Bring the Museum Back to Your Classroom!
To extend learning into the classroom, educators may borrow Art-on-the-Move Kits, suitcases filled with hands-on teaching resources for your Native American curriculum. Suggested classroom activities are described in the associated Teacher’s Packet. Kits are available for two weeks at a time, and are free for institutions with Education Memberships.
These are valuable objects! Educators are responsible for any lost or damaged items. Students are allowed to touch objects as long as they do so with extreme care.
›› Native American Art-on-the-Move Kits
›› Patterns in Nature Art-on-the-Move Kit (more info coming soon)
›› Explore Japan Art-on-the-Move Kit
›› African Masks Art-on-the-Move Kit (more info coming soon)
Native American Art-on-the-Move Kits
Generously funded by Computer Associates, the Danforth Museum and School of Art now has two Native American traveling curriculum kits filled with art objects, photos, object descriptions, and more.
| Native American Kit #1 | Native American Kit #2 |
| 8 Art Objects with Fact Sheets | 7 Art Objects with Fact Sheets |
| Hopi Mini Katsina Doll Haida Raven Spirit Box Acoma Seed Pot Miniature Ojibway Birch Bark Canoe Sioux Beadwork Choker Miniature Navajo Rug Eastern Woodlands Wampum Pair of Southwest Moccasins |
Navajo Sand Painting Sioux Painted Hide Shield Miniature NW Coast Totem Pole Mohawk Warrior Dance Fan Cheyenne Parfleche Box Eastern Woodlands Corn Husk Bottle Southwest Blanket |
| 2 Books | 2 Books |
| American Indians: the First Nations The American Indian Parfleche: A Tradition of Abstract Painting |
The North American Indians in Early Photographs North American Jewelry and Adornment |
| 12 Laminated Photographs | 10 Laminated Photographs |
| Navajo Blanket Making Totem Pole Cedar Log Canoe Birch-bark Canoe Carved Mask (bird) Carved Mask (sheet 1) Carved Mask (sheet 2) Old Kachina Doll Laguna Pueblo Pottery Zuni Water Jar Painted Dress Crow Chief |
Raven Mask Ghost Dance Shirt Cliff Dwellings of the Ancient Ones Painted Wall with Totem Spirits House and Totem Pole Haida Poles Rock Painting of Shield Painted Hide Shield Painted Robe Old Kachina Doll |
| 1 CD | |
| Pow Wow Flutes | |
| 1 Video (VHS) | |
| Maria: Indian Pottery Maker of San Ildefonso |
Explore Japan Art-on-the-Move Kit
The Danforth Museum and School of Art now has an Explore Japan traveling curriculum kit filled with art objects, photos, object descriptions, and more.
| Explore Japan Kit | |
| 4 Art Objects | 4 Videos (VHS) |
| Japanese Stamps & Ink Pads Male Daruma Doll Female Daruma Doll Folding Fan |
The Boy Who Drew Cats Shodo: The Path of Writing Peachboy Japan: The Island Empire |
| 5 Books | 6 Laminated Photographs |
| Japanese for Everyone Let’s Learn Hiragana Japan: The People Perfect Crane Japanese Cuisine for Everyone |
Kanno-ko Lakeside in Spring Shiramizu-no-taki Fall Kyoto in Winter Hotoke-ga-ura Seashore “Woman Dancer with Fan and Wand” “Actor Dancing” |
| 1 Audio Cassette | |
| Japanese Stories, Vocabulary and Poetry | |