Educational Resources 

With the help of teachers from the Muncie Community School System, the Ball State University Museum of Art has developed materials for the classroom, now newly available for downloading. Designed for grades four and five, each packet includes classroom activities, 20 images in JPEG format, bibliography, and features brief descriptions, thumbnail-size reproductions, and a locator map for each object.

To view sample text, activities, and a full-page image from each packet, or to download entire packets, go to the Download Page. You will need Acrobat Reader to view, save, or print these pages in Portable Document Format (PDF). Available titles and additional contents:

For use with the social studies curriculum:

Native Art of North America in the Ball State University Museum of Art, Materials for the Classroom (47 pages), 2^nd ed., 2000, by Tonia Darst and Nancy Huth

focuses on Native American art and culture through objects in the museum’s collection

reproductions of 20 objects in jpeg format

nine activities including word searches and scrambles, mapping, writing, and drawing activities

America in Art at the Ball State University Museum of Art, Materials for the Classroom (109 pages), 2^nd ed., by Tonia Darst and Nancy Huth, 2000

focuses on American geography through the museum’s landscape paintings

reproductions of 18 paintings (in 20 images) in jpeg format

six activities including word searches, mapping, discussion and writing activities

"Your Journey" cooperative learning activity

Road Bingo with bingo sheets

American History and American Art in the Ball State University Museum of Art(43 pages), by Corrie Cook, 2001

focuses on American History from the American Revolution through the early 1980s

nineteen objects reproduced (in 20 images) in jpeg format

For use with art and social studies curricula:

African Art in the Ball State University Museum of Art, Materials for the Classroom (54 pages), by Susan Rapchak and Fred Johnson, 1998

focuses on traditional African art and culture through the museum’s African collection

reproductions of 20 objects in jpeg format

discussion questions for each object

six art activities with two to four variations as well as modifications for various grade levels

Although the materials can be used independently in the classroom, they are most effective in combination with a museum visit. For more information, go to tours.

A limited number of packets with images on VHS video remain available. To order, contact Nancy Huth at nhuth@bsu.edu , by phone at (765) 285-5242, or in writing at the Ball State University Museum of Art, College of Fine Arts, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306.

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