School Tours
Art holds endless possibilities for engaging students in meaningful learning. We hope you will use the Santa Barbara Museum of Art as a resource for enhancing your lesson plans and your students' lives. All school programs are free and busing to the SBMA is also free. To find out how to visit the Museum with your class, call Erin Zetter at 805.884.6457 or email ezetter@sbma.net
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Elementary School Visitors-- Classroom Presentation and Museum Tour
October 6, 2009 - June 3, 2010
Tuesdays through Fridays
In-class PowerPoint at 9 am & 10 am
Museum tours at 11 am & 12 noon
This two-part program begins with a PowerPoint presentation given in your classroom, followed by a field trip to the Museum for a lesson in the galleries.
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2nd through 4th Grade
Artful Thinking
Lessons are interactive and engage students in active viewing and dynamic discussions, as well as emphasizing links with the California State content standards.
Young Girl in Pursuit (detail), by Marc Chagall. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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5th Grade
American Art
Students will have the opportunity to look at art representing the history and culture of The Americas.
Unknown Artist, The Buffalo Hunter, ca. 1844. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Gift of Harriet Cowles Hammett Graham in memory of Buell Hammett.
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6th Grade
The Ancient World
Students explore the cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, China, and India.
Kha’ emwestet, Crown Prince, Son of Ramses II (detail), Egyptian, 19th dynasty (1350-1250 BC). Limestone. SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington.
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