitness
The student acquires the knowledge and skills and necessary to maintain and active life: movement, physical fitness and nutrition.
1.1 Develops motor skills and movement concepts as developmentally appropriate.
1.2 Acquires the knowledge and skills to safely participate in a variety of developmentally appropriate physical activities.
The student analyzes and evaluates the impact of real-life influences on health.
3.1 Understands how family, culture, and environmental factors affect personal health.
3.2 Evaluates health and fitness information.
3.5 Applies decision-making skills related to the promotion of health.
The student acquires the knowledge and skills necessary to maintain a healthy life: Recognizes dimensions of health, recognizes stages of growth and development, reduces health risks, and lives safely.
2.1 Understands the concepts of prevention and control of disease.
2.4 Acquires skills to live safely and reduce health risks.
The Arts
2.1 The student will apply a creative process in the arts.
3.1 The student uses the arts to express and present ideas and feelings.
3.2 The student uses art to communicate for a specific purpose.
*To make a reservation for this workshop, please contact Katie Williams at kwilliams@naamnw.org.
ZINE TIME
Grade Level: 3-6
Objective: Students will learn the story of an African American who has made significant contributions to our area – a “Local Hero” – and create a unique page for a “Zine” that will be bound and given to each class that engages in the project.
Time: 45 mins.
Availability: April 1, 2009 – March 11, 2011
Related Exhibition: The Journey Gallery
Overview:
The purpose of Zine Time is to familiarize students with the many accomplishments of African Americans in this region over the past two hundred years, and provide a creative outlet for them to “publish” their stories. Each student is also invited to tell their own story to be published in the Zine. This is how it is done: each student receives a box that contains a biography sheet, an artifact, and a picture of a “Local Hero.” Thirty-four notable people are featured in the activity, including individuals whose stories appear in our Journey Gallery, and other Local Heroes whose stories are not on display. Materials provided will include color pencils, markers, and crayons as well as cut-out pictures to create a collage. Students are encouraged to be as creative as they wish and respond to their featured person’s story in any way they choose. They are welcome to write, make a drawing or create a collage about the person. On the other side of the page, students will reflect on their own life experiences and accomplishments, and create a similar page about themselves. The exercise is designed to teach young people about the accomplishments of African Americans they may never have heard of, and encourage students to think about the kinds of contributions they can make to our community.
Washington State Standards & Essential Academic Learning Requirements Alignment:
The Arts
The student understands and applies arts knowledge and skills.
2.1 The student will apply a creative process in the arts.
3.1 The student uses the arts to express and present ideas and feelings.
3.2 The student uses art to communicate for a specific purpose.
Reading
The student understands the meaning of what is read.
2.1 The student demonstrates evidence of reading comprehension.
2.2 The student understands and applies knowledge of text components to comprehend text.
2.3. The student expands their comprehension by analyzing, interpreting, and synthesizing information and ideas in literary and informational text.
The student reads different materials for a variety of purposes.
3.1 The student reads to learn new information.
3.2 The student reads to perform a task.
History
The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals, and themes in local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history shapes the present and future.
4.3 Understands that there are multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events.
4.4 Uses history to understand the present and plan for the future.
*To make a reservation for this workshop, please contact Katie Williams at kwilliams@naamnw.org.
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