Teacher Resources
On-Site Teacher Resources | Online Teacher Resources | Loan Boxes
On-Site Teacher Resources
Teacher Field Trip
Teacher field trips to Historic Arkansas are a popular summer activity and fulfill the ADE's 2-hour Arkansas studies requirement. We usually visit an historic home, see living history, peek into the Hands-on History room, see the galleries, give away great free materials and offer a short content-filled session. Let us know if you need a tailored program. Call for reservations.
- Free
- One or two-hour program
- We can accommodate from 10 to 60 teachers per session.
Annual November Workshop
As part of the annual Arkansas Education Association (AEA) convention, HAM offers an on-site Arkansas history workshop, always related to a current exhibit or historic museum house. Workshop description and registration are provided by AEA publications.
Online Teacher Resources
Historic Arkansas Museum currently offers two types of online teacher resources to assist teachers with educating students about Arkansas' rich history. Slavery in Arkansas classroom materials, provided by the Arkansas Historical Association is also available. Chapters in Arkansas History, a series of educational materials produced especially for use by Arkansas teachers and students.
SLAVERY IN ARKANSAS CLASSROOM MATERIALS:
These lesson plans and teaching activities relating to the 2001 exhibit, "A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie," are provided by the Arkansas Historical Association.
CHAPTERS IN ARKANSAS HISTORY CLASSROOM MATERIALS
Chapters in Arkansas History is a series of educational materials produced by Historic Arkansas Museum especially for use by Arkansas teachers and students. Each chapter introduces a new subject.
The chosen topic of a chapter is interpreted through historical fiction, short news features, illustrations, questions and answers and suggested activities. Teacher assessments and bibliographies are included.
Chapters is written to upper elementary and middle school students. Although the topics are prompted by programs offered at Historic Arkansas Museum, they stand alone-readers needn't take part in a museum program to benefit from the information.
Bookmark this page! New chapters are being added all the time-up to four new Chapters in Arkansas History each year.
Click below for a printable version of the following issues of Chapters in Arkansas History. Call 501-324-9351 or email reservations@historicarkansas.org to request a copy to be mailed to your classroom.
- Fiddling & Frolicking
- The Canoe [Teacher assessment]
- The Painting [Teacher Assessment]
- The Pottery Bowl [Teacher Assessment]
- Arkansas Traveler Dialog [Teacher Assessment]
- The Picture of the Arkansas Traveler [Teacher Assessment]
Loan Boxes
Pioneer Textiles Loan Box - Students are introduced to cotton, wool, silk and flax. Those are the natural fibers that Arkansas pioneers used to spin thread, weave cloth and sew. Tools include wool cards and a drop spindle. Well illustrated literature explains the processes. Books and handbooks help teachers easily adapt this box for teaching K-12.
Pioneer Lighting Loan Box - This box ranges from flint and steel to candle lanterns. Primitive oil lamps, wicks, bees wax, dipped candles in various stages, and a candle mold illustrate ways pioneers lighted their homes. With the books and handbooks, teachers can adapt this for teaching K-12.
Pioneer Food Ways Loan Box - With this box students sniff and learn, compare and contrast. The box holds commonly used herbs and spices plus tea, coffee and sugar in their 19th century form. There are dishes and cutlery of rural and urban households. With books and handbooks about food of the 1840s, it is adaptable for K - 12.
Slavery: A Child's View - Lye soap, wooden dishes, a doll, and straw-stuffed ticking help bring to life the material-culture of an Arkansas slave child. A script, based on a true story, is included with costuming for a girl and boy. Written materials include oral histories of former Arkansas slaves plus stories about America's slave trade. Adaptable for K - 12.
The Arkansas Traveler Loan Box - This box is about the gentleman lost in the Arkansas woods who comes upon a family in a log cabin. The story, repeated over and over in the 1840s, became a well known song and painting and, eventually, an important part of Arkansas's image. Students can use items in the box to re-enact the famous encounter. Adaptable for all ages.
