The Museum's education programs have been created to encourage learners of all ages through interactive, challenging and respectful activities.
Our classroom curriculum for middle and high school youth ages 11-17 comply with the National Learning Standards. Students will leave their educational setting with an understanding of the impact history, art or culture has for women and girls globally. The museum amplifies the voices of all students, by listening and respecting their voices, and providing a platform for local communities to think globally.
Women's Rights are Human Rights
Students will develop critical thinking skills through the exploration and viewing of art made by 10 women artist from different countries. The specific pieces illustrate areas the artist think unfair to women in their country and some basic human rights they see as being denied based on gender.
The images are part of the 'Women of the World' exhibit. Curator Claudia Demonte asked women artists in 174 countries "what image represents woman?" The International Museum of Women later developed curriculum dividing the artistic images into five categories: Female Ideal, Women's Invisible Work made Visible, Circle of Life, Celebrating Women's Power and Women's' Rights are Human Rights.
Author: Museum Education Committee
Download PDF: Complete Curriculum Guide [PDF]
Objective: Help students understand the intersection of their rights and those of others
Art Zip File: curricula_blocks_art_file_18.zip
Theme: Introduce rights of women and girls locally and internationally
Women of Courage Biographies
The following material is the product of a collaboration between university history classes, a university and high school art class, and International Museum of Women. Its intent is to demonstrate a way classes can work together to forward student awareness of both historic and contemporary global women. It also provides a collaborative model for institutions such as museums and schools to work together to enhance student and general public awareness of the courageous contributions of our globes' extraordinary women.
Participants were students from the following classes
- Dr. Sherry Keith, "Women of the World " class, San Francisco State University
- Dr. Sarah Curtis, "Women in European History" class, San Francisco State University
- Julia Marshall, art class, San Francisco State University
- Hillary Younglove, high school art class, Sonoma Academy
The International Museum of Women thanks the students for their work, and the teachers for the time and effort they gave to the project. View a complete list of student participants.
The key parts of the activity consist of sixteen biographies written by the university students, quotations found by the students, and portraits primarily created by high school students. Each biography begins with the student's personal reflection about the woman of courage assigned to them. It also includes a bibliography and timeline. The portraits were created after the artists had read the biographies. The lesson page provides procedures for duplicating the activity in the classroom.
Please note: The sixteen women represented here are only a small number of the courageous women who have, and do, made significant contributions to our lives. In selecting the biographies from many excellent pieces provided by the students, the Museum chose those which represented regional diversity and diversity of topics and issues. It is to be understood that the biographies and art have been created by the students alone.
Author: Lyn Reese and the Museum Education Committee
Objective: Students will learn about contemporary or historic women from countries other than their own.
Download PDF: Download Complete Curriculum Guide [PDF]
Theme: A novel, interdisciplinary and collaborative way for students to learn about notable historic and contemporary women who live in countries other than their own. The lesson links the disciplines of social science and art in a research-based activity what has the potential of becoming a class website or school display.
