K – 12 PROGRAMS Engaging school programs are conducted throughout the school year by trained museum educators. School tour programs are interactive and inquiry-based, and all are aligned with both the Essential Academic Learning Requirements and the Grade Level Expectations for Washington State. Tour programs consist of both gallery and classroom components, for a total of 90 minutes at the Museum. The fee for school tours $2 per student, with one chaperone admitted free per five students.

ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS Sharing Our Stories GRADE LEVELS K – 2 EALRs: Social Studies (History, Geography & Civics), the Arts (Visual Art & Music), Reading, Communication, and Science This interactive tour is designed to create connections for young students between their own lives and the lives of the people who created our area’s unique history. Students investigate artifacts from Pioneer times and Native American culture, explore a recreated town center from the 1920’s, create a take-home craft project, play games, read stories, and more. Home-schooled groups and preschools welcome.

History’s Mysteries GRADE LEVELS 3 – 5 EALRs: Social Studies (History, Geography & Civics), the Arts (Visual Art & Music), Reading, and Communication In this tour, students become junior detectives, relying on artifact and primary document research to unravel the stories of some of Auburn’s earliest residents. Students interpret objects and their cultural context through discussion, writing, and small-group work, developing their observation and critical-thinking skills.

Of Cedar and Salmon GRADE LEVELS 3 – 6 EALRs: Social Studies (History, Geography & Civics), the Arts (Visual Art & Music), Reading, and Communication This hands-on tour explores the lifeways of Northwest Coast Salish Native Americans throughout history and in modern times, with emphasis on the Muckleshoot Tribe. With hands-on artifacts, involved discussions, photos, videos and more, students learn about traditional fishing practices, uses of important resources like cedar and wool, canoe construction and more.

SECONDARY PROGRAMS A Museum educator will work with you to create an innovative, relevant tour to compliment any classroom curriculum. Whether you are studying Washington State history, Native American culture, immigration, WWII and Japanese American internment, photographic history or primary document research methods, the museum has a wide range to offer.

OUTREACH KITS The Museum’s Outreach Kits have been created to align with the Washington State Classroom Based Assessment (CBA) Projects. Each kit contains artifacts, photographs, and other primary documents representing the White River Valley’s unique and diverse cultural heritage. Easy to use lesson plans and project models aim to engage and excite students in learning with objects. Kits are available at the elementary and secondary school levels, and can be reserved for up to one month. The cost of renting an Outreach Kit is $50 per month, and the renter is responsible for transporting the kit to and from the Museum.

RESERVATIONS School tours are available Wednesdays through Fridays, from 9am to 3pm, and last approximately 90 minutes. Tours can accommodate a maximum of 60 students at one time. To make a reservation for a school tour or Outreach Kit rental please contact Curator of Education Tara McCauley at tmccauley@auburnwa.gov or 253-288-7439.

HOMEWORK HELPER The below listed websites might be helpful in classroom or homework research. www.historylink.org www.densho.org www.archives.gov www.historesearch.com http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history http://content.lib.washington.edu/imls/kcsnapshots/history.html http://www.seattlehistory.org/mohai_rights_page.cfm http://content.lib.washington.edu/index.html http://wwwv3.tacomapubliclibrary.org/Page.aspx?nid=7 http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/index.php

COLLEGE TOURS Museum educators are happy to create tours or programs that address a wide range of curricular topics. Contact the Education Department at 253-299-7439 or tmccauley@auburnwa.gov to make arrangements.

INTERNSHIPS Internship opportunities are available for college and graduate students interested in careers in museums. Based on interests, as well as the availability of projects, interns work in either the curatorial, conservation or education departments.

RESEARCH RESOURCES www.historylink.org www.densho.org www.archives.gov www.historesearch.com http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history http://content.lib.washington.edu/imls/kcsnapshots/history.html http://www.seattlehistory.org/mohai_rights_page.cfm http://content.lib.washington.edu/index.html http://wwwv3.tacomapubliclibrary.org/Page.aspx?nid=7 http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/index.php