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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 $3 per student, with one chaperone admitted free per five students.
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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.
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Curious Careers
GRADE LEVELS K – 2
EALRs: Social Studies (History, Geography & Civics), the Arts (Visual Art & Music), Reading, and Communication
This engaging tour leads students through a hands-on exploration of the various careers people have had throughout history. Mysterious tools and belongings help students discover all the hard work that helped shape this valley. With books, crafts, games and more, history comes alive. This tour is the perfect compliment to classroom curriculum on careers.
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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.
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Click Here to download previsit materials for this tour.
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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.
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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. |
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 Erin Hash @ ehash@auburnwa.gov or 253-876-1937. |
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://wwwv3.tacomapubliclibrary.org/Page.aspx?nid=7
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/index.php
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TOURS
Museum educators are happy to create tours or programs that address a wide range of curricular topics. Contact the Education Department at Please call 253-288-7439 or email Rachael Burrum @ rburrum@auburnwa.gov to make arrangements.
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COLLEGE
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.
TEACHER RESOURCE PACKETS
Teacher Resource Packets have been created for some of our temporary exhibits. Each packet comes complete with a disc of images from the exhibit, background information including narrative overviews, vocabulary lists, chronologies, bibliographies, and two to five lesson plans aligning with Washington State EALRS and GLES. Teacher Resource Packets are available in either hard copy or digital format by request. Please call 253-288-7439 or email Rachael Burrum@ rburrum@auburnwa.gov to request a packet.
America At War; The Art of Propaganda, 1942 – 1945, an exhibit of World War II posters and broadcast media. Grades 8 - 12
Suffer for Beauty; A Revealing Look at Women’s History through Undergarments. Grades 8 – 12
Salish Culture and Weaving; Coast Salish history and culture are explored through weaving technique. Grades 3 - 6
Death and Dying around the World; An exploration of culture and rituals via death and dying traditions. Grades 8 – 12
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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 |
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